Trife Life To Lavish Part 2 Genesis & Genevieve...Am I My Brother's Keeper (29 page)

"So I'm finally going to meet your sister. I can't wait!" CoCo
said as she set the table for dinner.

"Yep! I think y'all are going to get along great. She's
wonderful," Genesis gushed. "I mean when you look at
her she appears to be so delicate but inside of her she's
a fighter, she's strong. She reminds me of Talisa that way.
There was an awkward silence and then Genesis realized
what he said. "That might've been a little insensitive of me.
I apologize."

"Don't. There is nothing wrong with you comparing
your sister to Talisa. I know how special Talisa was to you
and you don't have to apologize for that."

"How am I so lucky to be surrounded by such amazing
women," he said giving CoCo a long seductive kiss that
instantly got her panties wet.

"I think you need to back up. Your sister will be here
any minute and you don't want to start something you can't
finish."

"True. But it's on tonight."

"I'm counting on it."

"Tomorrow I'm taking Nichelle with me to pick up
Amir from Talisa's parents house. Do you want to ride with
us?"

"What? You never let me go over there with you!"

"We're engaged now. I think it's time for them to be
introduced to the woman who will be my wife and a mother
to their grandson."

"Call me that again?"

"Call you what?"

"Wife. I like the way that sounds. I'll be Mrs. Genesis
Taylor."

"Yes you will be. And being able to have my sister
there is the best wedding gift ever. These last few weeks
I've spent with her have been some of the happiest of my
life. She's going to be a great Auntie to Amir.

Knock... knock... knock

"That must be Nichelle now," Genesis said going to
the door.

"Hi," Nichelle smiled giving her brother a hug.

"Hey, I thought Renny was coming with you."

"Some business came up at the last minute. But if he
doesn't finish up too late he'll stop by when he's done."

"That's okay. That means I don't have to share the two
most important women in my life tonight."

"So CoCo's here? I can't wait to meet her."

"Yeah, she's finishing up the table now" Nichelle
followed Genesis to the dining room. "There's my beautiful
fiance."

"Hi, CoCo. It's such a pleasure to meet you. Genesis
has said nothing but wonderful things about you."

"Well, he hasn't stopped raving about you. You've
made such a huge impact on his life."

"He's done the same for me too."

"Nichelle, can I get you something to drink?" CoCo
offered.

"I can get it myself but thank you. I apologize for starring at you but you seem so familiar to me."

"Really, maybe it's from that night at the party."

"No, I don't remember seeing you there."

"I bet you met her twin sister Chanel before."

"Yes, I did meet Chanel with Renny at Arnez's crib
and that night they shot Tierra. That's your sister."

"My sister is now deceased but I apologize for
everything she did to you and your friend."

"Let's not talk about them. Tonight is about us
and having a good time," Genesis said in effort to kill
any negative vibes.

"You're right big brother. I'ma go in the kitchen and
get something to drink. Can I bring y'all back anything?"

"No, we're good," CoCo said, pulling Genesis close
to her. "Take your time. While you're in the kitchen, I'm
going to try and get my fiance to nail down a wedding date."

"You do that," Nichelle laughed, entering the kitchen.
She opened the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of
Sparkling Cider. She listened as CoCo and Genesis went
back and forth discussing their wedding plans. From the
time she got a glass out the cabinet to then pouring the
cider everything changed and would never be the same again.

"Nichelle, I told CoCo that you would be the perfect
bridesmaid in our wedding. What do you think about that?"
he asked when she came out the kitchen.

"It was you, CoCo." Genesis and CoCo looked at each
other in confusion then back at Nichelle.

"It was me, what?"

"It was you that I heard arguing with Arnez when he
had me captive in that townhouse."

"You're mistaken, Nichelle. I haven't seen Arnez since
my sister died."

"When I saw you and I said you seemed familiar, it
wasn't because of the way you looked. It was your voice. I'll
never forget your voice and what you said! When I went in
that kitchen and I couldn't see your face but just listened it
all came back to me."

"Nichelle, calm down. I know that ordeal with Arnez
was brutal for you but CoCo wasn't there it was somebody
else."

"No, Genesis. It was CoCo. She was working with
Arnez. They were arguing because she knew he was
responsible for kidnapping me. They had a deal but he
reneged." Genesis turned towards CoCo trying to get a
read on the situation.

"Genesis, your sister was clearly traumatized by what
Arnez did to her. You know how much I hate Arnez. I
would never work with him."

"You're a liar! You said that you gave him all the
information he needed to have Talisa killed. Then you said
that Genesis killed your sister and if you could get over losing her then he would get over the death of a sister he
doesn't even know Your only beef with Arnez was that you
wanted to make sure he didn't kill Genesis because you had
earned the right to have him all to yourself. Isn't that how
you put it?"

"Your sister is trippin'...this is crazy!"

"No, you're crazy!" Nichelle screamed, pointing her
finger at CoCo. "Arnez said he planned to cut my body
parts up and send them to Genesis. He said he wanted to
torture him mentally but wouldn't kill him. You agreed!
You went so far as to say that with first losing his wife and
then losing his sister, Genesis would be so traumatized he
would be totally dependent on you for emotional support."

"Genesis, if this is true why is she just now telling
you?"

"The way they kept me drugged up and then the
car accident, I had a minor concussion, so some of my
memories were suppressed. But the doctor told me with
time more and more things would slowly start coming back
to me. And when I heard you in here with Genesis the
dreadfulness I felt when you were talking to Arnez that day
hit me all over again."

"CoCo, why? Why would do this?" Genesis voice
seemed numb.

"Genesis, you believe her?"

"Why would Nichelle make it up and how does she
know all of this if it didn't go down exactly the way she
said?"

"It's no secret what happened to Talisa."

"True, but I never told her I killed Chanel. That was between me and you."

Dismay crept over CoCo's face. She was busted.
"Genesis, I was the only woman that was right for you but
you could never see that until after Talisa died."

"You took away my wife. My son will never know his
mother because you thought you were the only woman
who was right for me. I don't know what to say to you."

"I do! If you and Arnez had your way, I would be
dead. And my brother would've ended up being married to
a piece of shit like you. You're sick!"

"Nichelle, I want you to go home. I'll call you later."

"I'm not leaving. I'm staying here with you."

Genesis slightly pulled Nichelle to the corner and
spoke in a low tone. "I want you to go home. I'll handle
things here with CoCo."

"Genesis, I don't want to leave you. Whatever you're
going to do with CoCo, you can do it in front of me."

"You're my sister and I have to protect you. Certain
things I don't want you to see."

"I think it's too late," Nichelle said shifting her eyes
away from Genesis. Genesis turned to see what Nichelle
was alluding to and saw CoCo holding her purse in one
hand and her gun in another.

"Genesis, you know I never move without my Bitch.
I hate it has to come to this but when you asked your sister
to leave I knew what was up."

"I had no intentions of harming you, CoCo. I wanted
us to have privacy so we can figure things out."

"Figure things out...you mean there's still a chance for
us?"

"Hell no! My brother doesn't wanna fuck wit' you no
more.

"Nichelle...please. This is a private matter between
me and my fiance." Nichelle frowned at her brother but
she knew what was up.

"I advise you to listen to your brother. You're new to
this. What Genesis and I share goes way back and is much
deeper than you know"

"CoCo's right."

"Fine, I'll go. But call me and let me know you're
okay."

"I will."

"Nichelle, I truly love your brother. He'll be fine."
Nichelle didn't even acknowledge what CoCo said. She
grabbed her purse and left. There was complete silence until
they heard the door shut. "Genesis, you know everything
I've ever done is because I love you."

"I know you believe that."

"It's true. I know how much you loved Talisa but I'll be
a better wife to you than she could've ever been. And Amir
loves me and I love him too. And I'm sorry about Nichelle
but honestly I didn't really think she was your sister. I was
just trying to get Arnez out of our lives once and for all.
You know how insane he was."

"I believe we can salvage this and make it right."

"I knew that you loved me," CoCo said putting down
her purse and gun to hug Genesis. "Baby, I really am the
only woman for you."

"If you say so," Genesis said leaning close to CoCo's ear
and whispering, "but I believe Talisa would've disagreed." He then grabbed CoCo by the jaw and broke her neck,
letting her lifeless body fall to the floor.

The next day when Genesis and Nichelle arrived at the
Washington's sprawling estate, they were both excited
about seeing Amir. During their ride, Genesis told Nichelle
all sorts of funny stories about his son and what she had
to look forward to since she would be helping Renny raise
Elijah. Not once did Genesis mention CoCo and Nichelle
didn't ask. If her brother ever wanted to share it with her,
she would be there to listen although she believed she
already knew what happened after she left.

"Are you ready?" Genesis asked when they got out the
car and was walking towards the front door.

"Yes! I'm excited and nervous. I got a brother and a
nephew all at the same time, how lucky am I!"

"Genesis, and you must be, Nichelle. It's wonderful to
meet you," Mrs. Washington said, giving them both a hug.

"Thank you, it's wonderful to meet you too. You have
such a beautiful home."

"Well your family so you consider it home too."

"You're too kind. So where's my nephew?"

"He's out in the backyard playing. Come on, I'll take
you back there." Nichelle followed Mrs. Washington and
Genesis stayed behind when he saw Mr. Washington
coming down the stairs.

"Genesis, my wife told me that you've reunited with
your sister. I'm happy for you."

"Thank you, Jeffrey. I have some news to share that I hope will bring you some sense of happiness too."

"There is only one thing you can tell me that would do
that."

"The murder of your daughter and my wife has been
avenged."

"Genesis, I didn't think I would ever hear those words
come out your mouth."

"I know you had your doubts and I'm glad I can finally
put those doubts to rest. We'll never get Talisa back but the
people who are responsible for taking her away from us
have now been erased."

"Thank you," Jeffrey said shaking Genesis' hand.
"When it's my time to go, it will now be in peace."

Precious was sitting in bed watching CNN on the flat
screen television. The last few weeks had been difficult for
her and Supreme but once again they were able to come
through the storm stronger than ever. After he promised
to abandon any attempt on ending Nico's life and discussed
all the issues that had plagued their marriage they were now
more in love than ever.