chapter 3

"Christine," James called out and she did not respond but immediately stood up and opened the door a little bit.

"Come on Christine I said I'm sorry please!" James stood at the other end of the door pleading with remorse.

After a few minutes of contemplating, she opened the door but did not allow him to enter. Instead, she shut the door and followed him to the sitting room and sat down very close to each other.

"Christine I was jealous and angry because I care so much about you and I love you.'" She raised her eyebrows at him and he did not stop.

"Yes, Christine you heard me right I love you." He said again with his hands already moving around her body she tried so hard to resist but the touches were too comforting for her to decline.

After a few minutes of intense romance, she suddenly got up and dashed into her run and slammed the door. James was surprised and did not have a slight idea about what just happened, he thought she was enjoying it.

"Christine!" He called out with confusion written all over his face.

She ran out of the run again and jumped on him aggressively and they started kissing. It was so intense that none of them was willing to let go until they heard a loud bang on the door.

"James, are you there?" Ann called out.

They immediately disengaged and James stood up and headed towards the door Christine was about to stand up and run back to her room but James did not allow her.

"Didn't I ask you to chase this thing away James?" She asked, looking at Christine with hatred and her red sore eyes.

"Come on ma." He said.

"Is she the reason why you did not go to work today?" She asked again.

"Why are you here mum?" James asked, avoiding the rage boiling inside her and her harsh words on Christine.

"The money I asked from you I haven't received till now is it because of her?" She yelled and advanced towards Christine who had already stood up to defend herself but James did not allow his mum to lay hands on her.

He settled her and assured her that Christine would leave. After she left James came back and met Christine in tears. The veins on her head were already showing as she wept uncontrollably.

James tried everything he could to console her but all effort was abrupt.

Christine wobbled back into her room with a heavy heart and hot tears rolling down her beautiful cheeks. She stayed indoors weeping for two days without food or anything else.

James couldn't go to work either as he sat down at the entrance of her room begging her to talk to him or just come outside to eat.

Christine came out early on the third day and met James sleeping on the floor at the entrance of her room. She pitied him but did not know what to do. She sat there and did not know when she slept off too.

"Good morning." Christine let out softly.

"Good morning," James responded, stretching out his arms.

"I am so sorry Christine, I can't lie I missed you so much I truly felt empty all through." James let out and Christine moved closer to him and hugged him.

After a few minutes, they let go and smiled at each other. James carried her up from the floor, placed her back on her bed and sat beside her.

Later that night James took her out again to that same nightclub to have some drinks. As usual, it was all rocking with male and female strippers dancing heavily to the hip hop music and they were dragging any customer willing to join them and stripping them half naked as they would all laugh hysterically.

Immediately James and Christine walked into the bar, Daren who was already waiting for them sighted them, then he called one of the thugs and took him to the last edge of the club.

"Here's some cash," Daren said, stretching his hand out to the ruffian, he collected and sniffed the cash in his hand and then smiled.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"You see those two entering the club now?" Daren asked, pointing his finger towards James and Christine's position and the thug nodded his head to affirm.

"I need you to go and stir that place up and hit the guy."

"But whatever you do, make sure you do not lay your filthy hands on that lady." He added and they pathway immediately.

The guy walked towards them and hit James. "Hey man, watch your steps!" James warned and then the thug turned back and started throwing punches at James. Christine couldn't help as she stood there screaming.

"Somebody please help." She yelled.

"Please stop!" She yelled again with her hands holding her head tight as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Immediately she snapped and ran outside of the bar and called James's bodyguard and driver to come to their rescue. They both dashed into the bar and Christine followed them as she was about to enter back into the club, she was grabbed and blindfolded immediately. She was placed inside a car and zoomed off.

"Please don't hurt me." She pleaded with her voice shaking.

"Please calm down, I won't hurt." The man driving the car said hastily.

"Daren?" Christine called out and noticed that the car halted immediately she mentioned that name.

"So it's you." She continued this time to be more dramatic and serious.

"But why?" She asked.

"I am sorry about this mess Christine. I only wanted to talk to you but he wouldn't allow me so I have to improvise." Daren responded calmly.

"Talk?"

"Yes please."

"Fine you've got my attention now but first untie me and remove this blindfold." She said,

Without thinking twice Daren immediately got down from the car and entered back he untied her and removed the blindfold.

"I'm listening." She said very calmly.

"Yeah I like you a lot and I can't get my thoughts strength since the first day I saw you I've always wanted to be…" He had already been relaxed as he was confessing his love to her but she had something different on her mind.

Suddenly in the middle of his confession, she opened the door and ran as fast as she could and Daren followed her immediately he halted all of a sudden when he saw her reporting to a nearby police on the street.

"Help," Christine yelled, running towards the two policemen.

"Calm down ma'am." One of the police officers said and Christine halted, she was breathing hard as she was pointing her hands in Daren's direction.

"H-h-He just tried to kidnap me now." She managed to say and the policemen hastily dashed towards Daren.

"Shit." He scoffed and ran back to his car.

"That's him," Christine yelled running after him with the police.

Before Daren could ignite the engine and move the car, the police were already there arresting him. He resisted for a while denying everything Christine told the police but it turns out he is a hardened criminal wanted by the police for a very long time.

The policemen placed handcuffs on Daren's hands behind him and he was moved to their van. They were about to head out when Christine stopped them.

"There's a fight going on currently in that club down there." Christine let out, still trying to grasp her breath.

"Get in." the second officer said and she followed the police back to the bar in their van to make more arrests but things had already escalated at the club there were guns and dead people on the floor.

"James!" She called out with all the iota of strength she had left in her when she looked around and saw his driver lying on the floor with his intestine split on the floor.

"James?" She called out again and then she saw his bodyguard with several injuries from a bullet on his back and James was beneath him immediately she saw blood scattered all over him on the floor and James wasn't moving at all she passed out.