Chapter 198Essence's Apartment: He didn't want to cause her anymore stress the audio he heard had him wanting to kill the guy. So he knew how her brothers and momma were going to react. “Auntie I don't think it's a good idea to listen, just know she’s alive.” J. R. said hoping that him telling them that much would be enough. “Nephew, please don't make me go in my pocketbook. Now I want to hear my baby's voice to hear for myself that she is still…. just play the audio.” Eula said, sitting down next to him, her sons surrounding her eager to hear their sister’s voice. Syncere went to stand on the other side of J. R. wanting to hear Essence's voice just a bad as her brothers. Thomas stood behind his son and Shawn stood beside him with Kymoni standing in front of him, he had his arms wrapped around her tightly for support. Sighing, J. R. played the audio with Essence in it. The audio was from when she was confronted by Unique's second in command. They heard when
Chapter 199Essence's Apartment: He didn't have the patience to deal with his mother right now. “Me wanting you out of here is also because I don't want anything to happen to you. Why are you doing all this, you’re putting career and your life on the line for what Syncere? Why are you doing all this, none of this is your fault, you don't have to do this.” “Mom, please just stop! I’m doing this because….I'm doing this because I love her. I love her with everything in me, and I can't lose her.” Syncere said admitting it out loud for the very first time, and it felt good to finally admit it to everyone that mattered. “So you lied to me, I asked you if you were breaking up with me because of her and you said no. Why would you lie to me? You threw everything we had away for her.” Jazz said crying from the doorway. “Jazz it wasn't like that, we had decided to take it slow, so we could make sure of what we really wanted. I never wanted to hurt you in anyw
Chapter 200Essence's apartment: “Oh you just making all kinds of mistakes today, I am not my sister she is entirely too nice.” Shanda said removing her earrings. Panky was being booster cables, by holding her earrings excitedly, wanting Shanda to put that bitch on the floor. Perlina grabbed Shanda snatching her back, and pushing her into the kitchen. “I will advise you to leave this house, because you can't seem to stop writing checks your behind can't cash.” Perlina said, holding Shanda in a bear hug as she cursed like a sailor. “Fine we'll leave, and since I can't get my husband and son to come willingly, I will go directly to the police to press charges on you for attacking me at the luncheon earlier. Plus I will tell them what is going on here, if my husband doesn't want to protect his wife and her career then I will have to do it for the both of us. Syncere, I know you're angry, but what I am doing is not just protecting me and my career and yours. Pl
Chapter 201Essence's apartment: “HEY! UNIQUE’S SIGNAL JUST DROPPED THAT MEANS HE HAS ENTERED HIS TERRITORY!” Martrice, yelled as soon as his alerts went off. “Alright everybody, it's show time, call in the rest of the cousins.” Big C said to Reece. “So it's more people than this?” Syncere asked looking at all the people crowding in the apartment. Big C smiled nodding his head. “Yea a lot more, my granny had ten children and that's our momma's mom. Our daddy's dad had sixteen children, and they all had children. So yea there is a lot more, it only takes one call, this dude will realize he picked the wrong girl to fuck with.” Big C said as his smile turned into something that gave Syncere goosebumps. “So how far are we away from them? Do you have a satellite visual of the neighborhood, what about civilians? Do we need to send a team to clear the area out?” Kain asked as Martrice walked to the Kitchen to lay out the map of the city. “Hey, stop acting like
Chapter 102The not so unknown place: “Where the hell you been, we didn't sign up to baby sit your pets. Especially when your refuse to tell us what the hell your planning, and is someone going to be looking for a missing girl from a popular college. This could expose us if her family starts searching for her. If they get on any new station making it public, we could lose everything.” Unique's second Derrick said. “Don't worry about it, I handled her family. They think she was so humiliated being accused of drugging their star player that she probably ran away. In the next hour, someone will text Kymoni saying that she needed time to deal with everything and that she was ok.” Unique said, smiling at the thought of what he did while he was at the mall. After buying Essence a ring, clothes, and sexy lingerie, he went and brought a burner phone. He got some random kid and gave him instruction on what to text Kymoni. He paid a kid a hundred dollars, the kid eagerly took the
Chapter 203 Give me my child: “Hello family, what brings you all the way over here? You should have called first I could have offered a warmer welcome.” Unique said smiling calmly. “Sister, is he really talking that dumb shit thinking we're stupid enough to fall for it" Panky said looking Unique in the eyes so he know ain't no scare bitches over their way. “I don't think we had the pleasure of meeting earlier.” Unique said, looking at Panky. “I can assure you pleasure will be the last thing you will think when you have to deal with me, lil boy.” Panky said, staring at him with no fear at all. “Listen, young man I know you have my daughter, all I’m asking is for you to give me my child. If you do that then we’ll leave without causing you trouble or burning everything you seem to have worked very hard to accomplish.” Eula said, calmly, she wanted to find out if she could get him to let Essence go without bloodshed. Unique laughed out loud shaking his
Chapter 204 Give me my child: Continued “We need to send someone to get Essence out of the house.” Kain said as they heard bullets flying. “OH GOD! I think Kiki snuck away when she where they were taking Essence.” Perlina said, afraid for the little girl that they thought of as their gamily too. “WHAT! WHICH WAY DID SHE GO!?” Kain yelled angrily. Perlina pointed to the back of the house. “I AM GOING TO KILL HER MYSELF!” Shawn said angrily, as he jumped out of the van before Syncere's father could catch him to stop him. This isn't the first time he had seen gun fire in the street he was New Jersey and not the rich part either. “GOD DAMNIT SHAWN GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!” Thomas said as he fired his weapon at a man who up high tracking Shawn's movement. “Don't worry I got him.” Briana said, as she grabbed an AR-fifteen and ran behind Shawn. Big C was taking cover behind their SUV. “ALRIGHT ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT TAKEM OUT NOW!” Big C yelled into his ear piece, as s
Chapter 205The battle for Essence: “DAD, YOU HAVE TO LET ME GO HELP FIND ESSENCE! I DIDN'T COME HERE TO DO NOTHING WHILE EVERYONE IS FIGHTING TRYING TO GET ESSENCE BACK! I HAVE ON A VEST AND I WILL BE CAREFUL, JUST LET ME GO FIND SHAWN!” Syncere said trying to get pass his dad. When they heard Kymoni snuck off to go find Essence, in the house. He and Shawn got up immediately to go follow Kymoni, but his dad got up trying to stop them. He was able to stop Syncere, but not Shawn. Shawn did a basketball move and got pass my dad, when he tried to block the door to the van. “Son they are shooting out there, this isn't a game. You have to keep yourself safe, I can't go back to your mother and tell her something happened to you, she would never forgive me and I can't do that to her. I know you want to help Essence, but you can't do that if you're dead.” Thomas said as he held his son back behind the van. Syncere didn't say anything else because he knew, that no matter what he said,
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