Daddy's New Associate

Chapter 12

Anabella collected her food and was taking her and Thomas back to the hotel. She took some hand sanitizer on tissue and handed it to Thomas to wipe his face off.

"Thanks" he said quickly, wiping the bits of vomit and dirt off of his face,

"You wanna come to our room?" she asked, Thomas never spent time with them, he was always stuck to Andrew as if he were his lifeline,

"I shouldn't"

"Expected" she stated with venom on her lips, getting out of the jeep getting her food. Thomas really was a strange character, he was either in Andrew's hand or a complete drunkard. He couldn't even balance between those two characters he was just a mess, Anabella was getting tired of trying to be cool with him.

She strutted off with the food quickly leaving Thomas inside of the jeep, she greeted the front desk and then headed towards the elevators,

"Hi sweetie" her mother's voice sounded, and Ana couldn't hide her annoyance, "What's wrong?" she asked her in her motherly tones,

"It's nothing" Her mother gave her that stare that all mothers do, she sighed knowing she couldn't lie to her, even at her age she couldn't outwit that look, "I'm just tired of helping Thomas and he's just so against spending time with me, like you can only call me when you need your ass to be scraped off the pavement?" she huffed rolling her eyes and her mother smiled sweetly,

"How about next time you leave him?" her mother asked sweetly,

"Come on, then what type of sister would I be?" Ana argued pushing the elevator's button several times,

"The type that's tired of his shit." she shrugged "I think Thomas' problem is he doesn't want to be in your shadow and he wants to prove to his father he's just as amazing as you are" Margret reasoned and Anabella rolled her eyes, everyone saw her as the perfect person. They all thought she had life figured out but they didn't know she was just going through it day by day she never deviated from her usual routine.

"Well, I really don't have that much of a shadow" she said getting into the now open doors of the elevator,

"Try not to let him bother your too much. You gotta make a choice,  answer his calls or don't" she ended and Ana smiled,

"Thanks" she blew a kiss at her and her mother caught it placing it on her heart as the doors slowly closed in front of her.

Anabella pushed open her door to the sounds of Lynn's joyful giggling and she proceeded with caution, you never knew what you would walk in on now that Michael was Lynn's boyfriend and practically lived there,

"I hope no one is naked!" Ana sounded as she walked slowly towards the kitchen covering her eyes,

"It's safe" Lynn giggled again and Ana removed her hand to find Michael's face covered in whipped cream, Anabella joined Lynn as they laughed at him, he sucked his teeth,

"This int even funny" he said taking a napkin and wiping his face off,

"Yes, it is" Lynn blurted out with the whipped cream canister in her hand "I see food" Lynn said happily taking one of the bags from Anabella,

"Of course you would see food" Anabella chuckled and they got plates quickly.

They sat around the table talking and Anabella slipped in with Alex's best friend,

"So wait! This man bring his best friend number to you and had the audacity to be licking his lips?" Lynn asked appalled at what she was hearing,

"Yea I mean he was really going at it, lil more he would've smacked his lips" she continued and Michael listened as they went back and forth,

"Why some niggas like that? Babe, you wouldn't be bothered if Anabella was looking at you like a snack?" Lynn asked slyly and Michael froze,

"Leave me out of it please. It would be strange tho" he said and Anabella and Lynn shared a side eye, knowing that Lynn was just throwing a small test his way, 

"You called yet?" Lynn asked taking a grilled potato from Anabella's plate like if she didn't have the same potatoes in front of her, Anabella frowned and Lynn chewed happily,

"No, I didn't call"

"Go call girl" Lynn insisted, and Ana got her phone and the pick of paper.

Anabella went into her room and took a deep breath before hitting the dial button.

***

"I still can't believe you didn't give her your number" Jeremy said getting into the car slamming the door,

"I wasn't thinking about that in the moment" he rubbed his temples,

"You really like this girl or you playing?" Jeremy asked looking him dead in the eye,

"I know it's kinda sad this was supposed to be a great plan but already I think she's amazing" Alexander spoke up and Jeremy nodded,

"So far you int doing much wooing, you gotta take her out nigga. Before I was saying you should just fuck someone else and get over her but now I looked at her and how she reacted when she saw you" he sighed shaking his head "I'll help you" he said finally and Alexander grinned,

"Thanks but I'm sure I got it covered," Alexander said confidently, "I'll plan something for tonight" he continued,

"Tonight? And what about your neck?" He said driving back to the hotel,

"I'll get them covered with makeup or something" he shrugged looking at the marks again, they were an awful red color that stained most of his neck, many little spots which would usually be a good reminder but for him, they weren't.

They were almost back when an unknown number called Alexander's phone, he smiled letting it ring a couple times,

"Remember you gotta up it or you gonna lose her" Jeremy made his final statement and Alexander answered,

"Hello Ana" his rough voice vibrated through the phone,

"Hi Alex" she replied and he could hear the smile on her face,

"So sorry I couldn't come to you" he apologized and Jeremy parked the car, getting out leaving him,

"it's okay, how are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling better but you know what would make me perfect?"

***

Anabella listened to his voice, it was so low and soothing, it made her so relaxed,

"What?" she asked,

"If you join me tonight for another adventure"

"What type of adventure?"

"I have no idea but whatever we get ourselves into" he replied and the fact there was no plan just actually appealing to her,

"O really? I guess the answer is yes" she liked this game they had going, she only encountered him a few times but it was just something about Alexander that made her, even more, care free than she was.

Round two. 

Author's note: 

Back to regular programming.