THE CO - WIVES

Chapter 34

James.

To say I was shocked to hear that Jeff was alive will be an understatement. I was petrified!
I was beyond words.
How now?
And Jannie! How could be so callous?
She never wanted to see Jackie happy!
Why?
That two timing bitch!
She was gonna hear from me.
I swore to protect Jackie with whatever I had.
I had to keep her closer than ever before.
I had finally made her the CEO to one of my companies and she was doing better in life. Having moved in my apartment, agreed to test and given a clean bill of health, Jackie and I had several plans for our future. She was in good terms with Joyce and she bonded with the kids once in a while.
In short, we were doing fine though I was yet to taste the cookie😉 and I was looking for the appropriate time to propose.
We had started sharing the mansion though we slept in different bedrooms. We would sometimes cuddled on the couch, kiss and caress here and there. We only !made out but never made love. I really longed for her cookie but I had to wait if I wanted to be her future husband.
However, I never told her about the OCS and his findings about the *resurrected* Jeff and his quest to get my company. I followed John's advice and kept her closer to me.
John and his colleague Cliff continued following Jeff around to see what he was up to.
They monitored him closely and always reported every move they made.
One evening, when Jackie called me to tell me that she was with her friend Beka having dinner, I was so scared for her. I knew Jeff monitored our every move and Jackie being one of the targets, I knew she was unsafe. I called John immediately and  he told me that he had seen Jeff heading to the same restaurant and  he and Cliff had already mobilised some cops to surround the hotel immediately Jeff got in.
I picked him up at the station and we drove to the said hotel even before the time I had agreed to pick Jackline.
I couldn't concentrate on the road when I thought of her safety. John offered to drive on my behalf  because I looked nervous and tensed.
John's gun was tucked under his jeans as we alighted from the car.
We walked carefully to the hotel, not wanting to attract attention. We wanted to see what Jeff was capable of doing. The cops were already in the premises, strategically located at different sides of the restaurant.
In short, the restaurant was already surrounded and we had informed the owner and asked him to send a word to his patrons to asked the customers to clear out of the restaurant as soon as possible. John assured me that everything was under control. He had a tracking device and Cliff would be able to see everything happening in the hotel then  alert the cops to act when necessary.
We walked into the restaurant and the first thing I could see was Jeff hugging Jackie, whispering something into her ears. Just then, he spotted us and placed his weapon on my woman's head.... I was scared to bits but the OCS urged me to move. I had suddenly grown some cold feet. I couldn't imagine seeing my Jackie dead!
God forbid!
Jeff started blabbering on how he shot himself and bought his way out of the hospital bed. How he wants some papers signed and my company moved to his name. I didn't care about that at all.  All that mattered was Jackie's life and I was ready to give up the company for her sake.
How he had accomplices whom we put in jail and killed others, how he found himself another accomplice who hated us as much as he did.
That bastard Jeff made us look like retards when he ordered us to sing while clapping and stamping our legs on the floor.
I was getting impatient.
John was here, playing along and he had a gun! He should have just blown his brains but again, he couldn't because Jeff had a gun on Jackie's head. DAMN!
Suddenly, Jannie showed up, looking as bitchy as ever. She winked at me. A wicked wink I must say!
She commanded us to stop singing and moved menacingly towards Jackie.
Hatred was written all over her face.
My heart almost skipped a beat.
"You bitch!..."
She was addressing Jackie.
She had grabbed the pistol from Jeff's hands and placed it on Jacky's head.
Jackie winced in pain.
She was so scared.
"What do you want from me Jannie?..."
"You don't speak to me bitch! I am calling the shots here so shut the f**k up and listen!"
She growled.
"You think it's sweet to grow up with parents who hate you because you are not their blood uh? You can't just imagine whatever I went through in their hands as I grew up. I led a bitter life Jackie! Were it not for the bitch of a mother who was gullible enough to believe that I was a still birth, I wouldn't have ended up where I am today... Bitter and destroyed!"
"Don't you dare insult my moth...."
Twwwaaaaafff!
"Shut up slut!"
She gave Jacky a slap on her cheeks.
I almost went crazy because of the slap. I really felt it. How dare she slap my Jackie.
Jackline kept quiet and I could see her weeping silently.
"Sit down all of you fools..!"
She ordered.
We all sat Down, except Jackie who had a weapon planted on her head.
Jeff had sat on a chair next to them, hatred written allover his ugly face.
"I will kill you first, then go for your mother and kill her too. As for your bro, I won't touch him but I will watch him as he goes from home to home begging for food! He will be homeless!"
I wondered what the cops were still doing outside. By the look of things, John was already restless and he looked like he was gonna get a heart attack!
"You know what Jackie?"
Jannie continued.
"I'm a whore... My foster parents made me who I am today... A whore, a prostitute... Name them. I'm a bitter
Soul. Look at you, leading a sweet life, driving the latest car, a mansion under your name, soon to be a millionaires wife and a company under your name... What else could you ask for? What about me? Your twin sister? I won't allow you to be happy Jackie, I will kill you right in front of these people and feast on your brains... Oh yeah!"
Jackie winced in pain, I could see her eyes widening because Jannie was pressing the gun firmly onto her head.
"Before I do, come over here and sign these documents James."
She said, while extending her free hand to pick them from Jeff.
As Jeff was busy removing them from his shirt's pocked, I was dragging my feet to go and sign them.
I don't know what happened but all I saw was someone lying on a pool of her own blood, writhing In pain while another one just lay on the seat, his head tilted backwards, blood losing from his broken skull. His brains lying allover the place! Another one was lying down facing downwards, shivering probably out of shock.
I was shocked.
I just fell down backwards with s thud!
John picked me up and as I rubbed my eyes to see clearly, I saw a figure moving towards me. The silhouette hugged me and made me stand on my feet. I looked at the person clearly and it was my Jackie, safe and sound. At first ,I had panicked thinking she was the one lying in a pool of her own blood.
Jacky had fallen down facing downwards when she heard the blast.
Apparently, two of the cops had maneuvered their way in and shot at Jannie's hand before she could blow Jackie's brains. The cops sprayed uncountable bullets into her body as the OCS splitter Jeff's skull. She didn't see that coming.
I could see the satisfaction in John's face as he put one last bullet into Jeff's chest.
Becka and her friend Killian had hidden under the tables, for fear of stray bullets! I still laugh at that up to date whenever we meet.
Jackie and hugged like for ever. I remembered they I had the proposal ring ring with me and I took that chance to propose to her. Call me stupid! No problem but I wasn't gonna let her go this time round.
As the OCS and his crew cleared the place, I was on a bended knee, asking for Jackie's hand in marriage. She never saw that coming! Cameras flicked! I knew Becka and Killian were capturing the moments.
"Jackline Mwende, will you marry me?"
"Ye....yes! I will marry you!"
I slipped the shinning stone into her waiting fingers. I rose up and we hugged then kissed passionately, not caring about the surroundings!
We hugged over and over again.
Becka and Killian joined us and had a group hug.
"Mmmmh"
We entangled ourselves from the hug only to see john and Cliff standing besides us, capturing the moments.....