Blake
A pail full of cold water with ice cubes in it woke me up from the cold floor. It jerked my body back to reality and as I dragged my ass to the corner without vision but mere survival instinct, the painful ordeal of the previous night flashed across my face."Rise and shine man, ready to sign or we can pick up from where we left?" A blurry figure of a giant guy in a black suit asked standing by the door."My answer is still No" I mumbled struggling to open my eyes. Their leader wasn't around and I could tell it was daytime from an influx of bright light."Okay then, eat your food am sure you'll need your strength to endure what's coming next" he slid a plastic plate with a couple of donuts and another plastic cup full of a steaming hot liquid. Coffee maybe?It would have been nice to have a hot mug of coffee, an influx of caffeine would have acted like some sort of an anesthetic to the sharp pain that my nervous system was registering all over my body. AndMaria was riding at the back with Carlos, in a black suit, white shirt black tie, she was comfortable in a sheath white flowery dress. In the drivers seat was Shayna, their last stop was supposed to be her former apartment. The Don wanted the picture of her son, the search was going digital with a friend of the Don promising to use a software to project his age and face. Maybe with that they would have printed posters of his face and asked for information from any well-wisher."You managed to sleep after that talk?" Carlos asked stressing on talk, in fact he winked and clicked his tongue. Maria felt embarrassed after she noticed Shayna smiling via the rear view mirror. Was it worth explaining? Of course not, perhaps it was good to let her think what everyone else would have thought, the two were sharing the forbidden fruit."Yes, thank you. How about you?""Well, it's hard to get some sleep after punching someone senseless and also when you've done the things I've done""Do you're hum
They moaned in each other's mouths, her hands struggled to free his already throbbing cock while he had mercilessly teared the lingerie off her body, when she managed to free it she went on her knees and grabbed with both her hands, kissed the tip and stroked it gently her gaze fixed on him. Her eyes were like a wormhole to another dimension, a sea that he got lost into every time he looked in them. They were also a mirror from which he could not only see his own reflection but also her desires and secrets, sadness and a pinch of regrets. Missed opportunities and misplaced priorities but also in the same set of eyes he saw love, deeper than the ocean and seas. She was among the few people on earth who didn’t look at him and see a monster. "How does that feel?""Fuckin good you know I'll miss this" he said and grabbed her hair in a bunch as she slid his curved veiny pintle in her warm mouth choking on it. He quickly hoisted her up, she grabbed and sent it through her wetness, her tigh
TessaAnother dinner was set, there was no sign of Blake and dad was not even talking about it and now to make it worse the butler was also a no show. It got me worried a little, as much as we were broken up his safety was still our responsibility since we were the only family he had. Everyone seemed to be having fun except me and it sucked really, I just wanted everything to be over so that I could see what the future held, With Gideon of course. It was hard to understand how all of a sudden the sight of him tickled my loins and when he spoke he held me joy engulfed my heart. Though not so superstitious, somehow I believed he had me under a spell, a magic spell to be exact. Or was it an illusion? How come all that time I never felt anything for him? Destiny was something so fucked up sometimes, yes she might be a living breathing statue and we are the sculptors but sometimes it just gets so autonomous and makes choices for us...or we fail to make them and so does it. For i
Maria confronted him, as much as they were all consumed in tension she had everything to lose there and it concerned her more than any of them. That was her son they were talking about, a son she had not seen in twenty fuckin seven years and Carlos seemed to be taking that fact for granted like some sort of as joke. Well it wasn’t."What are you talking about, you can't be serious right now Carlos, do you have any idea how am feeling right now?"He went ahead and took out his phone, dialed a few numbers and called then put it on loud speaker."You still there? Check for the crescent tattoo on the guy’s body""Okay boss"Carlos hang up, the appetite to eat the meat and gallop the bears down their throats also died, everything was down and replaced with tension in their growling bellies. All eyes on Carlo's phone, in their search for the heir they had forgotten a key aspect. The mark of his bloodline, a birthmark that those born of the crescent had. It was simple,
After Clive was unceremoniously escorted outside by armed guards silence ensued in the wardroom again. The doctor was not interested in the family drama so he kept working on the bleeping machines and writing down notes on his notepad. Maria had her son's hand and Lilian was still by her side. Keeping her company, determined not to leave her friend out in the cold to be devoured by sadness and pity. Hopefully she was swimming in a wave of emotions instead of drowning in them because those were such strong waves all at once. "Doctor, he is my heir and I don’t need any introduction. Please tell me you can save him right?""I will try my best""Your best is not enough, if you can't let me take him to someone who can assure me his wellness we don’t have time for guess work""He can't travel in this condition sir, like I said we will try our best to keep him alive. Have some patience and faith in us""Faith? Are you kidding me right now!""Leo, calm down" Lilian had to leave Maria and calm
TessaThe butler was acting all smart with me and I don't like it. He was crossing a line, he knew we had those boundaries that we weren't supposed to cross, as much as I was a kid to him he was always going to be a servant and me his boss. Asking me questions and taking the control of the conversation that I started, perhaps it was time to remind him of the boundaries since the lines and faded a little and he was getting way over into his own head. As far as I was concerned there was no one qualified enough to find Blake and no one who knew him more than I did.But he was right though, what was I doing in the middle of the night creeping in the compound because of a man who I was ready to divorce? It just got me wondering how right my decision was and once again putting into motion a series of confusing emotions in my head. For some reason I felt like Blake was holding me back without really doing it. Ironically he was missing."You don't get to ask me questions butler
Early morning, at the General hospital doctors and patients were moving in different directions. Others were coming in while others were leaving either lucky and enjoying to be leaving or they had been asked to create room for other patients who needed urgent care. The sun was shining brightly, splashing it's life-filled flickers all over the place, tall shadows of people walking around, a new day was upon them. A chance to make better of what they already had.Shayna drove back in the hospital compound, she had gone to book a hotel room for Maria. After a lot of consideration it sat well with her to be her aid de camp. She parked the car and left with a steaming hot mug of coffee, confidently walked through the hallway to the most guarded room in the entire hospital, 365. The two guards who were once instructed to beat the shit out of Blake we're standing by the door, they, like Shayna had kept vigil right there. "You guys take five minutes, one of you can go freshen up...I mean take
The Wallace breakfast table was served with all kinds of healthy nutritious food, from tea, porridge, sandwiches, eggs and sausages, there was two jugs of pineapple and mango juice and all kinds of fruits, oranges, berries and bananas. The maids were lined up waiting for the family to arrive, none of them had made their way downstairs already and it was almost alarming until the head of the family came down, in his maroon robes whistling to a tune only he knew what it was about."Good morning everyone, smells good in here" remarked Gerald washing his hands by the sink before he took his rightful seat. At the head of the table. He scanned the food in front of him, a big smile devoured his face and it screamed, money is good. "Are you going to start eating without me?"asked Bailey standing by the spiral staircase, she feigned sadness and Gerald dropped the plate of eggs. "No hunnie just checking them out, nice eggs""You cute liar, where is everyo
BlakeIt was another beautiful morning at the Red crescent manor. In my silk robes with a cup of coffee I was standing at the balcony, watching over my family estates, employees moving from one direction to another going on with their duties, their children happily playing in the field waiting for school time. Mum and Lilian had dedicated much of their time to doing that, teaching and donating foodstuffs, rescuing colts from dangerous gangs. It was the good I could do.After messing up the first time when God showered me with blessings I wasn't going to repeat the same mistake. This time I was going to use my influence to make sure that nature wasn't going to raise another Blake. No kid was going to be a pauper and mistreated under my watch and what better way to start doing that than in my own home? Anita and her sister Beatrice helped with the teaching, her younger brother James was there too among the students. My family had become big when her sister and brother moved in. Her moth
Within two weeks, Gerald Wallace had lost the trust of his family, his friends and all his lands he acquired illegally. Beginning with the one in the outskirts of the war tone city, that used to be a children's home that he mercilessly grabbed and sent the kids to the streets. Fate was back to bite him in the ass because one of the kids he threw on the streets was Blake. He reclaimed the land using the manpower he had, a new building was being erected as the war continued. No one dared stand in his way days after he left a trail of bodies when he visited a rival mafia gang that for long had perfected the unholy act of human trafficking. As a result, all the other gangs that were doing illegal businesses were keeping their heads down and others were now even reaching out to be friends. And once again, the red crescent Mafia family was on everyone's radar and the name Blake send shivers down the spines of those who didn't not stand for what he believed. In a matter of days, he had acquir
BlakeTheir eyes almost popped out of their sockets when I got up with the gun at hand. Their guards rushed to the scene but they were just a handful of them. Forming a barrier between me and their bosses. It felt good to taunt them, but I had no intention of killing any of them I just wanted to see the family suffer and not feel safe, feel like everything they had could be taken from them anytime, feel afraid like I used to every time Bailey called out my name or when she slapped the taste out of my mouth."Let's see, you're ten and I have fourteen armed another three dozen just waiting for my call, plus myself and Carlos and Johnson we're seventeen bad asses here right now""What about me?" Anita asked feigning disappointment. She knew how to taunt people, our common goal, to make Gerald pay. She wanted him dead more than I did."You'll sit back and watch me slaughter all these bastards, then I'll bring you the head of the man who had your father killed"Now that was one way to send
A couple of days after Anita's controversial visit peace and cohesion had not been a regular visitor at the Wallace manor. It all started with Gideon and Tessa, that same day over dinner Gideon seemed to be in a foul mood, he avoided conversations and when Tessa became too inquisitive he blew up in anger. Asked for some air, got in his car and drove out of the compound. That was new, but there was something he wasn't telling them and they were yet to find out, too late though and the one carrying that news was a not so welcoming person.Anyway, Gideon left Tessa under a cloud of sadness that no one seemed to have a solution to and perhaps that was because each of them had problems of their own. Bailey had to divide her attention and look out for her family or watch them perish. Gerald had lost his smile and control of the home. He spent most of his time drinking in his office and conversing with the butler, Tessa was in her room doing whatever it was she was doing and Gabriel. He was
Anita was seated in the most hostile of environments she had ever been. All the Wallace's including the new one who was glued to Gabriel like a monkey on a tree were glaring through her and ironically it was only Gerald who seemed to want her there, he was the calm and relaxed, patient as Anita took her time to taunt them with her silence and tension. The problem is she didn't care much about Gerald's show of concern and mercy. I was all fake, had she known why he was too nice to offer her a job in the first place she wouldn't have taken it. He was a murderer and thank God he had no idea what was coming.Those couple of minutes she sat there, dozens of ways she could have strangled him to death had crossed her mind. It was surely taking every ounce of self-control for her not to jump on him and try it."Are you going to keep us waiting forever. Unlike you we have some things to do" Tessa was not a fan of waiting."Okay, I'll go straight to the point. Blake sends his rega
At eight in the evening, everyone in the Red crescent manor was gathered at the ceremonial grounds. Circular in shape with seats made of mortar almost like an ancient Roman arena, there was a podium decorate with high end seats where the elders and the family priest sat. No one from the family had arrived yet and there was confusion everywhere with rumors circulating among the employees."I think we're being sent packing, I don't even know where to start from my whole life is in this beautiful place" one said sounding disturbed."Who said we're being send packing?" Asked another."It's just a rumor. We don't have proof" argued someone from behind, they were all whispering as though it was a crime to talk. But generally, it was all quiet and the whole place was lit up with traditional lamps."Something else we don't have is a leader and we're going to be scattered all over"The banter would have continued were it not for the sight of the r
One Week laterIt's said that, you never know when your time will come, we all hope he'll delay. So, what are you doing with the little time you have left on this vast ticking time bomb called earth? Have you Imagined how you want your Eulogy to look like? Most of us haven't. The brutal angel of death paid the Red crescent Mafia family a visit again. It was Saturday afternoon, a gloomy day for real even the weather could attest, the sun was too afraid to come out, hidden behind the dark clouds and the rain was now ruling, beating the ground into a wet submission, all the family members were dressed in black with the servants holding umbrellas for them leaning on each other's shoulders their eyes bloodshot from prolonged crying. After an all-inclusive funeral service with the few invited guests and the world at large it was the turn of close family Members to say goodbye to one of their own, one last walk to the grave for a fabric that had woven them together, a pillar that had
The whole family swarmed in on Blake as they carefully forced him out of the venue without causing much alarm, the crowd was already alarmed but those who knew Wallace and his family so we were both surprised. What was a Wallace party without some drama?"I just want to talk to Tessa then we can see if this joke of a party goes on""You don't get to insult me" Growled Gideon, he even wanted to punch him lights out but Gabriel held his hand. No one was really in the mood for violence that day for Christ sake they were dressed to party and have fun, dance, drink and those who could even have sex!"Calm down Gideon" Bailey said rather politely, "what do you want?""To talk to Tessa nothing else""Okay go ahead, but not here and we're not leaving her sight for as much as I care you might have goons out there planning to take her" that was the condition and it was good for him to have an audience so that they could all hear him convince her to be his again.Funny
BlakeAfter a sleepless night of tossing on my bed, wishing morning would come and the doctor would do the checkup, allow me to go home and see the love of my life...it finally came and the energy in the air was stupendous, the birds singing and the whistling of the wind, my own heartbeat and some beeping of machines all connected to make a perfect rhythm. I lay in my bed my arms tucked, staring blankly in the white ceiling, a smile cracked on my face, mother nature had been kind to me and the supreme being had given us another chance to suffer, love, regret and make our stay on this borrowed planet worthwhile.That morning like all days I closed my eyes."Father lord, thank for another day in my life. A few days back I was in a comma beaten to a pulp but you turned my enemies into my friends and now the protect me. Father, today I don't want to stress you with much, please see me through the day and give me back the love of my life, you know her more than I do and you h