Kiki
We silently crept out of the room and ran up the stairs heading into the bedroom locking the door from inside.
Dwayne dialled a call on his phone asking for some intervention.
As soon as he was done with the call, we heard footsteps approaching the stairs heading towards the bedroom.
I was so scared and held Dwayne tight as he stroked my hair trying to calm me down.
Dwayne quietly stood up and switched off the lights. Oops! Bad idea!!
The people on the other side of the door observed this and banged on the door trying to get inside.
I don’t know what was happening on the other side of the door as I heard silenced gunshots followed by heavy thuds on the wooden floor.
“They’re here.” Dwayne said and got up from the bed that we were sitting on opening the door.
“Good evening sir.” Five guys in suits chorused and Dwayne breathed a sigh of relief.
“Took you guys long enough to get here.” Dwayne said nonchalantly and got closer to where the unknown men were lying on the floor groaning in pain.
“Who are you? And what do you want?” Dwayne asked placing his foot on the spot which was bleeding on his leg.
“She sent us to come and kill her.” The guy said pointing at me.
“What? Who?” Me and Dwayne yelled simultaneously.
“Her name’s Ashley.” He said and Dwayne kicked him in the face and he spat out blood.
“Where’s she?” Dwayne fired on but he shook his head.
“Take them away and take care of them.” Dwayne ordered and the men in suits dragged them away.
“Noah and Tom should stay.” Dwayne continued sounding really upset as he clenched his jaws repeatedly.
“Do you know where she lives?” Dwayne asked referring to me and I shook my head like a robot as I was still trying to process everything that just took place.
Who I’m I even dating? And why would Ashley send someone to kill me? And who are these guys that shot them? There’s too many questions in my head right now.
“Get to the chutzpah, the manager will take you to her.” Dwayne said in finality before the guys jogged down the stairs and out of the house.
“Are you okay?” Dwayne asked as he returned to the bed where I was still sitting with my hands on both knees.
“No I’m not okay Dwayne, someone just tried to have me murdered under my own roof and then some sorta super heroes suddenly intervene. I don’t understand anything that’s going on here.” I said slowly shaking my head in dismay.
“Okay first of all, the ‘super heroes’ are paid contractors who do this type of jobs and they’re always a few blocks away from where you and I are.” He explained.
“You mean they’ve been following me?” I asked in Surprise.
“More like watching and protecting you. Remember those guys who tried to make a move on you in the parking lot the first night we met?” He queried and I nodded for him to keep talking.
“Well me and the guys taught them some really nice lessons after the pepper spray.” He said sounding fulfilled.
“But why?” I asked as everything still seemed unclear to me.
“Because I love you Doll.”
“No, not that,I mean I know that. But why you got these guys in the first place? Who or what are you running from?” I asked and he scratched his head indicating that he was actually hiding something from me.
“It’s for protection and..” he made to reply but was cut off by the sound of his phone vibrating from his pocket.
“Yeah, okay.” Was all he said as he ended the call and returned the phone in his pocket. At that point, I dared not ask him who was on the phone with him or to continue with whatever he was about to say.
“Let’s go eat dinner first before anything else.” He said taking me downstairs.
After dinner, one of the guys returned to the house so he could drive us to where they’re holding Ashley. Gosh! These guys behave like the FBI! How on Earth did they capture her so quickly?
After a long drive downtown to where the others were waiting in what resembled an abandoned warehouse to me, I saw Ashley in hand cuffs. They didn’t beat her up like I’d expected.
“I don’t have much time to beat around the bush on this matter so I’m going to ask you all at once. Why’d you want to kill my girlfriend?” Dwayne barked angrily at Ashley who couldn’t even look me in the eye.
“You could say I’m jealous of her but nah I’m mad at her.” She responded without any remorse
“Mad enough to kill me?” I yelled angrily and rushed to pounce on her but Dwayne held me back whispering in my ear for me to calm down.
“How’s Erica’s face now? Pretty?” She said again and this time around, one of the men slapped her hard on the face shutting her up. Better!! could it be that she had something to do with the rashes on Erica’s face?
“Take care of her.” Dwayne ordered and led me out of the room.
“What are you going to do with her?” I asked in fear.
“Relax, I’m not going to kill her if that’s what you are worried about. I got stuff worse than death for her.” Dwayne assured me calmly and I didn’t even realize when I’d let out a deep breath.
“Let’s go home now and catch some sleep.” He added soothingly with his hands over my shoulder and took me back outside to where the car was parked. I don’t really care what he does to her as long as he ensures that I don’t see her anymore.
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Last night was a big night for me. Today, I got woken up from my sweet sleep by my sweetheart who wanted to inform me that my phone’s been ringing like forever and I’m also running late for work.
“I’m up! I’m up!!” I yelled frantically like a mad man as I sat up on the soft and comfy bed while my girlfriend only shook her head walking out of the room.
“Hey Nic. Why are you calling me so early in the morning.” I frabbed angrily on the phone as I realized who the caller is- my younger sister Nicole.
“We need to meet. You’re still in Florida right?” She asked impatiently.
“Yeah what’s wrong?” I asked with great concern.
“I’ll tell you everything when I see you just gimme an exact location.” She continued tiredly.
“I’m in Orlando. I’ll text you an address where we can meet.” I added removing the phone from my ear so I could check the time as she told me of her ETA.
“I’ll see you in a bit Travie.” She said and hung up.
“Beautiful morning to a beautiful woman.” I said lightly tapping my girlfriend’s butt.
“You’re late for work already.” She said instead as I buried my face in the crook of her neck.
“But that won’t stop me from making us breakfast before I leave Doll.”
“Just go to work D. I’ll eat at Erica’s place when I go to see her.” She said lovingly.
“Sure thang.” I said in a mumble as I busied myself with placing soft kisses on her neck.
Wanna know who I am? Then let’s do a proper introduction. I’m Travis Givens. Son of late Daniel Givens who was a pillar in the automotive industry of Detroit. Givens Spares and Autos is the name of our company and my mom cheers the board as CEO until her retirement before I can take over.
Yes I am living under an assumed identity (Dwayne Martins) because I wanna see what life is like without the affluence and stuff.
My sister Nicole is the only one that knows about this whole issue because I trust her more than anyone else.
***
“Travie, long time no see. You even cut your hair. You look unrecognizable.” Nicole said taking off her sunglasses and settling into the seat opposite mine.
“You look different too. Are the rumors of the plastic surgery true?” I asked as I took a closer look at her.
“Maybe, maybe not.” She replied with a shrug smacking on her gum.
“Not bad at all. You’re doing this for that rapper uhm.. what’s his name again?” I said pretending to be thinking hard.
“Lil Xx” she confirmed my suspicions and I laughed so hard making her frown a bit.
“It’s not funny you know? It was just a fling.” She added as I kept laughing at her.
“You can laugh all you want but we’re not so different you know. You ran away from home, faked your identity just so you could find some new fishes.” She ranted raising both hands in the air.
“Alright, alright you got me. What brings you to The FL?” I asked as I stopped laughing and got serious.
“Mom is out buying Shares and offered me a large amount for mine.” She announced leaving my mouth wide open in Surprise.
“And what did you tell her?” I asked almost in a yell.
“I’m never considering it Travie. Don’t think I’m stupid cause I understand exactly what she’s trying to do; to permanently outdo us and lay permanent hold of the business.” She explained and I only nodded indicating that she was right and sensible for the first time in forever.
“I need to know why mum is doing this but I intend to find out. I’ve asked Rick to look into this matter on the side.” I also said. Nicole has a whooping twenty five percent shares in the business while I have thirty percent and my mom and Meyer now have control over forty five percent.
“We need to stop them Travie. Just come up with a plan.” Nicole stated plainly.
“And I will have to be in Detroit so I can get some information out of Diane.” I suggested but then my mind flashed back to Kiki. I might have to cheat on her again. So help me God!
“Wanna see what my chick looks like?” I asked with a smirk.
“If you got it,it ain’t a question.” Nicole sang with a laugh and I whipped out my phone navigating through the photos app.
“This your new spec now? Wait, Is that butt natural?” She continued blabbing admiring Kiki’s photos as she kept scrolling.
“She’s beautiful right?” I asked already knowing what the answer is going to be.
“This chick is a thousand times better than Diane would ever be. Where’d you meet her?”
“None of your bidness girl.” I responded with a little scoff.
“I’d pay a million to look like that Travie. Can I meet her?”
“Sure but not yet. She’s gonna recognize you and everything goes south from there. I need to tell her about myself first before you can meet her.”
“Fair enough brother. We need to find out what mom’s motives are before we can plan and make our own move.” She said putting on her sunglasses and getting up from her seat.
“I’m gonna see you soon.” I said as I disengaged from the hug and watched her walk away to the waiting car before I turned round and walked back to where my own car was parked.
I got inside and dialled Rick’s ( my security guard) number and what he had to tell me was too shocking for me to believe.
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