West Brooke High

25

He takes my car and I get onto my bike.
I hold eye contact with his for a while, out of pity and sorrow. I nod my head and put my helmet on before riding into the distance.

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"Wait. Hooolllddd on," I say whilst massaging the temples on my head. "Let me get this straight. You want me to go to Phoenix Takeshi and talk to him one on one"

Phoenix Takeshi. "Takeshi" means a warrior in Japanese and that's what he is.

He is one of the most fiercest drug lords known to the drug world and his drugs are unique. And he... Well he is untouchable.
Only elite people get to meet him and if I'm meeting him face to face, that means one or two things.
1) He wants me to do a job for him which could land me in jail
2) he wants me to have biscuits and tea and talk about the effects of ecstasy on the human brain like one does on a usual afternoon

And I don't think it's the second one.

"Yes Maya. He told me to bring my best drug dealer. A person who knows the ins and outs. I know you've only been doing this for a while but you have enough experience plus you can fight."

"I can. But not kendo or aikido. These people are old class but they're elite. I'm the drug dealer that goes round the corner pretending I'm a big shot. These people transport drugs internationally."

"Internationally. That's what they're doing. They want to open a base here and they need someone to talk to"

"So you what them to take the business from right under you" I say with a bubbling sensation in my inner core

"No! Maya, I'm not going to be a drug lord forever and I don't want to put my kids in that position. Look at where we live Maya. In the middle of no where. I need to have closure of this business to make mine and my family lives safer."

I breathe heavily. I breathe again and again.

"Fine. Tell me when and where"

"Tomorrow and I'll text you the address"

I nod and turn to leave. Before I can walk out the door, James turns me around to face him

"I know I can trust you and I thank you for all you've done. I don't know how to repay you"

To leave on a light note I chuckle and say, "you already do pay me"

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Now you may be wondering two things

1) why do you need so much money?
2) why do you follow everything James says

Well to answer number one:
My plan is to store as much money as possible and to adopt Alissa and Alexis and open a foundation where people with abusive parents or partners can go. The thing is, I'm doing this for my mum, Alissa and Alexis. Sure the money is coming from a dark place but it's being enlightened. I also need to buy my dad out. Try and persuade him to back off with something he's always been interested in. Money. It's always been about the money with him. Purity once rubbed through his veins, yes now, it's full of materialism.

To answer number two:
Because he has the answers I need. What happened that night my mum was murdered by my, and I hate to call him this, father.
You see, my father and him go way back and my dad was on the influence of drug. His drug. But I don't know the full story behind the drugs so that's what I'm trying to do. Trying to find out the truth.
But, over the course of time, I grew closer to James. He's more similar to my dad then Andrew. He has similar attributes that were present before he killed my mum.

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👑 A L E X S P O V 👑
I would have left her and made my way back to wherever I needed to go.
But my curiosity got the best of me.

Yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking. Why on earth would you stalk her?
Well, let's be more gentle here and say I followed her to make sure she was safe. She did however look suspicious.

I finally saw her entering a code on a passcode panel and then she started talking to someone. I'm guessing security.

I waited there for about half an hour and she exited the mansion.

I don't knew where she learnt how to ride a bike but she's really good tbh.

Focus Alex.

From my view I can see that she's going straight?
That makes no sense because this is literally in the middle of no where for starters and also, this is practically a dead end.

But she knows where she's going

According to my maps, the free way is a few minutes away and all I need to do now is to go back and pretend I was never he-

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Oh shit.. angry man.. angry man..

"Hello sir" I say nervously, "I think I took the wrong turn. Please can you direct me to the free way?" I say with the best acting in the universe

"Yeah sure" he says in a deep tone "First I have to kill you to make sure you don't tell anyone about this place"

I can feel a drop of sweat trickling down my forehead

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