CHAPTER 14: DAD?
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It was becoming so long since Miles followed Shelia, Emily became worried.
" I'm sure he’s fine would you calm down" Adrian said trying to convince her
" I have a bad feeling, how about we go and look for him, when I see him I'll calm down"
" If I was the one missing would you look for me?"
" Of course not" they got outside they couldn't find Miles nor Sheila anywhere which made Emily more worried " I knew it, something is wrong" she added.
" It's possible he had gone home"
" Without telling us? that not possible".
Sky who was on a mission to make sure he tracked Michael's move saw them, he was a bit concerned because of the expression on Emily's face.
" What's the problem?" he asked as he looked at the two distressed beings
" We are looking for our friend Miles, he accompanied someone towards this point but now we couldn't find them anymore" Adrian explained.
" Miles? He works at the cafe?"
" Yes he was Miss Kanaan's date for the evening"
" How did this happen?" Adrian immediately explained everything that's happened to Sky.
" It's either one of two things, one that boy is a dumbass, and two his just destined to be doom. How could he be so dumb and careless" he voiced.
He immediately went to the security team to check the footage in other to know where Miles had gone. It was clear he was talking to a lady just as Adrian explained, just outside the hall the footage of him been carried into a car was also seen, the plate number of the car was covered so the couldn't be tracked down easy. The face of the lady was hard to make out due to her hair falling one side.
" Ma, I have some bad news" Sky whispered to Kanaan's hearing
" What's wrong?"
" I had reasons to believe Michael took Miles". The mare mention of Miles made her realize she hasn't seen him for a while.
" Why would he take him when Miles isn't close to me" she spoke trying to wrap her head around it.
" I already contacted our men, we're already looking for him"
" What would Michael want with just an employee"
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Miles eyes were still closed, he could feel water touching his face like raindrops, the raindrops caused him to slightly open his eyes to see what was going on, immediately he recognized Sheila who he was talking to before he actually passed out.
" What happened?" he asked still trying to fight the dizziness.
" Welcome back baby boy, it took you an awful long time to wake up" Sheila said looking at him with a smile on her face.
" What do you mean? where am I?" He asked trying to remember what had happened. His hands were not tied but he was a bit too weak to move.
" You're with me isn't that enough answer, just a piece of advice next could you be careful with taking drinks from anyone. You don’t just drink things because it was given to you by a beautiful lady. In this world that is very dangerous" she explained.
Nothing was still making sense to Miles 'what world was she talking about'.
" I don't understand where am I? the party?" he said recalling that he was actually in a party with Miss Kanaan
" Calm down would you, we're doing you a favour"
" We?" Miles asked not noticing anyone else in the room but them.
" Yes, we… pretty face" voiced out a man who had been in the room the entire time, Miles could see a gun in his hand
" What's going on? If you're trying to rob from me, then I'm sorry to disappoint you but I have no money" he explained
" That's not the reason you're here Mile Davis"
" How did you know my name?"
" That's nothing… the important question, your question should be how can we help you, you see Shelia and I are here to actually help you but that depends on if you want our help or not" he smiled, looking at Miles.
" I don't need your help, why did you bring me here against my will? that's called kidnapping, you spiked my drink with something and made sure that I passed out"
" Young Man if this was a kidnapping, we wouldn't be having this conversation and you would be tied, we did not kidnap you we just brought you here to talk"
" Then what do you want to talk to me about?"
" I think I like this one" Michael said turning to Shelia. " My name is Michael, and that's Shelia"
" Are you the person, my father owes money, please sir I promise just give me time" he said with his knees on the ground.
" No, no, no, I'm not that person, I can never be as wicked as that person is but that's what we are planning on saving you from" he said pulling a chair in front of Mile
" What are you talking about?" He asked still clueless about anything happening.
" You're really something, but I wonder why she hadn't done anything yet within the past few days that you've been working for her but I'm so happy we got to you first"
" What do you mean?"
" I'm saying that the person you ought to be running from is no other than Miss Kanaan Hernandez, the president and heir of Beauty mix cosmetics" Michael dropped the bomb.
" I don't think I understand what you're saying"
" Let me put it in simple terms for you to be able to understand, Kanaan is the person that your father owes money and the person that you are being sold to" he added with a smile observing Miles reaction.
" What kind of joke is this, first you spike my drink, kidnapped me and brought me to some place that I don't know and now you are accusing my boss of being a mafia leader"
" I am not accusing her, I mean every word I'm saying and I'm not a man of patience I suggest you take my words"
" I know it's a bit hard for you to believe at first but let me jog up your memory a little" Sheila said, knowing Michael he could flip off the handle.
" You started working at the Beauty mix cafe a few days ago right?"
" Yes, that's something you already know"
" Have you noticed the large big truck that comes in every morning to reload and restock the coffee cups and their supplies?"
" Yes, which cafe doesn't restock"
" Have you ever tried to open one of those coffee cups before?"
" No I haven't"
" The cafe is one of Kanaan's channel of selling drugs, let me explain, the coffee cups are made with a type of material that is water resistant and can accommodate a certain quantity of drugs. Especially the order called 'the special'. The special order is a mixture of various hard drugs that are sold to a lot of teenagers and people" she explained
" I still don't get it, if any of what you're saying is true how come the police hasn't caught them yet?"
" Very simple…. Mafia Lords, drug trafficker don't operate if they don't have a firm hand in government" Michael cut in
" Which means the police is aware?"
" Exactly but they are paid to shut their mouth"
" Wait, all of this sounds crazy and unbelievable, I don't get why she would sell drugs"
" That's because she is a mafia ringleader, she is none other than the daughter of Hernandez and he is the founder Red Chain Cartel, Kanaan started a cosmetics line in other to hide everything" everything was starting to make sense a bit as to why Sky asked him to runaway as well as the powdery substances on the cover of the box but it was still hard to swallow.
" Who are you then"
" Me? let's say, I'm a good Samaritan that actually wants to bring her down and why am I here? because we are going to be your help, I know it sounds funny but you're the only person that can actually help us"
" I don't get how I can help you, and telling me this just makes me want to run away from this place right this instant
" Then I got some bad news for you, Even if you ran…. is not going to be any good because as we are speaking your father is busy talking and making arrangements to make sure you sign those papers and you're taking away." Michael said
" My father?"
" Yes, your father. He's going behind your back just to sell you in order to free his bloody conscience"
" My father will never do that, you brought me here, showing me fake things and now you're dragging my family into this, everything you're telling me is nothing but a lie. You're lying to your face"
" And why should I lie to you, one of my men is in Kanaan's custody his name is Philip and he's my brother and he has been with her four days now and I know she’s torturing him everyday just to know how to get to me and you think I will call you here just to lie to your face, I need your help in bringing her down, that's why you are here. And your father it's not my fault, he's being threatened by her what else is he going to do" he explained trying to get Miles to see the truth.
" My father wouldn't sell me off even if he's been threatened he loves both me and my mother so much" he spoke confidently
" As far as I know your father was the one who called Kanaan himself, telling her that he was going to make sure you sign those papers. if you still doubt my words how about you go see for yourself tomorrow? I'll let you go and when you have come to realization you can come back and tell us if you believe me or not"
" I want to know what it is exactly you want from me?"
" You don't believe anything I am saying to you, I'll give you just 24 hours, by the end of tomorrow, I want you to make up your mind and decide on what to do because this offer is not going to last very long and trust me maybe when you make up your mind it will be too late for that" Michael said
" I'm sure there will be nothing for me to think about, I'll prove you two wrong" he said
" Very well then, I think we're done, Sheila and my men will drive you home" he added
" There's no need for that, I can go back myself
" That's settled, Sheila see him out" Michael said before standing up and leaving them.
" How would you go yourself? do you even know where we are? Don't be stubborn. I'll take you home" Sheila said looking at him. She actually was concerned about him.
Both Sheila and Miles walked towards the car, he got in and sat down.
" Look I know all of this is too much for you to take in but it's the truth.... Kanaan is a very dangerous person that you should be running away from but we want you to help us stop her so a lot of people who are going to be in your shoes will not be intimidated by her anymore, she tricks people into gambling and I'm sure that's what happened in your father's case.
Your father was tricked into playing those games causing him lose all his wealth just so she could have you as an insurance for it.
Don't you think you should stop her, many other boys in your shoes wouldn't be affected by this kind of things" she explained
" Like I told Michael, I don't believe a word. please take me home". He ended the conversation, all he just wanted was to get through tomorrow and proving them wrong.
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