Chapter 125Homecoming week: TuesdayPart 4: continued The partitions lit up again, with Essence and Kymoni praying that their booth didn't light up, even knowing that they will have to go at some point in the game. Because Leah had taken her turn already her partition won't light up again until the second round. The next two times Kymoni and Essence were spared their turn, but the next time Kymoni’s partition lit up. “Shit!” Kymoni said under her breath and Essence laughed knowing it was her friend. Kymoni stepped up and scowled at Essence who was laughing, she immediately tried to straighten her face to make it look like she wasn't laughing but failed horribly. Kymoni pulled down her blindfold slowly, scowling at Essence forcing her to try to hold in her laugh the entire time. Essence almost died trying to hold her laugh in. Kymoni spun the wheel, and was escorted to the booth of none other than Unique. Essence couldn't wait until the game was over because she
Chapter 126Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 5Final Rounds: The loud cheers let Essence know that the wheel had stopped spinning. She tried her best to mute all other sounds trying to see if she could hear Kymoni. She had to laugh at herself, because who the fuck she thought she was? Superwoman! The hostess grabbed her arm kinda rough. “Hey, don't let this blindfold fool you into thinking I don't know who you are. Imma to need you to not grab my fucking arm like that again. Now if you want to have matching arms and hands like your friends, then go ahead and see how this ends for you.” Essence said snatching her arm away from the girl so she could rethink her actions before this game ends really quick. “I wasn't trying to be aggressive, I lost my balance and grabbed you, I apologize.” The hostess said quickly when she looked back at Jazz and Leah who looked like they were hit by a car. Essence nodded and let the girl escort her to the person she had to kis
Chapter 127Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 5.1Round 2: “Ok folks that round was ….something else. Ladies what we're going to do is get you to go ahead and write down the number of who it is you think you kiss.” The announcer said, stumbling over his words. “Now while they are doing that, we will move on to round two. We have a special surprise for our audience, this round will be a little different. This round ladies you will have a chance to spin two times, and then the audience will pick whether you will go with the first or second spin.” The announcer said, smiling when the crowd went wild, to the point it was deafening. Essence and Kymoni shook their heads, they knew this was about to be some bull shit. Now again the same rules will apply you will have five second to find the guy's lips and five seconds to kiss. The faster you find his face the longer you have to kiss to try and figure out who it is you have kissed. I see that all you ladies have put y
Chapter 128Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 5.3 Final Round: Round 3 “Ok, that ends round two, ladies just like last time I need you to write the number of the man you think you kissed. We have one more round left before we see which team collected the most points, to win this challenge.” The announcer said, smiling at how much the crowd was enjoying the new game. Syncere and Shawn were both fuming because they were both hoping that they would have gotten the chance to kiss Essence and Kymoni. The didn't know how the hell out of both rounds and three spins that they didn't land on them once. They both knew that they would have known if they had kissed Essence and Kymoni. Syncere was starting to think it was rigged. “Ok, now that the ladies have finished writing down their answers let's move on. The hostess has written down new numbers for this round. We have already used one through seven, now we use eight to fifteen, she is going to randomly place the
Chapter 129 Homecoming week: Tuesday part 6Who will be in first place!: “Ok, now that that's settled let's find out if each one of you were able to figure out who you kissed during each round.” The announcer said and the crowd went wild with anticipation. “NOW I HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBERS HERE ON MY DIGITAL COMPUTER! FOR THE REGULAR ROUND YOU CAN GET UP TO SIX POINTS! THEN THE BONUS ROUND FOR THE GUYS, IF YOU GET THE CORRECT ANSWER, YOU CAN EARN YOUR TEAM TWO EXTRA POINTS! EACH COUPLE WILL STEP UP AND REVEAL YOUR NUMBERS. I WILL PUT YOUR CORRECT NUMBER UP ON THE DIGITAL BOARD BEHIND YOU! WE HAVE SEVEN COUPLES SO OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS ARE FROM ONE TO SEVEN, AND WE WILL GO IN THAT ORDER! FOR THE GUYS BONUS ROUND THE NUMBERS ARE EIGHT THROUGH FOURTEEN! NOW WILL COUPLE NUMBER ONE, STEP FORWARD!” The announcer said. The first couple stepped up and revealed their numbers. Out of the six points they could have gotten They managed to only earn four points from the regular rounds.
Chapter 130back at the Dormitory:Syncere and Jazz: “I can't believe they took first place, then you embarrassed me in front of everyone.” Jazz said as they walked into her dorm room. They were going to The Pitt to grab a bite to eat, but they had to come to the dorms first so Jazz and Leah could take their medication. “How did I embarrass you? I was supposed to get as many points as I could, you're just mad that I was able to pick Essence out of seven girls.” “I was talking about you letting Shawn talk about my breath and you not having my back, when I said you could vouch that my breath doesn't stink. And since you want to bring those bitches up, you were real sure, that it was Essence that you kissed. You still want to tell me that you and her didn't cross the line while we were together? You told me that you and her have never crossed the line. If that was true, then you wouldn't have damn near fucked her in front of the entire school. One of my cheer mates is say
Chapter 131The Pitt: Syncere, Shawn, Jazz, and Leah: Syncere was still pissed when he made it to The Pitt, he had sat in his truck for a while before he got out. He saw when Shawn, Jazz, and Leah walked into The Pitt, he was still pissed at the stunt Jazz pulled. He wanted to see Essence before she left campus, so he needed to get this over with. He wanted to be civil with Jazz, because he didn't want to hurt her because of their shared history. But he needed to create boundaries or she will find every opportunity to pull stunts like what she pulled earlier. Once he made it into The Pitt, Jazz spotted him before he spotted them. She yelled his name and got up to meet him like they just hadn't seen each other a little while ago. When she went to jump into his arms, he stopped her before she could get close. Syncere saw the hurt and embarrassment in her eyes, but she turned and made her way back to the table. “Where the hell have you been, we’ve been
Chapter 132The Pitt: Continued:Syncere, Shawn, Jazz, and Leah: “It's that thinking that because you think being that size means you're slow and can't complete the challenge is the reason we are going to lose it. So if you want to win you better bring you’re a game.” Shawn said shaking his head. “Ok, is that all, we can talk about the other competitions later on in the wee…” Syncere was saying, but stopped when Unique walked up to their booth. “What's up yall, nice game earlier, everybody is still talking about our game. It seems like everyone is now going to make sure they are at all the games we have against yall. Oh and Syn I hope there is no hard feelings about me kissing your old lady earlier. I promise it was nothing, everybody was talking about us too.” Unique said, not mentioning that they were talking about Essence and Syncere's kiss too. He almost punched a few dudes in the face when they were talking about how they thought that Syncere and Essen
Chapter 231A few minutes early: “Hey isn't that Essence's nurse, I thought she was her head nurse or something like that" Kain asked as they got off the elevator, Martrice needed to check a better internet connection. He decided he would stay on the first floor because then internet connection was excellent on that first. He looked up at the nurse in question and frowned. “You're right, she was supposed to be with Essence full time. So she should be with Essence during these test. So what the hell is going on.” Martrice said as he began typing on his laptop. His alarm went off when one of the cameras he had installed on the ICU floors went off. He pulled up the footage and saw man holding his head down, like he knew where the cameras were and avoided them on purpose. A few seconds later the nurses’ station alarms went off in Leah's room. Martrice looked back at his laptop and watched as the man went into the rest room and came back out wearing different clothes.
Chapter 228Essence's room: “Alright folks we have Ms. Nelson settled and ready for her scan, you all can leave we have a special team coming in to do the test. Once we're done you will be paged to transport the patient back to her room. So please have someone on standby that can cover your patients until you're done.” The Financial manager said to the nurses. “Uh excuse me, I’m the nurse in charge of Ms. Nelson, why wasn't I inform that a special team was coming to do the test. Also I am required to stay with the patient, since I am the nurse in charge of Ms. Nelson's care.” Nancy said after the other nurses left. “Nancy there has been a change of plans, the family has requested the best people to test her. They have their own nurse they plan to use, you can head back to the VIP suites and wait for the call that the team is done testing.” “How about I wait here for the other nurse to get here, so I can pass along the notes about the patient. This is a
Chapter 229 Syncere and Shawn's apartment: Continued “Oh hey Kymoni, I didn't see you until just now. How’s your friend doing?” Briana asked with a smile on her face, she wondered why Kymoni didn't tell Shawn about their little talk in the hallway. Kymoni eyes held a comment full of cuss words, but she was trying to not let her mouth start some shit. “She’s, unconscious and they’re doing more test to find out what their next steps are. But I'm sure once this is over, she will be fine.” Kymoni said, her voice trembled a little bit as she talked, Shawn noticed and pulled her close. Susan's smile faltered a little bit, not use to seeing Shawn care for another woman. She only ever saw Shawn treat Briana with such care, so it was strange seeing him do that with someone while Briana was only a few feet away. “Shawn, I heard Syncere say he's missing a couple of games to spend at the hospital. Are you planning to do the same thing?” Susan asked, still not
Chapter 228Syncere and Shawn's apartment: “Are you sure about this, because I am not in the mood and the right frame of mind to entertain bullshit nor making the effort to be respectful when I or my friend is being disrespected.” Kymoni said to Shawn as they got out of Syncere's truck. They had called a car from the hospital, they went by Essence's house to get his truck. Syncere wanted to make sure his tank was filled and ready to go back to the hospital at any moment, if someone called them. “I know baby, I promise my mom was cool when I told her I was in love with you. She was shocked but she wants to see me happy, and me telling her you do that, makes her happy.” Shawn said as he pulled Kymoni into his arms kissing her forehead as they walked to the door. Syncere was happy for his friend, but he couldn't stomach the love they shared, with Essence laying in the hospital fighting for her life. The now familiar ache in his chest came when he thought abo
Chapter 227A parked car six miles away: “So you're the asset sent to assist me? I must admit I am shocked, seeing as though you helped the people who kidnapped my wife in the first place. Tell me why I shouldn't kill you right here and now?” “You could but that wouldn't do anything but activate the bomb that I put under your car before I got in here. You didn't think I would come in here unprepared, did you? My handlers sent me for a reason and that reason being that I'm the best. Lastly, I will help you, but you will not touch Shawn Haynes. If you do then you will have to deal with me and I can assure you, that no one you are connected to will be able to stop me.” Briana said as she sat back confidently. Unique looked at the woman before him with a smirk. He must admit he liked her confidence, and right now he can't be picky about who he hires to help him. “Ok, I can do that, as long as he doesn't come between me and my wife. If he does than you will
Chapter 226VIP waiting room: “We are going to take momma in first and give her some alone time with Essence. Next, we will come back and get the sisters, after that, the rest of you can come in.” Big C said once everyone was settled in the waiting room. Everybody noticed his voice trembled a little bit, because he didn't know what they were going to walk into. He didn't know if he was ready for it, but he knew he had to keep it together for his momma and little brothers. The family all nodded their heads a bit nervous seeing Essence themselves. “Hello everyone, I am lead nurse Nancy, before we go in I would like to go over what you will be seeing. It is better that you know what to expect, it will take the shock away when you actually go in. “So as you know there was a small piece of bone lodged in her heart, that when moved causes cardiac arrest. So in order to prevent that from happening we have strapped her down so she won't be able to move and no one
Chapter 225Parking Lot blocks away: “Debra just sent us an email, she said Essence is out of surgery and is on the VIP floor which will give us access to see her without worrying about cameras. Apparently, the cameras are no longer active because of an incident involving a celebrity getting exposed because someone sold footage of him cheating on his wife will she was giving birth in the room next to her. So the hospital makes the patients and employees sign NDA’s and the cameras were disable. She said you will have to use the secret entrance that their clients use to get into the hospital undetected. She is going to meet us at the back entrance.” Unique's tech guy said as he pulled up the plan for the hospital. “Their tech guy is far more advance than I am, so the only way I will be able to get you in undetected, is if we do it in a less than thirty second intervals for the parking lot and getting to the elevator. Anything beyond that, their tech guy will be
Chapter 224Still at the hospital: Briana was shocked that she didn't notice that she was being followed. Briana doubted that Kymoni was confronting her because of her friend. She knew that this was all about Shawn and her being insecure, knowing that Shawn was in love with her. She can tell a jealous female a mile away, and Briana can understand why Kymoni thought she was a threat to her relationship to Shawn. I mean the ex he was in love with and had plans to marry was now back into the picture. “I didn't know I had to report to you about my whereabouts, but this isn't about where I was going or what I was doing is it? I guess I should have known that we would have to talk eventually.” Briana said smiling shaking her head because she knew she was about to get the same talks that Shawn's ex-girlfriends use to give her. They would pull her aside and tell her she needs to back off. All this happened before they started dating, she was shock to see that same thing still
Chapter 223 “There better be a good damn reason that you are pulling me away from my seminar and into the stairwell Lauren.” Doctor Taylor said when he entered the stairwell. “I’m sorry to pull you out of that seminar, but we have a big problem with Jazz.” “What about my daughter is she ok?” “Yes, she is ok physically, she was brought in by Syncere's mother because she passed out. She found out she was pregnant, that isn't the worst part. Apparently Syncere's new girlfriend was kidnapped, beaten, and shot. Before her family was able to rescue her, and brought her back here.” “Ok I don't understand what that has to do with our daughter.” Doctor Taylor said getting impatient. “Well the person who kidnapped the girl was Santiago.” Judge Taylor said looking at her husband, his eyes grew wide at hearing the name of the man who had terrorized his daughter. Doctor Taylor frowned and then asked. “What does that how to do with Jazz?” “Well apparently she got rope