Jessica’s Point of View.
I picked it up with shaky , trembling hands, was it fear or….. Excitement? I don’t know , I opened the yellow envelope and brought out the contents dropping them on the table.
My eyes widened as I see the content , a picture and information about me, then Xavier and lastly Mike, how did they know, how were they able to connect all three of us? .
Seeing that Blac’s name isn’t there , it means that they don’t know anything about him and that makes him out ace card, and am sure they don’t know what we know at least most of them.
I looked at Xavier’s fave from under my eye lashes and he was looking right back at me, I sighed and dropped the files in the door table.
“What do we do now?”
“We do nothing except assigning you guards”
“Oh, this is exhausting ”
“Don’t worry you won’t know they are there at all, so please just till it ends”
“Okay then, but why did he come to you to give you this? According to my findings he is the one assigned to the job”
“Good observations, that’s my girl, he is the one but the assigner pissed him off real bad”
“How do we know when we will also piss him of and he turns on us?”
“You are right darling but am not saying we will trust him, am just making use of the Information he gave us”
“What id it’s false ? what if he is lying?”
“He is not lying at all, okay listen babe….”
I listened well as he explained everything to me, from the recording down to the pictures and messages, and it all made sense but the reporter inside me wants some answers still.
“Okay , Xavier, do you have the recordings? I want Blac to check if it’s real or fake”
“Mike has it, he is checking it out but I will still give it to Blac , don’t tell Mike but he isn’t as good as Blac ”
I giggled at his words,
“This is getting interesting ”
“Even if he was lying at least this gave us a lead on where to begin our search, all these information he gave us is true but his evidence might not be but it’s plausible”
“You are right, (yawns), am feeling sleepy, good night till tomorrow ”
“Yes, good night Jessi ”
I smiled at him and went to sleep, my heart felt calm and relieved.
* * * *
The next day was a worker’s day so no work, I got up early and prepared breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, toast bread and sandwich, grandfather woke up early so he joined us for breakfast,
“Good morning father ”
“Good morning dear, how was your night?”
“Very good grandfather and yours?”
“Good, a little bird told me to be expecting my grandchild soon”
“That little bird is a chirpy liar”
Xavier said as he walked downstairs to met us, our eyes met and we exchanged greetings while. Looking warmly at each other,
“Good morning Jessi ”
“Good morning Xavier ”
“I would have asked how you was your night but I slept with you so I know you slept very very well”
“Same here with me, you slept extremely comfortable and relaxed”
I dished out the food and when I was done, Xavier held my chair out for me to sit and I gave him a smile in return, we started eating after a short prayer, it was silent and comforting, out cutleries doing the talking for us.
(Knock, knock knock )
Xavier and I exchanged glances with each other,
“Ate you expecting someone ”
I asked him and he shook his head, the butler went to answer the door,
“Hello, someone is looking for Mrs McCartney, someone who claims to be your relative”
My ears prickled at that information, I don’t remember having any family still alive unless my father’s relatives who I pretty much don’t talk,
“Let her in ”
The guard immediately left to let her inside, my legs were shaking and I started chewing my lips out if nervous.
“Let me in, don’t lay your hand on me”
That voice was the last thing i wanted to ever hear in my life, that voice came with a sad memories I wanted to forget, I didn’t know how she even got the address to come here,
“Dear nephew, it’s aunty !!”
I retained a stoic expression to show her that I was totally not happy with her presence in my house.
“What are you doing here?”
“What? Am here to see my nephew and congratulate her on her wedding ”
“Ok, thank you now leave, I don’t want to see you again around me”
“Who is that? ”
Xavier asked me while rubbing the small of my back, I relaxed at his touch immediately,
“Hi, am Camille Jessica beloved aunt who raised her”
“You raised nothing, grandma was the one who raised me, now get the hell out of my house ”
“Jessi, calm down a little ”
I sighed tiredly, I was tired, that woman has no shame at all, to claim credit she doesn’t deserve or earned
“Am sorry Jessica for everything, am a changed person…”
“Haha, hahaha had , you must be kidding me, you saw me in TV that’s the reason why you think your changed? ”
“Not so Jessica, don’t say that, I….”
“Ahemmmm!!”
Grandfather cleared his throat loudly to draw our attention, I kept quite.
“Hello miss or Mrs whatever your name is, who do you say you are?”
“Am Jessica’s first aunt”
I was starting to have headache, I never knew that woman will come seek me out, we had bitter relationship and it’s one I never needed or wanted to remember at all
I felt Xavier eyes on my and I looked at him and he sends a small smiles which I returned, he mouthed (are you okay), I nodded.
This week kept getting worse.