Chapter 74Essence's POV: Continued Syncere’s mom quickly covered her face, so I wouldn't count her wrinkles. What I said was complete bullshit , but people tend to think southern folks had a lot of superstition, old southern ways of solving problems and sicknesses. Syncere had to cough to keep from laughing. “That is a good quality in any wife, every man loves a home cooked meal when he comes home.” His daddy said, causing his wife to look at him like he was taking a dig at her, which I will bet money she has no idea how to cook. “Uh Mr. Jamison I know how to cook as well. I am always cooking for Syn when I visit his house. You love my cooking too bae don't you?” Jazz said, looking at Syncere. He lift a brow at her like he had no idea what the hell she was talking about, Which let me know she don't know how to cook shit. “Essence, I didn't know you were such a good cook, me nor my dad has ever had real southern food before. Maybe you could cook us some of that southern fo
Chapter 75Lillie's Soul Kitchen:Syncere's POV: “Finally, I am glad they're gone now we can enjoy the rest of our lunch.” Jazz said rolling her eyes and shaking her head as Essence and Kiki left the restaurant. “Syncere what were you thinking asking that girl to cook for your father? You made us look like some kind of charity case begging for food. I hope you know we will not be attending that dinner.” My mom said with a look of discuss. “Speak for yourself, I am definitely going to my birthday dinner, it would be rude to not show up.” My dad said and I dapped him up. “Syncere, I don't understand why you insist on having that girl around. She has caused nothing but trouble for this basketball season and our relationship and yet you still find a way to keep them around. Everything she does you protect her and leave me high and dry. Ever since she has been here you have not have my back even once. Everything I ever do is for you and our future, I feel like I am
Chapter 76 Thursday The Pit: 3pm 4 hours til game night,Essence's POV: “I don't care what you say, you are coming to the game with me. If you’re forcing me to do this damn dinner on Sunday; then you are bringing your ass to this damn game with me tonight. Shawn threaten to come to my dorm every day for the next week if I don't show up. If he does, then I will be in jail calling you to pick me up because all his little groupies get in their feelings when they see him giving the fat girl attention. You know what never mind I just came up with the best plan, I don't go to the game and I pack my bags and come to your house until this blows over.” Kiki said and my eyes widen. “Hell no! Nope, what time the game start again, we should get there early to make sure we get good seats to make sure Shawn can see you. How about you were a big neon green shirt to make sure he won't miss you.” I said, as Kiki burst out laughing. She know damn well she not staying at my house
Chapter 77Thursday Syncere’s POV: A few minutes earlier: “Alright guys we have a big game tonight so I wanted to try something different. I know we don't usually do any kind of practicing before the game but I read somewhere that it could actually lower your performance. Because your body is use to practicing daily, you shouldn't change that routine. So we’re going to give this a trial run, we are playing a team that is number four in the league, so it won't be that much of a issue if this plan doesn't work out. I still believe you guys can pull off a win. With that said lower your weights by twenty pound so you won't injure or irritate any old injuries, it will be light weight training only. Am I clear?” Coach asked and left when he was satisfied that we understood what needed to be done. Even though I hated weight training I was glad for the distraction. Ever since that day at Lillie's restaurant, Jazz has been freaking out about the dinner she promised my parents sh
Chapter 78Syncere’s POV: Continued“WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING? I'M GOING TO BEAT HER ASS!” I heard Shawn said as he turned to head out of the gym. Hearing Shawn damn near yell, snapped me out of my anger, I ran behind Shawn stopping him. “You know damn well you can't go out there now. Coach sees you anywhere but in here until he dismisses us, you won't be playing tonight. Now get your shit together, we can talk to them later. You said Kymoni is coming to the game tonight right, so you can talk to her than.” I said, pulling Shawn back so we can finish our set. Shawn isn't the only one who is going to be having a long talk, I plan to talk to Essence as well. It wasn't because I was jealous we are friends and I know how dudes like them operate. She's a freshmen and doesn't need to be involved with dudes like them. I thought to myself as we finish our set, I needed to get my head in the game, because we can't afford to lose any games this season.Thursday: 6:30pm Game starts at 7pmEsse
Chapter 79Game Time: Essence, Kiki, Syncere, and Shawn: “Would you hurry the hell up! We’re late because I had to fight you to get you dress and your makeup done. We better be able to find a seat or I'm sitting on your damn back, come on lets go.” Kiki said as she walked hurriedly towards the gym with a whining Essence trailing behind her as they made their way to the gym. Essence couldn't believe Kiki pulled her IOU on her. That was the only way to get her into this damn outfit. Her and Kiki had a pay system, when one of them really needed something from each other, They would give each other IOU's, which means that it could be pulled at anytime as long as it wasn't anything dangerous, they had no choice but to do it. So when Essence refuse to wear the outfit Kiki brought with her, she ended up pulling the card on her so she had no choice. Now they were about to walk into the gym, and deal with the attention that they will get once they are spotted. Essence a
Chapter 80 Half time show:Essence's POV: Everything I thought would happen when I wore clothes like this happened. Unwanted attention from dudes that I see everyday in class just stared at me with their mouth open. I knew they were shocked to see me dress like this; hell, I would be too. Then you have the females especially Syncere's girlfriend and her flunky Leah, sitting with Syncere's parents. I would like to know how the hell we end up sitting right behind these bitches; I swear it feels like somebody’s really testing me and my friend. When we walked past them Syncere's dad spoke and told me he can't wait until Sunday. I smiled and gave him the thumbs up. I will say this, we have only been here a few minutes so far but they haven't said anything directly to us. Although it may be because they were sitting with their cheer squad and their coach, so I'm sure that's why all they did was look back at us every few minutes with the stink face. They were making litt
Chapter 81Game over: Essence's POV: “Damn I have to give it to the basketball team, they killed them boys in the second half. Those dudes, Syncere, Shawn, and Trent were on fire. They were unstoppable in that fourth quarter, they made a basket every time they touched the ball, and it was nothing but net each time.” Unique said, as we made our way to the court. Everyone was socializing on the court basketball team were doing interviews for the school news and newspaper. Me and Kiki tried to act like we weren't a little nervous to be out in the open, we knew Shawn and Syncere would be answering questions so we did have a little while, but we didn't want to stick around to risk being caught up in drama. Anthony, Unique, and the rest of the football team were in the middle of the court talking about the game and the upcoming party they were about to go to. Unique was very open with his intentions when it came to me, which was a big difference when it came to Syncere.
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
Chapter 222The ICU Floor: “Where the hell have you been? I’ve been looking all over this hospital for you. We need to get the hell out of here. Once everything has calm down you can talk to Syncere then.” Judge Taylor said when she found her daughter on the ICU floor in the hospital. She grabbed her daughter and pulled her towards the exit. “Mom please I can't go, if I don't do what he says he will ruin me, he will ruin all of us.” Jazz said as she tried to pull away from her mother. Judge Taylor stopped dead in her tracks hearing her words. Judge Taylor knew who she was talking about. Turning towards her daughter wide eyed, “Oh my God Jazz what have you done? I told you how dangerous that boy was. I told you to leave him alone, why don't you ever listen to me damnit.” Judge Taylor said angrily “Momma please it's too late for that, I just need to do this one last thing and then we can leave. I know you told me to stay away from him, but Syn was neglectin
Chapter 221 “Who are you talking to?” Syncere asked as he walked out of the hospital searching for jazz. He heard her calling someone a monster, he wondered who she was talking about. He remembered what Martrice told him in the conference room, that's why he questioned if he was the father. He didn't know what was true and what wasn't, but if he could find out anything that could help Essence's brother catch that bastard Unique. Jazz panicked when she heard Syncere ask her who she was talking to, she wished she would have never answered her phone. She didn't know how she was going to pull off what Unique wanted her to do. “I was actually thinking and talking to myself about how much of a monster you have become. It's like I don't even know who you are. You cheated on me, lied to my face, humiliated me in front of the entire school, and then broke up with me like I was the one who did all those things. I swear ever since those girls came to our school, it's like
Chapter 220Sharon’s Hospital Room: “How dare you say that to the mother of your child, what has gotten into you. You know we don’t go around creating broken families” Sharon said and regretted her words as she looked over at her husband who was looking at her. “Mom I'm not creating anything, Once we do a paternity test and get the results then I will handle whatever comes after that. Until then I want to focus on making sure Essence gets better and heals completely. Now I came here to check on you not talk about this again.” Syncere said, angrily. “Well you have no choice but to deal with this, even if you question if you're the father. That should be good enough for you to treat my daughter with some compassion, empathy, and care.” Judge Taylor said, scolding Syncere for his rudeness. “Syn why should I take a paternity test, you know you're the only one I have been with since the first night we met. Why are you treating me like some whore off the streets. Y
Chapter 219 Conference room in the hospital: “According to the list of names, there’s only one doctor that is apart of the team that is under that bastards thump. We can't just pull him without knowing if doing so will tip Unique off, that we are on to him. I say we call in our own someone we can trust to be a part of the team and keep an eye on the guy. Lucky for us he is in the same field so it won't look suspicious, families who have connections always call in their best people.” Martrice said as they mapped out a plan. They had been in the conference room for at least three hours, Eula's brothers were in charge of keeping their sisters safe and out of trouble. They would come and give any updates on Essence. So far there was only news that made them nervous, she had flat lined twice. They manage to get her heart started again, but if she flat lined again, they would stitch her up and go back in once her body had a chance to rest. The brothers, made sur