It's time to create a feud between Jay and Dimitri.

Just after that thought, Dimitri enters the room.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Jem? What's wrong?", he asks, rushing towards me.

"It's nothing", I say pretending to hide the fake tears from him.

"Oh I see, the tears are for me to bath in. Right? Come on, talk to me"

I stand up abruptly and face the window.

"What do you want to hear? That your cousin molested me? Or he touched me against my will?"

Well that is not technically wrong, is it? I stopped him before it got out of hand and if it had gone out of hand then it'll be molestation, right?

"What!!!?"

Good job Jem, keep it up!

"And now, I'm sure that he must have sent you here to do the same"

"What? No!"

He breathes out, sounding utterly disgusted.

"Then why are you here?", I say turning around to face him with my probably swollen eyes.

"You asked me to let you know if Anita wakes up and she has"

Oh! I've got to make him ask me for details concerning what I said earlier.

"Oh! Okay then, how is she? Sorry I said those things about..."

"She is fine but what about you? Are you fine? What did Jay do?"

"It's not necessary, just forget about it, okay?"

"No I won't!"

"You see, the thing is that I've never had sex before. The first time I had sex was in a rape by my own father. I told all this to Jay and he took advantage of my helplessness. He got me drunk and touched me where he wasn't supposed to", I say wailing again.

Now this is a lie, I didn't tell Jay anything about me other than my name! In fact, Dimitri is the first person I've told other than Alan, Jon and Anita of course.

"I don't believe you!"

Oh my gosh! What do I do now?

"It's okay. I don't expect you to believe me. After all, I'm just a guest and a nobody", I say guilt-tripping him.

"No don't say that! I just didn't expect Jay to be like that",  he says, slightly raising his voice.

Oh! Oh! Someone's getting a little angry!

"Look Dimitri. You don't have to tell Jay about this. You see I may be very ruthless but I don't want you to think negatively about him"

"But what he did is not right"

"Promise me Dimitri, that you will not say a single word to Jay"

"I promise but if it happens again I'll have no choice"

"Thank you! I'm ready to go and meet Dennis but is it okay if I see Anita first?"

"Sure, why not?" he says leading the way. I'm putting on a kaftan and a bedraggled hair.

Thank goodness it's raining so that Dennis is gonna think I'm some sort of a stranded teenager.

"Hey Anita!"

"Hey Jem!"

And then, the awkwardness settles in.

"I'm sorry" we both say at the same time.

"Why are you sorry?", we chorus again.

"When you two are done, I'll be outside" Dimitri says heading for the exit, trying to avoid the awkward moment.

Anita tries to sit up but I stop her.

"I'm sorry for provoking you by forcing you to open your eyes", I say sincerely.

"I'm sorry for losing my cool", she says sadly.

We stare at each other before pulling each other into an embrace.

"I'd like my best friend back", I say trying to prevent the tears from falling.

For someone who is a supposed assassin, I sure do cry a lot.

"You've already got her back but I haven't. I'd also like my best friend back", she says blandly.

"You already have her", I say pulling her into another embrace. "I'll be back, I've got some unfinished business", I add.

"Okay, bye! Take care of yourself"

"And you too!"

And with that, I leave the room, allowing Dimitri to get back in.

I know my way but I want Jay to drop me off. I move towards his room but his words got to me before I could knock, stopping me dead on my track.

"Wetin you dey talk?. Make you no cause kasala for me. As you dey see me so, I no be ordinary juu man... I go... Oh boy! The idiot don cut the call... I go show am who be oga...
(Translation : What are you saying? Don't you dare cause problems for me. Don't think of me as just an ordinary Mafia. I will... Ah geez! The idiot hung up... I will have to show him who's the boss...)

I recognize that!. Pidgin English?. Jay is speaking in pidgin English? Is he from Africa.

"Come in!", he says after I finally snap out of my haze and knock on the door.

"How many more languages can you speak?", I ask immediately I enter the room.

"And how many more languages can you hear?", he answers my question with a question.

This is not the time, Jem. Remember you have to gain his trust. Right!

"I hear a lot of languages. I just love the diverse nature of language", I say.

But that's actually the truth. If it were up to me, I'd learn all the languages in this world.

"Well, the nature of my job demands a lot of language", he finally says answering my question.

"Are you from Africa?"

"No, why?"

"You just spoke pidgin English"

"And I just told you the nature of my... Our job demands diversity in languages", he says almost rudely.

"Sorry I was eavesdropping and also about last night", I lie. I am not at all sorry and I'll never be, especially not to him.

"It's no problem. I was actually talking to one of my reps there. He wants to bomb down a conference room over there but he hasn't collected the money"

Why wouldn't he just do his dirty deeds himself rather than sending someone? Is he a coward?
"Oh!", was all I could manage. I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for that. Why is he telling me?.

"So, why are you here?"

"Well...I...the thing is... I just wanted you to drop me off at the best possible place, Dennis is going to pass through!"

"Okay! Go get ready!"

"I am ready"

"Right. Meet me down in 10minutes time"

"Sure"

I rush to my room and put on the fake girly face. I call Alan to let him know I'm on my way for the mission.

I put my Bluetooth in my ear and tell Alan to sync it so that I'll be able to talk to him.

Thank previous inventors for giving allowance to other inventors to create devices that can be synced even without being in the vicinity.
I'd have Dimitri help me instead but I feel like I'd be stealing Anita's fiance for something that isn't their concern.

I put on a pair of blue contact lens that has a camera connected to it so that Alan will also be able to see and it totally matches the fake blue hair on my head. Then, I go to meet Jay who is now downstairs. At first, he doesn't recognize me but with minimal convincing, he believes I am the one.

I mean I literally just told him that I needed a ride right?

He drops me off and offers me an umbrella but I politely decline. He tells me to expect a blue Ferrari that has silver lining on each side and leaves.

"I'm waiting for him now", I whisper into the almost invisible earpiece.

"Just be careful", Alan says.

"Here he comes!", I shriek

"Good luck" he whispers.

The car's front light shines brightly and I decide to take the risk of jumping into the middle of the road.

"Jem!", Alan shrieks through the Bluetooth as I enter the road where there's an incoming car, definitely Dennis'.

Wham!

The car hits me. But thank goodness it's not much. I think I'm going to have one or two broken ribs after this.

"What have I done? I'm so sorry Miss! Easy. Let me help you!", he says lifting me up.

He puts me in the front seat and makes two calls. One, I think to his office, telling someone, probably his secretary, that he won't be in the office today. Two, to the hospital, telling them to prepare a ward for me, I guess.

"Are you okay miss?", he asks once he settles down and starts driving.

I open my eyes slowly and pretend to be a fan girl.

"It's Dennis Saunders. How can I not be okay?. I'm honored that I got knocked down by your car. Now I truly believe God exist"

This is hard work.

"Am I popular?"

"Hell yeah!"

"What were you doing at the middle of the road?"

I quickly put on a sad expression and my eyes begin to water. I hurriedly wipe it away.

I'm not supposed to cry because of the lense. Ughhh!!!

"Oh I'm so sorry Miss, I didn't mean to..."

"It's not your fault, I'm an orphan and I was going to end my life", I lie easily, the tears rolling down my eyes.

Well seeing as I jumped into an incoming vehicle made the lie sound very practical.

"What can I do for you?"

Soon my vision becomes a little blurry as a result of the tears and the contact.

"Marry me!", I say dreamily without hesitation.

He chuckles before taking a left turn.

"Good job!", Alan whispers through the earpiece.

"Well I think I have a better idea"

"Which is?"

"Here!"

He says handing me a blank cheque. So fast? What of the killing aspect. I'll have to come up with something!

"But I don't deserve this. I just stopped you from going to the office", I lie, handing him back the cheque and praying fervently for him not to accept the cheque back.

"Just keep it! I'm taking you to the hospital now to have them check you up"

"You're so kind...sir. I'm forever indebted to you"

"Not so fast. Accompanying the cheque is having you in my bed for three whole nights"

This mother fucker is more foolish than I expected. I mean I can easily run away but I won't since I still have to kill him.

"Alright then, but we'll be alone!", I say not only hiding my shocked expression, but also revealing my pretence disappointed face.

"How old are you?"

"I'm nineteen", I lie

"What's your name?"

"Amber", I lie easily again.

All these questions were already practiced and rehearsed so it was very easy for me to give him answers without hesitation.

"Alright Amber, we are here!" He says alighting from the car. I look around and notice that I'm at the hospital. I try to get down but the sharp pain in my ribs protests.

Dennis notices my hesitation and comes to help me up just as an orderly comes to the car and uses a stretcher to lift me to the ward.

Once in, the doctor examines me and applies some kind of balm before wrapping the gauze around my rib cage.

"You're lucky, Dennis here wasn't over speeding. It could have been worse, you know. But it should be okay by tomorrow"

"Thank you Cindy", Dennis says, pecking the doctor on the cheek and she doesn't even attempt to hide her blush.

Something tells me there's more to the peck than meets the eye.

"Can I go home now?", I ask sitting up.

"Of course!", the doctor says, exiting the room, leaving me and Dennis behind.

I have to think of what to say and fast!

"It would be rude of me to not say thank you but I still think you should have left me to die. I don't think there's anything worth living for"

"It's no issue! Why don't you just stay at my house tonight if you've got nowhere to go to?"

I can't stay at his house since I've got to go back to Jay's house.

"I'd have loved to but I need to go back to the slumps"

"You prefer that to my house? Though it's very simple, compared to my other houses, I'm sure you haven't slept in a proper bed for a long time". He says eyeing me, probably taking note of my bedraggled blue hair and dirty appearance. I'm also very sure there's more to the nice warm bed he's offering me. Pfft! Male Species and their large sex appetite.

"Yes. I hope you understand?", I ask, fake tears forming at the base of my fake eyes. I only hope the tears won't affect the contact lens.

"I do, trust me! Shall we go now?"

I slowly nod my head and get up from the bed.

"I hope I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Of course, I'm a girl of my word and I'll deliver"

"In that..."

The ringing of his phone interrupts the conversation.

"You dimwit. Of course it's Jay Black you're going to murder! I thought I gave you the address. How could you have lost it? House number 253 on Vatican road! You're to break in at 1:25am. Now fuck off!"

He says hanging up the call.

"Sorry for that Amber"

I just smile and nod, afraid of speaking in case my voice quivers.

He wants to murder Jay at 1:25am?. My problem solved.

Wait. No not solved since I want to murder Jay myself.

Besides, why was he so specific about the time? What's happening at 1:25am?
This is my chance of gaining everyone's trust. I'll have to tell Jay eventually!

He drops me off at where he picked me from and hands me his business card.

"Anytime you want to see me at my office just come and you'll be given easy access to me", he says while eyeing me with his eyes lingering at my boobs for too long. I just nod and give him a fake smile. I purposely drop the card on the floor and shoot my ass in his face while picking the card up.

I slowly walk in the wrong direction just to make sure no one's following me.

After confirming that no one's following me, I race to the house.

I enter the house without knocking and once inside, I remove the mask off my face. I run upstairs and shower before changing into a pyjamas.

This house is about to be under siege and I'm here preparing like I'm about to go to bed.

I'm hungry.

I go to Anita's room and I knock on the door. She answers and seeing it's me, she allows me entrance into the room.

I check the time and it says 11:50pm.

"How was the operation?"

"Hello to you too but it was partially successful. I just have three whole fucking nights to end him and go back home"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah! Anita please I'm hungry"

"I don't have strength to cook us anything, should I order pizza?"

"No! I've never had pizza since 'he' went away"

"Speaking of him, don't you plan to search for..."

"No I don't"

"Well in that case, I'll cook some noodles and meatballs"

"Sounds great!"

My stomach rumbles at the thought of food. How I love food! I wonder how or why I'm not fat?

I follow Anita downstairs, all the way to the kitchen. I watch her prepare the food like an expert. She seems to like cooking.

I don't know what but it seems like I'm forgetting something. What is it that I'm forgetting?

"Dinner is ready! Well late night dinner!" Anita squeals.

"Mhhm! Yummy!" I say once the sweetness of the flavors burst in my mouth. It's so good!. "You're such a good cook! I hope whoever I marry would be half as good as you or Alan"

"You can't cook?", Anita asks bewildered.

I just nod shyly and look away.

"You need to learn. Dimitri knows how and Jay too!"

Jay knows how to cook? I'm not surprised!

"I would learn to, but with all these killing and stuff, I got no time", I explain.

Wait a minute! She said something about Jay and Dimitri!

That's what I've been forgetting! I need to warn Jay about the possible emerging danger!

"Speaking of which, where are they?", I ask stuffing the last bit of food in my mouth.

"Woah! You eat fast! They are in the gaming room".

"Race you there!"

I say taking off and in no time I reach the gaming room.

I look back and there's no trace of Anita.

I wonder if she followed me at all. I turn back to knock and I nearly jump in fright as I see her standing just in of front me.

"Haha! Gotcha! You can never beat me in a race Jem. I'm just too good at everything!", she says, jokingly boasting.

I laugh, throwing my head backwards before following her lead as she opens the door.

"Why are you here?", Jay asks once we are inside. He hasn't even seen us!.

"You didn't even see us?", Anita says, voicing out my thoughts.

"But I heard your voices!", he counters back still fixated on the video game.

I used to love video games when 'he' was still around, but now…

"Babe, I need water", Dimitri calls Anita's attention to him.

She moves to the fridge and brings out two bottles of cold water.

She hands one to Jay and one to Dimitri.

Why am I here again? Oh right, I remember.

What the fuck! It's already 12:45am! Jay doesn't have much time.

"I need to speak with you Jay...please".

"Just give me thirty minutes"

"But you might be dead by then!"

That seems to get his attention because he pauses the game and turns to me.

"What did you say?, he asks dangerously.

By then Dimitri and Anita were already watching the drama that's seems to want to unfold.

"You're about to get killed Jay!"

"By who?"

"By Dennis"

"Can you stop speaking in riddles and speak to me in plain words?", he asks, already getting furious.

I pretend to flinch from his tone of voice.

"Well... Dennis had called someone today.."
I begin to narrate how I met Dennis, how he took me to the hospital, how someone had called him and how he'd given the name and address of Jay Black and the time to execute the plan.

"As it is now, we don't have time, it's already 1:10am and for all we know, they could be surrounding us already!", I say concluding my story!

"Anita, take Roxie and scout the area. Be sure to be armed! Dimitri go and check the camera for anything out of the ordinary and you Jem, follow me", Jay says barking out orders.

Everyone rushes to bid the orders. I silently follow Jay to his room where he hands me his pistol. I hold my ribs as an immense pain hits me.

"Are you alright? ", he asks looking at my ribs.

"Yeah, but I'm not sure if this is a false alarm but accept my apology in advance..."

I am cut short as Jay pulls me in, embracing and kisses the living hell out of my body.

I become woozy and hold his neck for support.

What the hell was that for?

"Kill anybody at first sight", he says, pulling away from me and breaking the kiss abruptly.

"Won't we take them in for questioning?"

"It's no use, I know what they want!"

"And what do they want?"

"It's not what they want, it's who they want"

"Okay, who do they want?

"They want silent killer".

What?!.