Chapter 171: Let's talk!

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04:09pm,

  "Hey baby? You still did not call, what's going on?" Message asked through the phone

  "Everything's been hectic, just too clouded!" I explained "How are you Nessa, I've been thinking...."

  "...about me? Oh yes, I've been thinking about you too!" She said before I could finish talking "When did you say you are  returning again?" She asked

  "Maybe a day after tomorrow or so! Its a lot tomorrow on over here." I snapped. If only she could see how angry i was at her.

  "How's Manchester treating you though?" She asked snapping me out my my thought.

  "Fair enough! Not as fair as I want you around though!" I blurted, I could hear her blush

  "You know Jordan, there's a lot going on over here, in Miami. Things are crazy..."

  "That's why you had to make Gianna look like a terrorist? How did those pictures and videos escalated, where are they from?" I asked

  "Not again, I'd never do that to you! Right from the onset, yo could tell that all I've ever tried to do was find Gia and the boys. They matter to me just like you matter to me, I'm trying and writing to  every security agency to support in finding them and there's nothing at all!" She grabbed a deep sigh "How can I ever make you believe that my intentions are pure? If I was a bad person then I'd have killed Gianna long ago, even before she left....but I wouldn't do that! Baby, believe me!" She tried to coax

  "Maybe we got a lot to talk about when I return, what do you say?"I opted coolly

  "That's fair enough but why are you overly stretching this...are my words not enough?"

  "Should it be enough for me?" I asked "There are a thousand things wrong with our relationship Nessa, you know that!" I said, I was almost emotional.

  "But Jordan, people will say things...they'd always say no..." She spoke very reasonably and that broken down even more

  "Nessa...I'll just talk to you later, is that okay?" I opted

  "Anything for you, I just hope you return home soon! I love you, Jordan!" She hung up.

I couldn't place my hands on which was wrong, Nessa or someone else? Every hand points at her, even David confessed so what more is more convincing that she's got nothing to do with my wife and sons? Thinking about little Khaleed breaks me down every time I think of him, I can't count the number of times I've cried alone, asking so many questions. Sometimes, I assumed that the karmic law had maliciously dealt with everything part of me to its last piece. 

Nessa's behavior confuses me a lot, she's overly too calm and lovely when we speak, i want you believe that she couldn't do nothing but its evident enough to see for myself. I should have properly cut ties with her from the beginning, Gianna warned me, Lamar, everyone warned me but I fell on victim because of her charmingly aura, that was the weakness she used against me. I caused everything myself, no one is to be blamed for my shenanigans and folly.

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Somewhere in Brighton,

(Told in details)

Mother and father arrived as they made their way to the Tinkers residence, investigations had been earlier taken so finding her location was no big deal. There were quite a good number of securities guardian and surveying the entirety. 

  "We are here to see Shania Tinkers." One of the securities escorting my parents said to the man

  "I can't let you in, the madam is really busy!" He blurted

  "Its an order!"

The man scoffed in mockery

  "Order from who? This is the Tinkers residence not your rat hole..." The man insulted, father didn't waste anytime. He had anger issues just like me, one of the traits i got from him. He took a taser from the security's waist and used it in the man.

  "You don't know me, do you?" Father blurted while mother smirked, she enjoyed the moment to the latter. The man fell to the ground unconscious, father turned to the security

  "Don't waste so much time talking to a deuce bag. They'd always have something cheesy to say!" 

They walked into the building that looked a quite old but fancy, they met another security and he ended up like the first, then the second, fourth, fifth until there was none in view. And old woman around her early 60s with a little wide hips, red painted lips, wavy gray hair, adorned with some pearl necklace, earrings and bracelets was sitting beside the pool reading from the papers. Father cleared his throat (he had already activated the voice recorder on him) while her guard whispered into her ears and she turned to them.

  "Look who we got? The Lion's cub and his lioness, just like his father. Not as bad as I expected!" She said, speaking confidently.

  "That's right!' Father said ad they sat adjacent.

  "Please have some wine with me, and don't say no!" Shania said

  "Of course! They are my favorite!" Mother added. A worker poured some into two more glasses the she exited.

  "There's not much time if we were given the whole day to talk about coordinates, is there?" Father began as he turned to mother as she nodded positively

  "Exactly!" Mother snapped then took a sip

  "So why are we meeting?" Shania stirred "I'm surprised that no one has told me about your arrival...not a single word!"

  "A lion isn't told..." Father began as he interrupted

  "...the exact time to hunt..." She completed "You are indeed the son of your father."

  "You should really work on your security around here, they are slacker than a rubber!" Mother added sarcastically

  "Is that an insult?" Shania was slightly perturbed

  "Which ever one you prefer...its no surprise that we stomped in like a stampede!" mother added as father rubbed her hand a little, it was a 'cool down' sign. She remained quiet.

  "I want to believe that you know why we are here..." Father stirred

  "Maybe you tell me! I can't read minds, can I?" Shania blurted

  "That's easy if you can't, you don't get to know nothing!" Father jabbered "I see how gorgeous your daughter works, Vanessa Tinkers. Her services don't disappoint you know..."

  "Exactly! It all depends on how extensively you've worked on your pawns!" Shania blurted

  "How could say your daughter is a pawn?" Mother asked in disbelief

  "Jamal, you might wanna shut your beauty's mouth. Could you also remind her that what I do is never her business?" Shania sounded more sarcastic

  "I see where Vanessa got that domicile attitude from!" Mother added, father gave a faint smile. There was no need for him to caution his wife since he was in her defense. Shania shrugged away.

  "The question is why now?" Father asked

  "How do you mean?" Shania feigned

  "Oh Shania, don't gimme that shit reaction!" Father was almost raising his voice "You instigated Vanessa into harming my own son? How dare you?" Father cautioned angrily

  "Is that even to be  compared with the shit you made me go through?" Shania was getting tensed too "Because of you. I lost my husband..."

  "Really? Aren't you even ashamed to call that dog your husband? He hurt you, y'all divorced for a reason so why's that?" Father asked

  "How's that your problem? What I do and who I care for has nothing to do with you, does it?" She asked "You should be grateful that I didn't choose to hurt you directly...I thought that hurting," she stood crossing her arms turning away  from them "your son would be very beautiful. Take a look at it, "she turned to them abruptly "Vanessa and Jordan make a perfect couple for each other. Ever since she told me about her Interest in Jordan, I took it as a perfect chance to hurt you. Then I thought that, getting his wife out of the way would engage their magic. Vanessa on the other hand, is a helpless, naive, stupid spoilt brat!" She sighed and continued smirking "They say that the best way to get into someone is through the mind, give them the finest things to stay loyal to you and that's exactly what I did. Why am I even explaining this shit to you Jamal, you know the rules. You know how these things work.. C'mon you are influential!"

  "What on earth do you want, Shania? 'Cause if I had known that you long existed then I wouldn't waste any more time to kill you myself. You're just like your sicko husband...very ambitious over nothing."

  "Maybe I should remind you that that same sicko took you away from daddy..." She mocked

  "And his daddy got him out. Who's gonna get you out if he takes you in?" Mother interrupted in fathers' defense, Shania was quiet for some seconds.

  "I won't rest until the whole invincible Khaleefas are brought to the dust, that's a promise. I'd pay for the death of Vinny. He had dreams for us, not until your pathetic father ruined our plans...I didn't plan on living this low key life..." She groaned angrily. Mother threw a slap on Shania's face. Father did not see that coming.

  "Don't ever speak about me husband in that manner again. More reasons why you're still pathetic, do yourself some good to die and go to hell!" Mother blurted as father held her back. Shania's face squeezed tightly

  "Do you realize what you've just done?"

  "You tell me!" Mother snapped

  "I came here with the intentions of making peace..." Father began

  "Peace my foot!" Shania countered defiantly

  "But to where it stands, I'm gonna have to kill you myself! And...you better take off your princess off my family's face!"

  "Not until I get Vanessa to where she wants. She'd end up with Jordan forever and not even you can stop me. You all will die one by one, just like the hand of the clock ticking." Shania threatened. Father laughed.

  "I wouldn't warn you again Shania, you'd hate me for that!" Father said and he meant. He has been cold in her because she was a woman, on of the rules of the Khaleefa's is not hurting a woman. 

  "Are you sure about that?" She took a sip from the wine and smirked "I have worked hard for this, its all part of my plan for Vanessa to take charge, once she ends up with your son then be rest assured to die." She added

  "I just wonder why Vanessa is used as prey. Isn't she your daughter anymore? You are aware that you are sending her into a den and you'd prefer she dies?" Father said 

  "Who cares?" Shania yelled "No one!"

  "Then why are you using her? She's not at fault here, you are angry at me then let's war, not include children..."

  "No Jamal, no way! I don't care what happens to her, all I want is for her to ruin your reputations." She countered "The Osborne's once had a place on this earth..."

  "Once had, but not anymore! People like Vinny or his bloodline will not have a place in this world...not here in Brighton not even in Miami, not any where." Father said

  "That's where you lie. Vinny had a place, your father owed him a special bounty but did your father pay? No. He killed him instead. Is that forgivable?" She said. Yes, grandfather and Vinny once had business disputes but it was paid off but Vinny wanted an exempt, he wanted more, just jealousy.

  "We don't owe no one a dime, we don't even have debts to pay neither have we accumulated one over time. So what the hell are you talking about? Don't forget that you got married to Vinny as a juvenile, so how do you expect to know quite a lot when you don't? You're not even smart enough to handle a kingpin or a cartel. Anyways, stay out of my Son's way. I don't Intend to haggle over nothing!" Father stated as he wrapped his arms around mothers' waist for them to leave. She's was fuming up in anger, almost exploding.

  "No Jamal, you'll pay with your life!" She groaned. Father and mother and the securities had added steps ahead as she pulled out a gun and called out

   "Jamal?!" He turned as she shot at his arm. It began. Mother was distraught. She pulled out her gun and shot back at Shania's leg while the securities exchanged gunshots. As mother attempted to shoot at Shania again, father stopped her. They made their way out of the premises, they lost three men while Shania's men were almost cleared out. They drove away in their car, two other cars followed them from behind.

Mother attended to the father's wound by wrapping her scarf around it urging the security to drive faster. They drove to the port where the jet was.

They finally flew away.

While in the plane, mother insisted on treating his wounds solely dismissing others around them. Father tucked his cloth into his mouth as she took some spirit and poured on the bare wound as he groaned, she was hurt as well, emotionally. The took a scissors and dug out the bullet, she dressed his wound with some disinfectants and finally tied his arm with some bandages. He wasn't staring at water she was she doing but he was staring at the way she took care of his wounds. He was falling in love with her like he's never known her, like she's never had two children or aged with him.

  "Does it hurt that bad? Right now?" She asked as he sat next to him holding unto his unhurt arm

  "It feels better since you took care of it!" He said coolly

  "I really thought that I was going to lose you already...I forgot that it was only your arm. You should've let me end her pathetic life! It will be of some good to her!" Mother rolled her eyes

  "That was why I stopped you, such people don't deserve to die fast and easy, watch how I'd make her pay!" Father said. "Do you realize that this whole thing is not a war? She's just so immature to know where she stands! She's really pathetic!"

  "That means she's using Vanessa, do you think that Nessa is her biological child? It feels very wrong mad unlikely!" Mother added correctly

  "I was thinking so too."

  "Did you activate the recorder?" Mother asked

  "Trust me on it!" He said "Its in my pocket, could you take it out?"

  "Sure!" Mother dug her hand and took it out and saved it "Vanessa needs to know what her mother's doing. She's fooling her and this could ruin her life!" 

Father couldn't talk anymore,  grabbed her lips as they kissed passionately.