Gambling With Life

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"hey sexy" Clarissa chuckled "I'd take you to bed but you haven't changed sides and unfortunately I'm working" "both of us right?" "Definitely" "do you ever stop working?" "Three days a week" "then you best drink with us one night" "done. Here to drink and eat?" "We sure are" "what's your taste?" "Scotch" "scotches for all of you then?" "Please" "I will bring them out" "thanks woman" "welcome".
Moving to the table, jaylah sat Jasmina on her knee. Nicole, Tyson, emit and Zaire joining the table. "so here long term?" "Yeah.. I didn't know where else to go" "what about Jackson?" "I guess he's joining the search" "search?" "Those two aren't giving up on jaylah" "argh" the guys laughed "no one else planning to come here?" "Not that I know of. All those that were close to you have either died or turned their backs" "good. We've ran out of rooms" everyone laughed. "What happened?" "Jackson and I have been arguing constantly. He lost his mind. Hit me across the face with his gun.." "he fucking what?" "Yep" "shit" "he left and I fled".
"Zaire" jaylah cleared her throat making Garrett laugh "hi jaylah" "oh good he knows I'm here" the guys laughed "this is Garrett huh?" "Yeah I am. You are?" "Your worst nightmare if you cross her" "great I have two women on my ass" "Nicole" "good to meet you. Oh can I?" Nicole chuckled "if you can get Jasmina out of jaylahs arms" "hey, I haven't even held her" Garrett picked Jasmina up "looks like he is waiting. Definitely a mini you Nicole" "yeah she is" Garrett grinned as he moved to sit beside Zaire holding Jasmina "yeah I could babysit any time you want" "well let's go" jaylah laughed "so you two hmm?" "Oh here we go" "you didn't want him did you?" "Nope" "rude" "he's annoying" Garrett chuckled "I will keep him then" "yeah good".
"Here you go everyone. Garrett's a softy.. never thought I'd see the day" "don't give her cuddles. I will teach you Jasmina" "no drink for you" "sweet talk her jaylah" "she can sweet talk me as much as she wants. I want both women" the guys laughed as Clarissa walked off. "good vibes in this place" "most of the time" Zaire internally grinned. "how are you feeling?" "Betrayed, hurt, destroyed. Fucking guns and shit. I'm over it. I thought getting out of that fucking place, it would stop, but I was far from wrong" jaylah showed a slight nod "want to play the playstation with me?" Zaire cracked up laughing as Nicole spoke "oh we down to games these days?" "I can't drive so I'm buying a playstation and all the accessories. I will design my own car and race it" Nicole chuckled "I'm in. I'm going to miss driving" "you both drive like maniacs" "does this guy have balls?" "Nah he owned an Audi for a reason" emit tapped jaylahs head "truth hurts" Nicole laughed.
"Alright let's get some food into us" "yeah I'm starving" "you good with Jasmina?" Garret grinned "yep. She's asleep" "must be the chunky arms" "guts" "I will take a steak" jaylah chuckled "guys?" "Steak" "steak" "steak" "a seafood basket please" "sure".
Jaylah walked to the counter "hey sexy" "I won't ever keep you waiting. What can I get for you?" "Four steaks" "with what?" "Give them what you want" Clarissa grinned "a seafood basket and.." "pasta?" "Nuh Cotswold lamb please" "best out of the lot" "fatty just the way I like it" Clarissa chuckled "that's everything?" "Yes thanks" "you aren't paying" jaylah looked at marshall "yeah I am" "Clarissa. Tab" "marshall I can pay" "I know you can pay but you are already supporting Zaire" "I'm not supporting him. He has his own money" "he put his money into the house" "with a lot spare" "you are lying to me" "no. I put the money in his account. It's his" Marshalls eyes went wide "jaylah, it's your money" "not now it's not. I have plenty to live on and if need be I will help Nicole and Jasmina too" "why do you choose to pay for everyone?" "I don't need the money" "you need money to live" "I have too much. I don't care about money" "what about yourself?" 'he has spoke with one of the men' "you already know the answer to that. My guess is you have spoke to one of the guys" "yeah I did. You have acted strange since Tuesday morning" "strange?" "Yeah. Distant. Quiet. Something is wrong" "I have been resting" "I think I said something you didn't like and I would like to know what it is" "as of tomorrow I'm your boss. Ring a bell?" "I didnt mean it in a controlling way. I meant it as a good thing. He has a job and does not need to worry about money. But he doesn't want to work anyway and I think it has something to do with you. I may have annoyed you and he picked up on it" "it's possible. It's his life and he can do what he likes" "then I'm sorry. I have thought about it and I know it's triggered something. My guess is Bronx" "it's always about the mob. It's boss and that's it" "my men still call me by my first name jaylah. I like my men being happy. I may be a boss but doesn't mean I treat them like they are below me. With out them, I'm just me. I'm not a boss. I may speak with them if they stuff up but Im not going to go shooting people because of a mistake.." "marshall everything is running alright" in the split second marshall turned, jaylah walked back to her table.
"Not an issue with the borders?" "No but by the sound of it, we may have" "Then we keep them tight. I don't want to risk any tourists getting hurt" "we dont have all the names of the men though" "they may know them but we all know we can pick up a new worker anywhere" "they are only coming here for those five and a baby. Do we want to risk it all for them?" "We won't be risking it all but we protect this land and everyone on it".

"Bronx" "Jackson what is it?" Bronx looked at Jackson as Jackson's eyes watered. "They have gone" "who has gone?" "Nicole.. she took Jasmina with her" "WHAT?" Jackson put his head down "I fucked up Bronx. I hurt her" "we have men going to the island. If she is there we will get her back" "and risk hurting my wife and daughter?" "I want them back. I will kill those three and keep Nicole, Jasmina and jaylah safe" "you know darn well jaylah and Nicole will do everything they can to protect which means they will put themselves in the line of fire" "I can't lose her. You don't want to lose Nicole and Jasmina. Lucian is adamant he wants those men dead and his sister home" 'she doesn't want to be here'.

"We really need to go buy everything you will need for you and Jasmina" "I have enough but yeah I do need to get things for her" "you guys alright?" "Don't worry about us" "you know who you are talking to right?" Zaire grinned "yeah I am aware" "she is always going to worry" "now hand me Jasmina" Tyson chuckled "I'm not even planning to say no" jaylah picked up Jasmina "we will see you guys later" "yeah you will".
"You know I can carry her" "yeah but you have had plenty of time for cuddles and it gives you a break" "I appreciate it. It's hard you know" "with out Jackson?" "Yeah.." jaylah stopped to face Nicole "what is it that you want?" Nicole's eyes started to water "I thought he was a good man jaylah. I thought.." Nicole broke down and jaylah immediately wrapped an arm around her as Nicole latched on "I thought he loved me. But how can you hurt the one you love without a second thought?" "if you want to go back, Do it. but if you want to stay, you have my support for life. I understand its difficult for you.." "I can't trust that he won't do it again. it's just destroyed me" "then we will deal with it together" "how the fuck can you be so strong?" "honestly.. I'm not. I act it. Every step of the way. I can't show Zaire I'm a mess" "he will understand" "I know but he's like kalem" with both women standing with their arms around each other and watery eyes, marshall watched as jaylah held on to Jasmina and Nicole. 'shit. This isn't good. What the hell can I do to help?'.
"Let's go get this princess some belongings and hopefully a bed" Nicole showed a slight nod "yeah.. I definitely need to do that. She is my number one" "I know".