Trife Life To Lavish Part 2 Genesis & Genevieve...Am I My Brother's Keeper (24 page)

"All is great!"

"That means things went smoothly."

"Yes. I should be at the location in less than an hour."

"Excellent. Make sure you take very good care of my
guest. I want her in perfect condition before I kill her."

"Got you, boss."

Arnez hung up the phone and that feeling of content
he had been yearning for had come at last. He obtained
the coveted prize and he would use it to his full advantage.
Arnez would use Nichelle to psychologically torture Genesis
before killing her and sending her body parts to him piece
by piece. He felt that was exactly what Genesis deserved.
In his mind Genesis stole the only woman he ever loved in
Talisa, then the baby she was carrying that he felt should've
been his wasn't. Finally, he killed Chanel. The only woman
that loved him for the disturbed monster he was. Arnez
didn't have anybody and he wanted Genesis to feel as alone
as him.

When Genesis and CoCo arrived back to their hotel
room the mood was gloomy. Genesis seemed to get lost in
his own world and wouldn't let CoCo in.

"Genesis, what is going on with you? You're acting
panic stricken over a girl you met tonight for the very
first time. You would think she was your long lost lover
or something. But then again, she was probably still in
pampers when you started gettin' your fuck on."

"CoCo, what the hell are you talking `bout! Why does
everything have to be about sex? It's not even like that. I'm
not even attracted to her like that!"

"Yeah right! What, you think I somehow lost my vision at the party. Every man in that spot with a working
dick was attracted to that chick."

"Then I'm not every man because I have zero sexual
attraction to Nichelle. But I am worried about her. She's
vanished and something feels terribly wrong about that."

"Maybe she snuck out for a secret rendezvous. I'm
sure she had more than enough willing takers."

"Jealously really doesn't look good on you."

"That's what happens...." Genesis put his finger up,
cutting CoCo off when his phone began ringing.

"T-Roc, do have any news about Nichelle?"

"No. Nobody saw anything. Akil has been calling
her but she's not answering her phone. We went by her
apartment but she's not there. I think Nichelle might've
been targeted."

"What! Why would you say that?"

"Because not only was nobody shot at the party, we
did a thorough check of the room and the only bullets
found were in the ceiling."

"So the bullets were fired up in the air?"

"Yes, I believe it was just a distraction to cause a big
hoopla so whoever orchestrated this bullshit could use the
opportunity to take Nichelle."

"But why and who?"

"Akil confided in me tonight that a couple of months
ago somebody tried to kidnap Nichelle but he saved her
before shit went sour. That's why he hired that bodyguard."

"You think that person is behind what went down
tonight?"

"It's a serious possibility. Whoever it was they went through a great deal of trouble to make sure this shit went
out without a hitch. They were able to infiltrate security.
This was too professionally executed to be some amateurs.
That means the mastermind behind this got money and
some clout."

"We need to find out everything we can about Nichelle
and why somebody would want to kidnap her."

"I'm already on it."

"I do remember one thing."

"What's that?"

"She told me her real name wasn't Nichelle."

"Huh?"

"I know it sounds bizarre but the last thing I heard her
say was that Nichelle wasn't her real name. Why she told
me that, I don't have a clue. Before she could continue the
chaos broke out."

"I'ma speak to Akil and see if he knows anything
about that. I'll keep you posted."

"Do that." Genesis ended the call and sat down on
the bed. "I knew something didn't feel right."

"What did T-Roc say?"

"He believes what happened tonight was some
elaborate concoction to get at Nichelle."

"But she's just a model. Why would somebody go
through all that trouble to get at her?"

"Apparently somebody thinks she's extremely valuable and I need to find out why."

"Akil," I'm surprised to see you," Veronica said when she
opened her apartment door.

"Sorry to pop up like this but we needed to see you.
This is T-Roc and Genesis."

"Hello to both of you, please come in." The three
men entered Veronica's apartment and she closed the door.
"T-Roc, we've spoken a couple times on the phone during
the contract negotiations for Nichelle. I hope everything
is working out well with that. Nichelle invited me to the
launch party but I wasn't feeling well and unable to make it.
I'm sure it was a huge success."

"I suppose you haven't heard what happened?" T-Roc
said to a baffled looking Veronica.

"No, this medicine my doctor gave me has had me out
of it for the last couple of days. Why, what happened?"

"We believe Nichelle was kidnapped."

"What! When?"

"The night of the party. Shots were fired, the lights went out and Nichelle hasn't been seen or heard from
since.

"Oh my gosh, that's crazy," Veronica said putting her
hand over her mouth in shock.

"We were hoping you might be able to help us,"
Genesis said, stepping forward.

"I'll do whatever I can but I don't know how I can
help."

"You're her attorney, I'm sure you all have discussed
many personal issues."

"Honestly, Nichelle was very private. I did feel like she
was hiding some things but I could never get her to open
UP.75

"Hiding things like what?"

"I don't know but there was definitely a wall up."

"Did she ever tell you what her real name was?"

"I assumed it was Nichelle, is that not the case?"

"We believe that's some sort of alias."

"This is getting stranger by the minute. Nichelle is
such a sweet girl. I can't imagine anyone wanting to hurt
her."

"We appreciate your time," Akil said, realizing Veronica
had nothing to add that would be of any help.

"Of course. I wish I knew more. Please let me know
if you find out anything."

"We will. Here," Genesis handed Veronica his business
card. "Call me if you can think of anything. I don't care
how simple it may seem."

"So what do you think?" T-Roc asked once the three
of them was on the elevator.

"I think she was telling the truth."

"So do I," Akil added.

"But somebody has to know something but who."

"Genesis, I'm glad you're helping out so much with
this but I have to admit I'm a little surprised you seem to
be taking it so personally. I mean you hardly even know
Nichelle."

"That's the thing, I feel like I do. In that brief encounter I had with her it's like I've known her forever. It's buggin' me out."

"Hey, man, I understand. She makes me feel the same
way. Sometimes I have to remind myself that she's not my
woman," Akil confessed.

"No! It's like I told CoCo, it's not that kind of feeling.
Yes, there's no denying that Nichelle is a beautiful young
lady but I'm not drawn to her out of lust. It's something
much deeper than that."

"Like what? Now you got me curious," T-Roc admitted.

"I don't know but I believe once we find Nichelle it
will all become clear."

For the last few days Nichelle had been going in and
out of consciousness. Per Arnez's orders, Nigel kept her on
a powerful sedative that had Nichelle in a deep sleep most
of the time. During one of the times she came too she
could hear what sounded like a heated argument between
a woman and a man. She grabbed on tightly to the bed
post trying to get her balance. She desperately wanted to get closer to the door so she could hear exactly what was
being said. The sedatives being pumped in her system had
Nichelle fucked up but her determination to find out what
the hell was going on was stronger.

When she reached the door, of course it was locked.
It didn't matter because she could hear what was being
said as clearly as if she was standing in the room and
part of the conversation. The words flying around had
her astounded and petrified. It was worse than Nichelle
could've imagined. When she heard the argument come
to an end and the woman leave, Nichelle hurried back
to the bed. She pretended to be asleep as she heard the
doorknob turning.

"Nichelle, it's time to wake up. You need to eat," she
heard a man say. He didn't sound like the same person that
had been keeping her drugged and fed but clearly he knew
her schedule, because like clockwork he visited her room
each day at the same time. Nichelle could feel the man
standing over her and breathing in her space so she acted
as if she was beginning to wake up. When she opened her
eyes to her horror it was Arnez breathing down on her. Her
eyes widened in fear which brought a smile to Arnez's evil
face.

"I knew it was you behind this."

"Of course you did."