Chapter 174: What I want!

What I need!

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02:41am,

  "That's the point! Shania tried to seek revenge on the Khaleefa's by going through you! Its an old beef, nothing much..." Father said

  "Nothing much? Dad, don't be ridiculous. Look at the state we're in because of that same old beef!" I scoffed "Besides, what's up with Nessa? You were saying something about her." I reminded

  "Nessa's not her biological daughter, we found out. Just listen to this!" Mother brought out a recorder and pushed the button to play the audio. I listened to it all the way to the end, I was stunned by it.

  "What the hell? How come? How did all of this happen, she's really got no regards for Nessa..." I said. I didn't want to sympathize too.

  "That's why you need to rethink. What ever decision you'd take should not be too hard, you know what I'm saying!" Mother said

  "I'll just think about it!" I snapped "she's not even my problem right now, I just want my wife and kids to come off their unexplainable state."

  "Of course! I saw the woman you saved, any idea?" Father asked

  "Jamal, could we not talk about that for now; It's a little too early!" Mother reminded

  "Oh! My bad, I'll handle her then!" Father added 

  "We could talk about anyways! Gia and my sons were injected with poison, it was intended to kill them slowly."

  "But they are still alive, which is a good sign. They made it out alive and that's because of your faith in the whole process!" Mother said as she rubbed my chin then kissed my cheek.  "We should've had more trust in you than jumping into conclusions, it's not even you fault this is happening."

  "I know but i played a role in it and that's why things turned." 

  "Should we tell Nessa the truth? Should we let her know this? 'Coz her mother would be on the hunt any moment from now, in search of her daughter for more brainwash!" Mother inquired

  "I'm not really ready to forgive Nessa..."

  "Then is Gia ready to forgive you too? She saw this coming and you ignored..." Mother cautioned calmly

  "But Mom..."

  "Your mother's right! If you let this go then Gia would definitely let this go." Father added

  "I still don't understand why you both are cold over this, she tried to kill us all..." I stated

  "She spared your life back there, Tiana would have shot at you but she shot first. A bullet intended for you not Tiana, she wouldn't hurt you..." Mother said defensively

  "That was because she missed, they are  both psychos!!!" I said

  "That's one of the prices we pay for the things we've done in the past!"

  "What's that supposed to mean, Mom?" I asked with my brows furrowing.

  "If you take a quick look back at the past, you'd understand!" She said reasonably as we sat while father pocketed his hands staring at us both, he supports her cautiousness. "These women who surfaced out of the blues are hurt because of you." I interrupted her

  "Mom..."

  "Listen Kareem, she's still speaking!" Father snapped almost sternly then I maintained my silence, keeping my cool.

  "Take a look at Meghan, y'all got connected somehow and you bashed it because you felt it wasn't what you wanted. Look at Tiana, there was a connection even in the middle of the fun y'all were catching, it led to something different and you bashed it again. She's even got a son for you. Now Nessa, she took interest in you, you could easily say no...there are a lot of ways to drift away but you played along, made her believe you loved her, you literally used her I'd say. She came at you dangerously. There's nothing more terrible than EXes conspiring against you. And here we are having Gia as victim, she warned you. She was absolutely right for being jealous, its one of the things lovers would do."

  "Mom she left!" I answered defiantly

  "You should really ask yourself why. She was easily lured 'coz you divided your attention. A part of you was with Nessa and the other with Gia! Women get hurt very easily, it's not easy to love and not get loved in return! If you hadn't taken all these wonderful women for granted then you'd not have to go through things like this! Its easy to fool someone but getting fooled by the same victim hurts, isn't it?" She paused. I was thinking deeply, mother made a lot of points.

  "Yeah!" I snapped calmly looking straight, I was getting pissed at the bitter truth.

  "Exactly! Don't get me wrong but I thought of it that way, they were hurt, they all loved you genuinely but you took their feelings for granted. You don't have to play hide and seek with your emotions. It hurts me to see you suffer, it takes me back to my dire experiences. Because of the fear of losing and pleasing, your father and I lost our child." She paused as I turned to her slowly, apologetically.

  "I must have been a stupid adult then!"

  "That's the word!" Father teased as mother's eyes stared at father in a daunting way then turned to me again, he shunned.

  "You were not a stupid adult, you only took some passive things for granted! In my terms, you are actually a bigger star than I projected" She added

  "Thanks Mom!" I gave her a swift kiss on the cheek as she blushed

  "Ok y'all, I'm overly jealous! Your wife would be all yours soon so don't practice too much on mine!" Father teased as we laughed.

  "We should return home!" Mother opted

  "Yeah, I'd just stick around! I really want to be the first person she sees when he eyes opens up!" I said, that's was my wish and intent.

I insisted and they left.

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07:46am,

I walked into my house with my eyes almost clasping, my eyes were heavy, my body was sore, I was fatigued. I clumsily closed door then I flopped on the sofa, my eyes closed.

I woke up hours after a very long nap, I opened my eyes slowly, someone was standing over me. I adjusted on the sofa, Yeesha was standing, she had a long face on crossing her arms.

  "Oh Hazel?* I rubbed my eyes were

  "Really Kareem?"

  "Honey I can explain! I wanted to tell you all about but I did not send to risk your life."

  "Who said that I couldn't take care of myself, we both know that I've been wishing and hoping that G and the boys would return but it seems like I don't matter. You and our parents don't ever care about me, y'all run your shit alone. Always counting me out, that's not fair!" She stopped. My face dropped in guilt, all I wanted was to protect.

  "Yeesha, I'm really sorry for not telling you, my intentions are pure. I did not want to risk your lives...Nessa is dangerous, it was a terrible experiences. Would you prefer that i lose my my sons and lose you too?" I cautioned, get face dropped as well, nevertheless, I understood where she was coming from

  "Kareem, its because I care for you. I want you be involved, I don't just want to be a sister with no glowing efforts, I want you be there." She said heartily. I dragged her but the arm gently to sit next to me, she's been standing like in an an audition.

  "I prefer you far from, danger, my women affairs, my problems and stuff. I want you safe, I could somewhat afford to lose anyone but not you, you're priceless!" I said snuggling her nose as she blushed "I should've told you about it but I before I could, it was too late. I'm sorry Yeesha, big brother is trying to learn to solve his own problems. You feel me?" I explained again and she broadly smiled

  "If course! But you can always hint me, I could watch over the house, work, drive through...you know that I could actually do a lot and my fans," ad soon as I heard the word FANS I rolled my eyes uninteresting way "are real anticipating your coming on the show. Don't worry, take your time!" She paused

  "Of course, I wanna take forever!" I teased, and there, we hugged very tightly and swiftly. I couldn't still tell her about Clinton and I, I'd save it for another day instead.

  "I made breakfast, freshen to eat soon!"

  "Oh damn, when did you come in?" My brows furrowed while she beamed

  "An hour ago!" She snapped

  "This is crazy!" I laughed ad I dropped from the sofa "I'll just take a shower, I love you so much honey!" I hugged her once more.

I showered and slid into something comfy, I made my way down the stairs; starting in the way of the dining room where Yeesha was seated drinking from a smoov using her cell phone.

  "Hey!" I hollered and I dragged a seat and sat, I began to eat. The doorbell rang twice.

  "I'll get it!" Yeesha opted as she sprang up to get the door.

I heard 'hey baby' coming from the living room. I suspected it to be Clinton.

They came into view, I was right. I turned towards their direction and let out a friendly and accommodating smile, Yeesha was holding unto Clinton's arm.

  "Hi Jordan!" Clinton hollered smiling as we swiftly hugged, I couldn't see that Yeesha was proud of us both, getting along. He joined In the meal served by his wife. "How are you holding up lately? Yeesha told me everything, we had no idea that something terrible was going on!" He stated outrightly

  "Oh yeah! Some situations don't really need screaming, it would have turned out negatively!" I stated too.

  "But we could've assisted, little or not!" He snapped "I'm glad to know that Gianna is finally home, at least still alive." He added

  "Exactly! I'm happy about that too, I got my family back home, I just hope they make it out soon! Can't wait!"

  "Sure thing! They would, they fought!"

  "Did the doctor tell you what exactly went wrong? I'm shocked. Its bizarre to have found them motionless, don't you think?" Yeesha pointed out

  "Oh yeah, it is really bizarre! The doctor said that they were poisoned, it was meant to kill them slowly, which one the process you become numb, motionless, the nerves just don't correspond and stuff!" I heaved a deep sigh dropping the spoon, I took a sip from the glass of water, I lost my appetite instantly. My face dropped.

  "It feels like a thriller in movies, I thought that things like this don't exist?! Oh damn!" She said in concern

  "That means you did really when to have saved them, if not it would've been a different story! Jordan, you did a lot. How did you even know?" Clinton asked

  "Its quite a lengthy one. Let's just say instincts? It really pays well to put lots of concentration on people and things around you!" I said

  "That's right!" He snapped "I'm really impressed, its quite a lesson though!"

I gave a faint smile.

  "Thanks for the food, Yeesha!"vi rose up to leave

  "You barely ate from it, don't you like it? I could just..." She interrupted

  "I..It's just that I lost my appetite, beside your meals are always on point!" I said walking out if sight.

  "But..." 

  "Darling, let him have some time. He's still in shock!" I heard him whisper to her. I returned to them again

  "Er! I'll be leaving for the hospital, make yourselves comfortable!" I chimed

  "We'd come with you then..." Yeesha opted

  "You've done enough A'ight, ill just call you up when I need something, is that ok?" I opted

  "Ok then, just call me when there's something...at least you can't always keep me out of the way!" She added "Gia and the boys are my Family too!" She sweetly stated, I was compelled to smile.

  "There you go! Ok then!" I kissed her on the forehead regardless of Clinton being there, damn his feelings if he felt some type of way, we shook hands as I headed out of the house.

I got the car garage, didn't want something sophisticated in my terms, I took the black rover out the luxury and exotic cars, a rover was not bad anyways. I pulled out if the garage then hit on the road leading to the hospital.

Roughly ten minutes later, I arrived at the hospital then I made my way to the room both my sons occupied, it was actually private. The doctor followed giving me an assuring smile.

  "Is there any improvement at all?" I asked staring at them.

  "Very much Mr Khaleefa, they moved. We are still trying to flush out the poison out of their systems. I must say that they are really fighters, poisons like this give only little or no chance of surviving. So?!" Get explained

  "Pretty bearable! Its hard to not think about them, it hurts. I've been away from my family for over two months and this is all I get?!" I said. Maybe I was beginning to complain too much.

  "I understand, I've never been through such a case but you are amongst the the few who have survived this. Even without the help of the government, you figured out a way! That's a huge one!" He patted me on the shoulder as I smiled faintly.

  "Now I see why you are called the Lion's Cub, your lineage doesn't die!" He added them I smiled

  "Of course!  I'm only trying to be a good husband and father..."

   "As well as a patriotic citizen!" He snapped "You might wanna see your wife now, she's responding well to treatment. I think she would come off it pretty soon!" He urged, he was on my mind. I played kisses on their foreheads.

We headed to Gianna's room, she was lying still, her face turned to the left with her eyes closed, still livid and somewhat lifeless.

  "I would excuse you now, please be strong!" He said then I nodded positively as he left closing the door behind him. I sat beside Gianna holding unto her knuckle wrapped in my palms. My face was buried on it, i placed a kiss on it. My eyes watered, it was unconscious. My other hand paved its way to her pale cheek, for the fact that she was looking unhealthy, her smoothness remained. I could not stop staring at her regardless.

The thoughts of the first time she came into the house for house keeping, the strip club, the first time I found out about her, our first love making! All in a nutshell made me even more desperate to see her look me in the eye. Damn!