Chapter 38

JESSE'S POV

"Benita".

" Did you get into a fight with your mother?, I saw her crying on her way out".

I let out a sigh "it's nothing, why are you here?".

She smiles "Well, Violet's wedding is very soon, and I wanted to go pick up our-".

" I'm not going".

"Excuse me?" She asks with disbelief "Why?".

"Why should we? it's not like they want us there".

She scoffs "You are one confused human being aren't you? One day you want to get rid of Violet next you just want to let her be. Do you think we are going to attend because they want us to or something?". I just roll my eyes " Of course not". She walks closer to me and pushes me to my chair "The only reason we are going there is because we want the media to see us as supportive people, your reputation is this company's reputation, as long as you still have a good image you can still stay on your seat ".

"Well, I can't argue with that" 

"Now, what colour suit would you like to wear?'.





                  LUTHER'S POV

It's cold, very cold, but this is where Gary said I'd meet him, the kid.

I could see my breath, I lean against the wall of a closed shop, I look at the tablet, this is the location Gary said I'd find him, been here for 30mins now but no sign of-
Suddenly I see a big dressed in a winter suit walking towards my direction, I use my face cap to cover my face properly as I approach him, and I shove him by the shoulder.

" Hey, watch where you're going!" He exclaimed, I raise my head a little bit and wear a smirk, he instantly recognises me, His eyes widen "You-you". He immediately starts running

"Fuck". I go after him, he is freaking fast

I almost lose my breath, my whole body feels stiff, so I can't even move as fast as I can, I almost lose site of him

We get to the marketplace, he gets mixed up with people, I stop to catch my breath, I don't see him anymore, shit. I look around, but there are so many people.

I run a little further, I finally see him from a distance, he was walking, so I decided to sneak to where we were, immediate he spotted me he starts running. I see a man selling shoes, I take a pair of booths and throw them at him, it hits him and he falls, yes!.

I run to him, I grab him "You make me seem old, we have some talking to do".




I take him to a cafe, the waitress brings hot coffee for us.

" Thank you". I said as she puts it on our table "Drink up".The boy didn't hesitate to take a sip, I do the same " Yea this feels good, this place of yours is super cold, no wonder you run so fast".

He scoffs "Like that's the reason, why did you so desperately look for me? I don't have any other copy of the picture I took of you and that lady, you deleted the pics remember?"

I shake my head "That isn't why I'm here".

"Then why are you here? Because I don't want to get involved with y'all". I noticed his face was swollen and he had a bandage on his forehead, I didn't want to say anything but

" Jesse did that to you huh".

"It's none of your fucking business". He takes a sip from his coffee

" How is your grandmother doing? Did the surgery go well?".

He chuckles "Y'all sure know how to do background checks, it's none of your fucking business men just leave me alone". He stands up to leave

" Stop, I'm here because I want to help you".

He turns to me "Help? How exactly? My life is already fucked up already, I don't need your business in my ass!". 

I stand up "I get it, you're angry, you feel like the only way for you and your grandmother to have peace is to love quietly, you're still young and you got mad skills don't put it to waste".

He fights the tears gathered in his eyes from rolling down his face "I want to give you a better life, you wouldn't have to worry about Jesse or your grandmother".

" What exactly do you want from me man?".

"I want info, I want you to be honest with me".

"And you promise, you can change my life? Deal with Mr Harrison".

I walk closer to him and put my hand on his shoulder " I swear, I know you know things, That wasn't your first time you're working Mr Harrison, now speak up".

"Okay, but we can't possibly do it here, let's go somewhere private".

I smile as I nod. 


We walk to his house, and we had to pass a hill, an actual hill, like this kid's life alone is training, we finally arrive at a small house.

"Granny! I'm home!" He exclaimed, we enter the house.

I see an old woman with a cane walk towards us, I gasp "She's-"

"Blind" he completes my sentence, he excitedly hugs her

"Granny, how are you?". He kisses her on her cheek

" I'm fine dear, did you bring someone?.

"Yes, uhmm, a friend". He laughs awkwardly

"Hello ma'am, I'm Luther Ja-Chri-Uhm your grandson's friend". Shit I don't know his name

"Oh I didn't know Andrew had friends, aren't you a bit older than him? where are you from?". More like much older 

"Work" Andrew replies

"Yes, work that's where we met". Lying to an old lady, my mother will be disappointed

" Are you the one that helped him with my hospital bill?".

"Yea!" Andrew exclaimed

She smiles sweetly at me "Wow, thank you so much, God bless you, I was worried about where he got that amount of money from, I got scared, I thought he started doing illegal things". We both laugh nervously 

" Granny I will be taking him to my room we have some business stuff to talk about". 

"Oh, of course, don't let me stop you". Andrew kisses her one more time and he leads me to his room

His room was right but okay, had oysters of different rappers, I see a military uniform on a hanger.

"Cool room" I suddenly hear the sound of a gun trigger, I put both hands up and slowly turn to him 

"Why are you here?" I gulp