Chapter 16
“Two weeks is all you have to pay me back my money”, Andre said finally leaving the house. He was not being considerate and only wickedness filled his heart at that moment. “Why did he pay for his hospital bills when he knew he was going to kill him anyway?” Vanessa murmured in silence and Trey was fully soaked with tears. Andre sent them gifts and food items before he got to their house, he then killed her father. He said he did not need an excuse of feeding or getting clothes so he had that sort out so they could pay him. Andre lied about the contract and said stated that after failed payment by due date extra one hundred and twenty thousand dollars will be added to the unbalanced fee.
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It’s been a week now and they have only raised fifty thousand dollars. They sold all they had in their possession including the coffee shop and some of the equipment there. Lance was finally to be brought home the next day. It was Sunday , the beginning of the deadline week. After Andre ordered his bodyguard to be shot, the man only made motions with the gun. Andre made him do it. There were no bullets in the gun. How then did Lance fall flat on the ground?.
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“He is much better now and can leave to go home”, the doctor said. Lance suffered a cardiac arrest after the gun was pointed to him. He was shocked, and felt that was the very end of his journey in life. Trey was in the bedroom when Andre came, so he placed a call to the policemen but before they arrived Andre and his men had already left. The policemen helped the children drive their father to the hospital for immediate care. The money had been reduced to forty thousand dollars. The cost of Lance’s treatment was around four thousand dollars.
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“It’s high time I opened up to him”, she thought. The man she has been going out on dates with, doesn’t know about all these even if he had met her family. He left town and just got back again. This time he was not going anywhere till mid of the next year. It was a long period of time. He was set to go on a date with her again. He just enjoyed going out with her since he had no woman. He was ready to open up about his feelings that night and was she going to do the same after she informed him of what her family was going through at that time. Andre really wanted Vanessa but he was not going to be sweet about it. The real mafia darkness was inside of him ever since he was duped by a fake pregnancy. Andre had the man and Vanessa followed, he really wanted to know what was going on.
“If he tries to help her and raise the money, I will not accept it”, Andre murmured to himself.
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Three days left and they have still not had the money yet. Vanessa had already informed her new boyfriend but he told her to wait. He was furious and angry with Andre. Andre already knows of her new relationship and was ready to go long ways to end it even if it would cost a life or cost lives.
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Ashley was back to Club Nexus. Her marriage was over. She filed a divorce and left him. She met him at the club, he was not a good man as he looked. He was involved in illegal acts but she did not find out until a few days before she went back to the club. Her ex husband was into human trafficking, and was about to sell her off to people who will kill her and make use of her body organs. She found out about this, reported it to the police and signed the divorce papers. She was three weeks pregnant so she had the child flushed away. So disheartening. She made her mind up to work in the club for a year and half more before she went on to adopt a child and live a great life.
“I am definitely done with that gender and any form of relationship”, she said. She really has not had a relationship that lasted six months or more. It was that bad.
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Trey has been seeing a lady now and he seems to be really happy with her. She was older than him but she wanted him. She promised to get married to him and he felt his family were fine with it too. She just lost her boyfriend in an accident and she moved on quickly. She raised eighteen thousand dollars to help his family before she met them.
Unknowingly, she knew his sister so much and has hurt her before in the past but Vanessa will never take it as a past thing.
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Miles’ friend at his former job in Beverly Hills, Chris, was doing well at the store now and has been scooping the best employee award now. He only had his mother and his girlfriend to take care of, so he opted to continue Miles’ job earning him almost double what he earned before. Chris sent Miles a photo and it was going to be a day ruining picture. Miles was online and saw the image immediately. He slammed his phone down on the desk and made a regretting yell. It was Vanessa and her new boyfriend. They were caught by Chris practicing PDA – public display of affection. The young handsome man was seen kissing Vanessa and bidding her goodbye. The man was no new person to Miles.
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Asher was doing fine and has been living the best life. He and his mother have toured around Beverly. She came from Kyiv weeks back and just continued her exploring here. Lorenzo was always daily talking to his son about him building his own family as time ran out.
“You don’t need me to be very old or dead before you get a child Asher”, Lorenzo said. Asher threw his wicked smile and answered “Very soon, pop”. His mother has been showing him images of her friends’ daughters but he definitely did not want any of them.
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Lance met an old friend that helped in making the loan from the bank easier and they were able to get thirty thousand dollars from them. They are together now, for just ninety four thousand dollars. There was only one day left. The family were disturbed so much, they all barely got sleep. Vanessa would spend her nights soaking up her pillow, the man was just deep in thoughts thinking of what to do next.
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The next morning, they were all up and quickly had their devotion before Andre got there. They just finished praying but then minutes later,
“What!”, Vanessa yelled as tears ran down her cheeks
“Oh my god”, Trey said in a loud tone, tears also started to flow.