EPISODE 13:
💃 KIKI
“Why you keep having mood swings everytime you drop a call?” I asked Dwayne looking at him with a clueless expression.
“Nothin.” He muttered with a hoarse voice and threw the gaming console on the floor heading up the stairs while I sat there on the floor feeling confused.
After I’d heard him slam the bedroom door, I finally stood up and decided to go check up on him.
As I got closer to the bedroom door, I placed my ear on the door and listened as I could hear his voice faintly from inside the room.
“Move carefully.” I heard him conclude before I finally opened the door and walked inside and found him sitting on the bed.
“Dwayne, what is going on with you? I swear to you that if you tell me nothing, I’m gonna leave and I’m never coming back.” I threatened angrily with my hands folded across my chest.
“Sit down.” He said tapping a spot beside him on the bed.
I walked sluggishly and sat beside him looking at him intently.
“What would you do if you realize that someone’s using your name to commit crime? How would you feel?” He asked in his usual calm voice.
“I’d find them, know their motives and gun them down.” I said bluntly and he nodded like he was taking points from what I just said.
“Who’s after you?” I asked placing my hands on his chest.
“That’s what I’m still trying to figure out Doll.” He said looking me in the eye.
“Wait, is this why you got people following me around?”
“And why I left Detroit.” He added with a shrug.
“You’re smart and I love you doll.” He continued before bringing his face closer for a kiss which I wasted no time in complying with.
“I love you too boy.” I said tightening my grip on his body.
***
Next Afternoon…
“Jason popped the big question B, he proposed in the mall this afternoon when I asked him to keep me company while I get some tampons, I felt so shy that I didn’t realize when I dropped a couple tears.” Erica yelled at the top of her lungs over the phone sounding really overwhelmed with ecstasy.
“Oh my gosh! That’s amazing! Congratulations B!” I exclaimed excitedly.
“You should see this ring it’s so beautiful.” She kept going in a high pitched voice and I could hear her sniffing. This is so dramatic.
“Are you at home?”
“Yes, yes girl!” She answered impatiently
“Alright, I’m coming round to see you in a bit.”
“Sure thang. See you soon!” She sang and ended the call.
***
On my way back from Erica’s place that evening, I took a quick stop at the grocery store and got some stuff for dinner before heading to Dwayne’s.
Funny thing was that he was already back from work and sitting before his laptop.
“Hey!” I greeted and gave him a kiss before heading to the kitchen and dropping the bag on the coun
“You’re home early today.” I voiced out my observation.
“Yeah, I wanted to get you a little something. Remember when I said I was going to make it up to you for messing up your birthday?” He asked and I nodded for him to keep going.
“Well, I got a hotel room reservation for two somewhere secret.” He announced and my face instantly lit up with a sheepish smile.
“Are you serious Dwayne?” I yelled in excitement as I jumped on him hugging so tight like my life depended on it.
“I love you! I love you!!” I kept saying without letting him go as he kept laughing.
“Oh I love you too doll.” He said when I finally freed him.
“For how long are we going away?”
“About a week.” He said with a little smile which I returned with another tight hug.
Gosh! I love this dude. This is the kinda surprise I want all of my life.
“C’mon now lemme make us dinner.” He said giving me a light peck on the cheek. Blow me away boy!!
***
For a whole week, all we did was eat, sleep, watch movies, play and get naked together in one of em five star hotels in Miami. Dwayne is the best man that a bad girl could ever ask for.
By the time we got back to Orlando, Dwayne had to take a little business trip to Detroit leaving me alone at home.
I kept myself busy by visiting the gym, shopping and going to the club with Erica every night while he’s away.
***
😉 Dwayne (Travis)
“Hey Rick, why are you suddenly treating me like trash?” I overheard Nicole say and I stopped in my tracks hiding behind one of the tall flowers in my garden to listen properly.
“You got yourself another guy who clearly made you happy Nicole. What do you take me for? A puppet?” I heard Rick ask sounding really pissed.
“I’m sorry Rick, me and that dude was just a front. I care about you Rick.” She said and proceeded to claim his lips for a kiss which he tried his best to resist at first before finally giving in grabbing her waist tight.
This is really funny to watch. My sister and my bodyguard were making out in my garden. I bit my lip and shook my head as I tried to process what was going on.
“Let’s just stop this madness okay? Your brother might come out here any minute.” Rick said letting her go.
“What’s he gonna do? beat us up?” Nicole asked with a naughty laugh while still clawing at his shirt. A restless looking Rick had no choice but to claim her lips for another kiss as Nicole wrapped her long straight legs round his waist. This’ll be the time for me to intervene before they get naked right here in this place.
“Why don’t you two just go get a room already?” I teased laughing heartily as I emerged from my hiding place and rested my arm on one of the trees. You can imagine the shock and embarrassment on both faces.
“Thought you were taking a shower?” Nicole managed to ask stroking her hair nervously while Rick kept scratching his head doing his best to avoid any eye contact between me and him.
“I finished up minutes ago, came down but couldn’t find you. Intuition brought me here since you always like it here in the afternoons.” I explained with a shrug.
“Let’s go back inside now. See you later Rick.” I added shooting him a death glare while leading Nicole out of the garden.
“How long has this been going on Nic?” I queried as soon as we got back inside.
“A week after you moved to Florida.” She replied with her head low prolly still embarrassed.
“Darn! Why’d you still go after that rap guy?”
“Infatuation, lust and a whole lot of ish” she said rubbing her forehead with her long painted nails.
“Look, Rick was initially a toy boy but recently, I’ve come to realize how happy he made me in the short time we were together and when Xx started treating me average, all I could think about was my time with him and how to get back with him.” She confessed wiping her eyes.
“Quit the drama Nicole. Just tell Rick how you feel about him, give him some respect and attention and maybe, y’all might work something out together.” I suggested with a shrug.
After a little lecture on relationships, Nicole decided to leave for her photoshoot with a magazine and her Instagram live session with fans to update them on the issues surrounding her break-up. So much drama in her life!
Rick later came inside to update me on his investigation into Diane’s brother.
“We’re going to track him down at an event somewhere out of town.” Rick said and I nodded as he got up to leave.
“Don’t mess with her feelings Rick, if you care about her then show it. And if she comes crying, I’ll kindly return the favor.” I added sternly and he nodded with his head bowed before finally leaving.
I’m so ridiculous! Can’t believe I just consented to my sister’s entanglement with my bodyguard.
***
The next evening, I had to return to Florida after the meeting I had with the board which was also attended by Nicole, my mom and Meyer.
God! I miss Kiki! I only heard from her in the morning. As I tried to get through the her, she was not picking and I was redirected to voice mail.
As soon as I touched down, I grabbed dinner at a Chinese restaurant since Kiki likes Chinese food and headed straight to her house since she told me that she had gone back there.
“Hey Doll! Where you at?” I called as I unlocked her front door with the spare key and got inside with the bags full of plates.
Since I didn’t get any response from her, I ran upstairs hoping to find her in the bedroom or bathroom but to my utter disappointment, she was not in any of these places and she wasn’t still picking up the phone.
Getting a bit worried, I decided to call Noah and the guys who have been looking out for her so they could update me on her whereabouts.
According to Noah, Kiki is currently at the club where she used to work before with her friend Erica having a great time.
That brought me great relief as I got back to the kitchen and microwaved some of the takeouts that I’d gotten and ate my share before relaxing on the couch to watch some Netflix.
I only realized that I had dozed off when I felt someone shaking me to wake up. Not just anyone but Kiki.
“Boy from the 3-1-3.” She said slightly pinching me on the arm trying to wake me up.
As I finally opened my eyes, I saw her smiling sweetly at me but I tightened my face in a frown making her smile to fade.
“Where have you been Kiki?” I asked in a very emotionless tone.
“Out the club with Erica.”
“Dressed like that?”
“Yeah what’s wrong with my clothes?” She said taking a second look at her clothes.
“Absolutely everything is wrong with your clothes. You’re no longer a stripper Kiki and neither are you a ho.” I barked angrily sitting up on the couch. She scoffed as she was slightly taken aback by everything I just said.
“And you’re not my husband either.” She spat out and slumped into a sofa.
“Good night! Dinner’s on the counter. We’ll talk when you’re in your right frame of mind.” I said coldly as I stood up to take my leave.
“Don’t leave Dwayne.” She said dramatically grabbing my left arm.
“What now?” I asked tiredly.
“I didn’t mean that. I’m sorry.” She apologized tightening her grip on my arm.
“Nah you’re right, I’m not your husband. Guess I have no right to try making sure that you dress like a responsible woman.” I said and could see her blink rapidly.
“Look, I took a few shots of alcohol and I spoke before thinking.”
“So what now?”
“Don’t leave!” She begged and grabbed me tight.
“Fine. You know I’m down for you.” I responded calmly looking into her eyes. This girl’s gonna be the death of me!
“So how was Detroit?” She finally asked after taking a few sips of the coffee that I’d made her.
“Was okay. Business went well.” I shrugged mentally rolling my eyes at her. Now she cares to find out as she kept blabbing about one thing or the other till we went to bed for the night.
💃 Kiki
“That’s the last one Dwayne.” I complained stamping my foot in frustration as he told me to try on another dress.
Wondering what we’re doing? Me and him are trying to evaluate and review my wardrobe as a follow-up to what happened last night.
Dwayne was kinda right though, my clothes are nothing to write home about. Guess that’s why I always attracted problems to myself.
“I like it. I mean it’s not bad.” Dwayne said with a shrug and I smiled turning round for him to help me with the zip.
“Let’s get to sleep already. It’s almost ten and I wanna get to work early tomorrow.” Dwayne yawned tiredly and I threw the dress in his face but as usual, he caught it before it could land on his face.
“C’mon Doll, you wanna suffocate a dawg with all these sequins?” He asked holding up the dress.
“Help me pack up all these clothes from the bed will ya?”
“No way!” He exclaimed tiredly and landed on the clothes pretending to be fast asleep.
I jumped on the bed and sat astride on his body trying to drag him back up but instead, he dragged me to lie on his chest before flipping me under and getting on top.
“Nowhere for you to run now.” He laughed and started kissing all over my face while I kept laughing and hitting him to let me go.
😉 Dwayne (Travis)
Two months Later…
“Can you just tell him to quit?” Nicole pouted like a baby and I furrowed my brows at her. She was begging me for the umpteenth time to relieve Rick of his duties under my employ so she could go public with him and make him some sort of ‘superstar’.
“You do not manipulate a man to do your every bidding Nic. You gotta give a man room to be a man. Rick’s earning a decent salary from a honest full time job and I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Besides, he was still my bodyguard when you started sneaking around with him.” I stated as she kept tightening her frown.
“And also, we’re in the middle of an important investigation. This is not the right time for him to consider quitting.” I added and only rolled her eyes at me.
“What’s taking him so long to get here anyway?” She said instead changing the topic.
Rick arrived a few minutes later and gave us more updates on our fact finding mission.
Over the months, my mom has met with my Diane’s brother once which is ‘weirding’ me out and we’ve also got to discover that she’s been having an affair with Meyer even when my dad was still alive. That’s mainly why my dad and him were enemies.
Could it be that my mom is the one who killed my dad and hired Diane’s brother to use Nicole’s account and pay my dad’s cook for murdering him? This is really ridiculous. The deeper we dig, the more confused I get.
Since Diane’s brother is some sort of hacker, we’re also going to need hackers if we want to win this. I charged Rick to get us experts before I left him and Nicole to do their lovey dovey stuff.
***
I came home that evening and found Kiki watching TV. I told her to move in with me and stop spending money on her rent.
Nicole was the one on the screen. Prolly some kind of interview about her break-up with that rapper.
“Hello Dolly!” I greeted with arms open wide and Kiki ran up to me jumping on me in a tight hug.
“How’s my baby doing?” She asked after freeing me from the tight hug.
“I’m okay. Had a great day at work.” I responded before going ahead to fill her in on the day’s happenings.
She was laughing so hard at all the stories and jokes that I was telling her.
One thing pricks my conscience though; the fact that I’m living a lie and still can’t bring myself to tell her about it. If she finds out on her own, she’ll definitely kill me, no capping.
I need to find a way of letting her know who exactly I am. Nicole knows stuff like this and she’s the only one I can rely on right now.
According to Nicole’s suggestion, I should just surprise Kiki by inviting her over and telling her that we’re siblings and she (Nicole) will handle the explanations. It’s worth a shot!
That night, I went to bed and dreamt about how Kiki left me when she found out that I’m Travis Givens. She cried so hard that the sound of her wailing echoed so loud.
“Dwayne! Dwayne!!” Was the sound I heard that woke me up and it turned out to be Kiki shaking me to wake up.
“You’re screaming my name in your sleep, what’s up with you?” Kiki asked with confusion plastered on her face.
“Just a little dream.” I responded as I sat up on the bed.
“Care to share?” She queried stroking my arm softly.
“You were having my baby in the dream and I was screaming for you to push.” I lied and she started laughing.
“So cute. Why don’t you go back to sleep so we can ascertain if I gave birth to twins and what we named them.” She joked and we both laughed for a while before going back to sleep.
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