Trife Life To Lavish Part 2 Genesis & Genevieve...Am I My Brother's Keeper (25 page)

"What are you gonna do to me?" Nichelle asked
although she already knew his intentions. She heard Arnez
plainly spell it out to the woman he was arguing with. But
she still asked, there was no need in him knowing that.

"When the time is right, you'll know everything. For now all I want you to do is rest. I'll bring your food in
shortly and then give you your medication so you can go
back to sleep."

"I'm not hungry."

"You've been behaving so well, don't get difficult," he
said stroking Nichelle's hair. If you listened to the tone of
Arnez's voice he appeared to be calm and sounded as if he
cared about her well being which made him all the more
sinister to Nichelle. "Now would you prefer water or juice
with your meal?" All Nichelle could do was turn her head
and cry, thinking about the plight her life had taken.

"Fuck!" Renny barked so loudly it woke the sleeping
baby.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You woke up
Elijah!"

"Arnez has Nichelle."

"Are you sure?" Tierra's voice filled with terror. Even
though they were no longer close, Tierra still loved Nichelle
like a sister and knowing Arnez had gotten his hands on her
had her shook.

"Yes, the news is slowly leaking on the streets. The
dude Arnez hired to do the shit is so fuckin' gitty he's
running around bragging to motherfuckers."

"Has he told people where she's at?"

"No. But I got my people following him. If he don't
lead them to Nichelle then I'll have them snatch his ass up
and beat it out of him."

"Poor Nichelle, she must be so scared right now. There has to be something more we can do, Renny."

"I'm working on it!"

"You should've moved on Arnez a long time ago. You
know he's gonna kill her, right."

"Tierra, shut the fuck up! I don't need to hear this shit
from you. I'm stressed as it is!"

"I didn't even know stress was in your vocabulary. You
always acting like you got everything under control. Now
Nichelle probably somewhere being tortured as we speak."

"If one strand of Nichelle's hair is out of place when
I find her, Arnez won't know what the real definition of
torture is until I'm done with him."

"Have you found anything new about Nichelle?"
CoCo asked Genesis when they met up for a late lunch.

"No, and please don't pretend like you care."

"I deserve that. I'll admit, I let my insecurities get the
best of me."

Genesis gazed up at CoCo, "Your insecurities. That's
what has you trippin' over Nichelle?"

"Yes. Genesis, you know I'm in love with you but for
whatever reason you don't want to make a commitment to
me. When I see you fawning over a young beautiful girl like
Nichelle it makes me feel like I'll never be the one."

"First of all, I wasn't fawning over Nichelle but I do
care about what happens to her. And secondly, you are the
one for me."

"Do you mean that?"

"Yes. I've felt that way for a long time now but with so much going on it never seemed like the right time to tell
you.

"Genesis, hearing you say that means everything to
me.

"I should have told you sooner. I'm so used to thinking
of you as my strong secure partner, that I forget you're also
a sensitive woman. I apologize, you deserve more than that
from me." Genesis reached over the table and took CoCo's
hands, "You forgive me?"

"You don't even have to ask. And Genesis, I'll do
whatever I can to help you find Nichelle. If she's that
important to you then she's important to me too."

"You're incredible. Once I figure it all out then I'm
going to focus on us. I was thinking maybe we could do the
whole marriage thing, how does that sound to you?"

"Genesis, don't play with my emotions like that."

"I'm not. I want you to be my wife. The more crazy
shit happens the more I want to get my priorities straightwhich starts with family. I think that's why I'm so drawn
to Nichelle because she reminds me..." Genesis stopped
himself mid sentence and dropped CoCo's hands.

"Genesis, what is it?"

"She reminds me of the sister I never had, but she is
my sister. That's what she was trying to tell me. She said her
name isn't really Nichelle because it's actually Genevieve."

"You think Nichelle is your sister Genevieve? But why
wouldn't she have told you that? You've been working with
T-Roc for some time now"

"Because she didn't realize it until T-Roc introduced
me. That's why she held my hand like that and asked me to repeat my name. She had been searching for me the same
way I had been searching for her."

"Genesis, I'm not trying to rain on your parade but
don't you think you might be reaching with this. That would
be somewhat short of a miracle if it was true."

"It is true. I couldn't fully comprehend it until I started
talking about family to you. That's why I felt this strong
connection like I was supposed to protect her. She's my
baby sister."

"Arnez, it's so good to see you, and thanks for the beautiful
flowers," Veronica said giving him a hug. "I've missed you."

"I missed you too."

"I'll be right back. I'm going to put these flowers
in a vase and some water." As Arnez put his keys on the
table next to the door he noticed a business card. When he
picked it up he had to do a double take. "These are simply
beautiful. They're going to look great on this table."

"Veronica, who is Genesis Taylor?"

"Excuse me?" she asked as she centered the flowers
on the cocktail table in the living room.

"When I was putting down my keys I noticed this
business card. Call me nosey but I wanted to see who it was
that left their card with you. Do you have a new friend?"

"Oh, Arnez, no need to be jealous, he's a friend of my
client Nichelle. It's horrible. She was kidnapped from that
party I wanted you to attend with me. Such a young, sweet
girl with her whole life ahead of her, I pray nothing bad has happened to her."

"So why did this Genesis guy come see you?"

"Like I said, he's a friend of hers and he also works
with T-Roc. They've invested a lot of money in her I'm
sure they want her back safely. It's a shame. I'm hoping
that it isn't a kidnapping that maybe Nichelle just needed
to get away."

"What do they think?"

"They're adamant it's foul play. That's why that
Genesis man left his card. He said if I can think of
anything to give him a call. But like I told him, Nichelle
was guarded. I really don't know much about her. They
did say that Nichelle may not even be her real name. It's
all so bizarre."

"Have you been in touch with Genesis?"

"For what, I don't know anything although I wish
I did. But if somebody did take that poor girl I hope
they bury him under the jail cell. But enough with all
these questions, you're beginning to sound more like a
prosecutor than a boyfriend," Veronica laughed before
giving Arnez a kiss.

"Boss, you're not going to believe who I just saw go
into Veronica's building."

"Who?"

"Arnez."

"You think he was there seeing her?"

"I can't answer that but I think it's worth looking into."

"I agree. Find out what you can and keep me posted. If Veronica is fucking around with Arnez that needs to be
handled."

Delondo had decided to have Roscoe keep a watchful
eye on Veronica after his last visit. Her behavior seemed
more off than usual and she appeared to be acting
strangely. After all the shit that went down with Denise
he tried to be proactive when it came to seeing what his
women friends were up to. He had way too much to lose
and didn't want or need any surprises.

Delondo figured Veronica was seeing other men
and he really didn't care since he wasn't checking for
her to that degree. But never did he think she would
be sleeping with his enemy. Then again, that's why he
now always kept one eye open. He found out first hand
through Denise how slick and sneaky women could
actually be.