masterminded

chapter 31: clueless

"Have you thought of anything baby?"Fiona asked.

"No sweetie. You?" Jean asked back.

"Nothing too. Oh baby what are we going to do?"Fiona asked, frustrated.

"I don't know baby. I'm confused" Jean answered.

Fiona looked at him for a few seconds before she started ranting loudly "what do you mean by you don't know. For goodness sake you are a gangster. You should be able to do something. Anything!"

"Oh come on Fiona. I'm based in France and you know that. I'm only here to help fulfill our dream." Jean replied.

"Well that dream is not complete without Jasmine knowing the truth that her beloved father is hiding from her before her execution which must be carried out by me" Fiona yelled.

"I know I know baby, we just have to come up with something. We need someone that knows this place and have connections to members of the underworld in this city. Like.....like- "

"Claudia!"Fiona exclaimed.

"Yes yes. Claudia. She's the one who helped us get rid of Tony. She must have connections" Jean-Clark said.

"Yes. It's possible. I'll give Claudia a call and we'll meet at somewhere to discuss later today. Is that okay?"

"As you please baby" Jean replied.

Enjoy it while it lasts baby, Jean said in his head.

"Alright I have to go baby. I'll send you a text to inform you about the arrangement"Fiona walked towards the door and opened it.

She blew him a kiss and said goodbye before leaving his apartment.

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"Well man, this is it"Greg said to Carl.

They entered the Hush club and scanned the area for the person they were going to meet. Greg had given in to Carl's pleading to help Jasmine in any way possible and now whoever would help them wants to meet them in person.

There he was, sitting at the back of the club girls surrounding him. He had tattoos almost all over his body, wore magnetic studs and had pixie cut.

He pecked a girl's lips and squeezed the butt of another before shouting "yeah that's baby kiss me there. Do it right and you'll be rewarded just right."

He was obviously talking to the girl who was giving him little pecks all over his body.

A girl offered him a cigarette while another lit it for him.

"That's the person who is going to help us?"Carl asked, bewildered.

"Yes"Greg answered. "Now come on."

Thy got closer before Greg shouted over the loud music "I see you're having a good time"

The man looked up at him and smiled slowly "Long time no see"

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Meet me at the park at 1:35 pm sharp before I lose my patience.
                                       Anonymous.
The text said.

Albert kept staring at his phone screen. His brain searching for who would send this message.

Kylie?

No,he thought, why would she want us to meet at the park moreover this message sounds threatening.

It can't be Kylie.

But then another voice spoke in his head.

What if  she's the one. Remember you hurt her. You left her and her daughter without a notice.

Albert dropped his phone into his pocket and looked up, seeing nothing.

He continued thinking, talking to the voice in his head.

What if it was the kidnappers?

But the voice replied.  What if the kidnapper is Kylie and she wants paybacks.

Albert blinked instantly. He looked at his wristwatch.

1:20 pm.

He could still get there on time. He looked at the other chefs working. He needed to go.

He hurriedly moved his apron. He opened the door only to come face to face with Kylie.

"Kylie" he breathed out and checked his time. It was 1:24 pm. If Kylie was here, it means she didn't send the text.

"And where are you off to mister?"Kylie asked

"You didn't send the text"he had to be sure.

Confusion was written all over Kylie's face. "What are you talking about?"

Clearly it wasn't her.

"Never mind. Excuse me" he tried hurrying past her but she stopped him.

"Wait wait. I'm not letting you escape again"

Albert rolled his eyes" okay what do you want?"

"We need to talk"she answered.

"What? Right now?". He looked at his wristwatch.

1:30 pm.

He had five minutes to find out who sent that text and he wasn't in his car yet.

"Look I have to go. It's really important."

"But-" Kylie started.

Albert looked at her dead in the eye and said "Now is not the time"

With that he left a speechless Kylie and raced towards the exit.

He ignited the engine as soon as he got into his car as fast he could, checking is wristwatch which read 1:32pm.

He raced to the park hoping the sender is still there. He parked his car quickly and ran into the park; looking around.

How would he know his sender, no description was sent. He looked at his phone. There was a new text.

It read:
              You're a two minutes late.

Suddenly someone tugged his hand. He turned around to see a little girl giving him a folded piece of pink cardboard paper.

"He had to go but he asked me to give you this" the little girl said.

Albert took it and opened it slowly. He took a sharp breath in and looked up but the girl was gone. He looked around to see if she was anywhere around the park but she wasn't.

He looked at the cardboard paper in his hand that had the image that haunted him in the past and still haunted him now.

Venom.

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So everyone, yes I know I haven't been posting regularly and I'm really sorry. I also know that I've been saying a lot of sorry. I've been having writer's block since I changed my environment. I really hope i can make it up and I am going to try to post frequently.

Another thing is that I made some enquiries about some things in my novel and I found out In a restaurant there is nothing like head of chefs. And I was reading my story while I was undergoing  writer's block trying to find inspiration I noticed that my paragraphing was poor and the writing looked jam-packed.

So editing is going on now and I wouldn't fail to also give a chapter this week.

Thanks for understanding.
Queenie_5 loves you all.

[Editing will take a week or two]