Blended Hearts #2 (An Interracial Stepbrother Romance Book) (6 page)

I sat down and clicked on
the phone receiver. Instantly, Gaby’s face appeared on the screen. Judging from
her puffy eyes, she’d been crying.

“Sorry about this,
Madison, but I didn’t know who to call.”

“What happened?” I asked,
dispensing with the small talk. “What’s going on, Gaby?”

“It’s worse than we
thought, Madison.”

“What is?”

“You know when I came by
tonight, I told you about Elise and her gang…”

“Yes, so? Did they
contact you?”

She shook her head. “No,
and maybe they never will – I just hope they won’t.”

“How do you mean?”

“It’s just that I did
what you said … about talking to Gill…”

“And?”

“And he was aware that
they were buying some
ecstasy
from
some woman or a girl at the chemistry lab. She’s an assistant apparently. But
Gill says she’s got access to all sorts of pills at a job she’s got in a
pharmacy.”

“But how did Gill learn
about all this?”

“He heard guys talk about
it before. Besides, he says that some of the guys asked him if he wanted some
steroids – you know to build his muscles – just to tell him and he could get
him some. I guess that’s how he learned about the drug trade at school.”

“Okay, I hear what you’re
saying Gaby. But why are you crying? Has Gill said anything about you seeing
the girls?”

“He just said that I
should go to the police. Since I’m a witness, maybe they can stop that
trafficker from getting into our school.”

“That’s a good idea. But
I don’t know what Elise’s reaction will be when she finds out who ratted her
out.”

“Exactly what I said to
Gill. They saw me Madison. And even if they think nothing of it right now, when
the police come knocking, Elise would put two and two together in no time.”

“What do you plan to do
then?” I could see the problem turning into a terrible ordeal in no time flat.

“I don’t know Madison. I’m
damned if I talk; I’m damned if I don’t.”

“What about if Gill goes
to the police with you in the morning?”

“He can’t; he’s got a
basketball training camp all weekend. I know he would if I’d asked him. But I’m
not sure that I want to do that though.”

“Why don’t we wait until
Monday and see what is going to happen with Elise then?”

“Yes, I think that’s a
better idea. And maybe you should talk about this with Daniel…”

“Why? You didn’t want to
say anything to him when you were here this evening. What changed your mind?” I
asked Gaby.

“It’s Gill…”

“What do you mean? Does
he think Daniel is involved?” I was horrified at the thought.
But was that what he had over the girls? Was
he blackmailing them?

“Gill said that Daniel
has heard the rumors, the same as he has; so I thought maybe there shouldn’t be
any secrets between us – like the four of us should be aware of what the other
knows. What do you think?”

“Yeah, maybe you’re
right. I don’t know if Daniel is still awake, but if he is, I’ll get him to
talk to you.”

“Why me?” Gaby asked as I
got up from my seat.

“It’s better that you
tell him – you’re the one who saw the girls.”

“Okay, okay – you two are
still not on speaking terms, are you?”

“No, we’re trying to stay
out of each other’s way.” And with these words, I left my room to go knocking
on Daniel’s door.

I banged on it actually.
If he had his earphones on he wouldn’t hear a light rapping. I didn’t have to
bang on the door but once, for he flung it open while I still had my hand up in
the air.

“Sorry to bother you,
Daniel,” I said matter-of-factly, taking his hand in mine, “but I’ve got Gaby on
the line and she needs to tell you exactly what happened tonight.”

“Okay, no problem,” he
replied, squeezing my hand and trotting behind me to my room.

“Here he is,” I said to
Gaby, as Daniel sat in my chair in front of the screen.

“Hey there, how you doing?”
he said, smiling at a still frightened Gaby.

“Not very well. I’m
sorry, but I should have talked to you earlier when I came to your place…”

“Don’t worry, I know
girls want…”

“That’s not it, Daniel,”
Gaby interrupted. “I really didn’t think that what I saw was that serious until
I talked to Gill.”

“What happened? Are you
okay to tell me now?”

“Yes. I think it’s a good
idea to tell you.” She took in a breath and again related what she had seen at
the gym that evening.

When she was done, Daniel
asked, “What did Gill say about this?”

“He said that there were
rumors about a chemistry lab assistant who was distributing (or selling) drugs
on campus. I know nothing about that, but since Gill was offered some steroids,
he thought these rumors might be true.”

“Do you know who offered
him the steroids?”

“He didn’t say. You know
him. He won’t point the finger at anyone until his life depends on it.”

“Yeah, I know what you
mean. But, you, what are you going to do about this?”

I was sitting on the edge
of the bed, watching Gaby’s expression on the screen.

“I suppose I should go to
the police, but I really don’t know if that would serve any purpose. What I saw
could be nothing. I mean maybe Elise just bought something… I don’t know what
to think Daniel.”

“Why don’t you sleep on
it and maybe talk about it again with Gill tomorrow.”

“I can’t. He’s got this
basketball training camp all weekend. But I think I’ll wait until Monday and
see what happens in school before I do anything.”

“Yeah, but maybe you
shouldn’t go to the gym or anywhere without having someone with you.”

“Don’t you start scaring
me more than I am now, please?”

“I don’t want to scare
you, Gaby, but these girls are not playing games. Since they saw you, they must
assume that you saw what they were doing, unless they think you were too dumb
to realize what was going on…”

“Do you mean they would
want to eliminate me before I could talk to the police about what I saw?”

“I think “eliminating”
you, is not their intention. They wouldn’t have the guts. But they could
certainly scare you into keeping your mouth shut.”

“How would they do that?”
Gaby asked, obviously puzzled.

“I don’t really know; but
look how they’ve treated Madison for years now. It was enough to drive her
completely batty, wasn’t it?”

“That it was. You’re
right. And you think they could start doing the same with me?”

“I don’t know. Maybe they
wouldn’t dare because of Gill. But if they tell the woman who sells the drugs
about you, that’s where the threat could come from.”

The two of them fell
silent for a minute. Daniel turned to me. “What do you think Madison?”

“I think Gaby should wait
until Monday, but then if she wants to go somewhere, since Gill’s not around
maybe I could go with her.”

“Not on your life, you
don’t,” Gaby shouted. “You’re not going to risk being hassled on my account.
I’ll just stay home. There’s plenty of TV to watch and I’ll try keeping busy.
But I won’t go anywhere with either of you. If anything should happen to you
guys, I would never forgive myself.

I lowered my gaze and smiled.

“Okay, Gaby,” Daniel said
getting up, “Let’s get to bed.
 
And
please don’t hesitate to call on us anytime, okay?”

I went to regain my seat.
Daniel watched us until I closed Skype and logged out.

He then lifted me off my
chair, took me in his arms and led me to the bed.

We lay down and talked
for a while. We were terribly exhausted but happy to be where we were – in each
other’s arms. We then took off the little clothes we had on and caressed one
another. It wasn’t long until we felt the urge to make love again. It was slow
and delicious to say the least. We couldn’t leave our bodies alone and we
wanted to be whole again. Daniel lowered himself to lick my clitoris.

“You are gorgeous, you
know that?” he said before he resumed his massage and his concerted licking.

Meanwhile, I was
suffering from sheer ecstasy. As soon as I had an orgasm, I begged him, “Come
into me, please, Daniel? Please take me?”

He chuckled softly and
did what I asked. Once inside me, I thought I was going to faint from pleasure.
But that wasn’t all. He grabbed my nipples and while he was enjoying his
forceful yet gentle movements in and out of me, he massaged my breasts until I
had another orgasm.

In the end, we were both
spent.
 
We lowered ourselves on the bed,
beads of perspiration pearling all over our glistening skin.

It wasn’t long before I
pulled the sheet over the two of us, and soon fell asleep.

I truly don’t know how
long we slept – it felt like only a few minutes – before I heard the garage
door open. Our folks were home!

CHAPTER
9

The following Monday,
Gaby told me that it had not been the end of her ordeal on Friday evening. She
had received a call from Elise shortly after we quit talking on Skype. It went
something like this apparently:

“Hey, Elise, how are you
doing?” Gaby said, trying to sound as innocent as she could under the
circumstances.

“You know very well how
I’m doing you fatso. I saw you this evening at the café. What were you doing
there?”

“Nothing,” Gaby replied.

“Don’t give me that. I
want to know why you were there when I’ve never seen you there on Friday
night.”

At the time Gaby thought
that Elise had just admitted to going to the café every Friday night. I had to
agree with her. It sounded very much like Elise frequented the café regularly.

“I just went for a swim,”
Gaby said, regaining a little of her aplomb. “I do three times a week these
days.”

“I’m not interested in
your sports activities, idiot; I want to know why you came to the café.”

“Sure. Nothing wrong with
having a hot drink before going home, is there?”

At that point Gaby said
that she was sure she was getting our dear Elise angry.

“No, there isn’t, Gaby.
But, you see, I don’t really like anyone spying on me and my friends outside of
school. So, is that what you were doing?”

“Don’t be an idiot Elise.
Why on earth would I want to spend my precious time on a piece of
shit
like you…?”

I had to ask then; “Did
you really say that?”

“No, maybe not, but whatever
I said got her all riled up for sure.”

“Then what happened?”

“Oh, she told me that I
should really forget about what I saw if I didn’t want to get into trouble.
Elise said, ‘You know what I mean?’[”

“No idea,” I said.

“Then she went on with, ‘
Well
, let me spell it out for you: you won’t finish school
this year. Is that clear enough for you?’”

“Good grief, Gaby, that’s
a real threat,” I told her.

“No, it isn’t. It could
mean a thousand things.” Gaby paused and then smiled.

I had no idea what would
be so amusing at this point. From everything I had heard, Gaby would be in
trouble from that day forward.

“Anyway,” she went on,
“Thank God, Gill was there with me. He had heard the conversation.”

“Did he get on the line
with her?”

“Oh yeah, he sure did.”

“So… What did he say?”

“He said something like: ‘Listen,
Milton, if you have any intention of doing harm to my sister, or even bother
her in any way, I will make sure that you get serious jail time. Gaby and I
know exactly what you’re doing – and we don’t need to spy on you or your
friends – now we just have all the proof we need to get you whenever we feel
you’re at the end of your game. Understood?’”

“Wow! What did Elise say
to that?”

“Nothing. She just hung
up. My brother and I had a good laugh and went to bed. And I think that will be
the end of it – for a while anyway.”

“But I bet you’re not
going to swim next Friday, are you?” I asked, a smile draping over my lips.

“No. Even if Gill himself
drags me to the gym, I would not go.”

That didn’t quite make
sense, but I knew what she was talking about.

At lunch, Gaby and I
decided to go for a walk. Strangely enough the weather was pleasant – even warm
in the sun. When we sat down on one of the park benches, she said, “What about
you? How did you spend your weekend?”

“It was okay, I suppose.
After we talked on Skype we – I mean Daniel and I went to bed – and on
Saturday…”