The Billion's 2

Chapter 10

Pandora watched as the nurse and doctors doing their hourly exam on Clarice motionless body. Noah walked in and whispered to Pandora about his findings. After seeing how bad Clarice's condition was, Pandora gave an order out to Noah to investigate.

"Are you sure?" Noah nodded. "But miss we need proof." Pandora looked at Clarice and her family. "Find it and once you get it, inform me." Noah nodded and went out. Pandora placed her thumb under her chin and observed the Abernathy family.

"Clarice.. please wake up." Mrs. Abernathy wailed and hugged her daughter's body. Leo rubbed his wife back and wiped his tears away. Clara placed her head on Clarice's hands and let her tears flow.

Minutes later Grace walked in and gave Pandora a can of soft drinks. "What did the doctor said?" She asked. Pandora just shrugged. "I told you! I TOLD YOU ABOUT CHALLENGING THE JUDGE! LOOK AT WHAT HAPPEN TO OUR BABY!" Mrs. Abernathy yelled at her husband.

Pandora looked up. "Shut up!" Leo said through gritted teeth. "NO! Dad! Are you waiting for this to happen to me too?! Just follow what he wants and end the business!" Clara turned to Pandora.

"TELL HIM TO STOP DOING ILLEGAL STUFF!" Clara yelled. Pandora was about to say something when Noah walked in again and whispered at Pandora's ears. "Good. Let them in." Noah opened the door and 4 bulky men in black walked in and nodded their heads to Pandora.

"They will be protecting Clarice while she's here. If it's really true it's the judge doing, they will handle it." Pandora turned to the bodyguard. "If something happens to her while you all protecting her, I will not hesitate decapitated each and everyone heads off."

They all nodded including Noah. She's truly Iris's daughter. "I never saw you so. evil." Grace whispered. Pandora shushed her friend. She grabbed Grace's hand and went out of the room. "Come on. I want to pay her bills."

"You carried cash?" Pandora shakes her head and asked the nurse where the place to pay for the bills. The nurse smiled and showed them the way. "Oh.. a Vera?" Pandora ignored her and sign her signature on the papers.

"Thank you." Pandora smiled and walked out. Grace followed her friend and wonder how she pays for the bills. She didn't see any cash or even credit cards. "Dude.. how?"

"She made an official letter and I signed it. They can ask for any amount of the treatment from my mother's accountant." "Your mother's has their own accountant?" Pandora nodded. "Why?" Grace shakes her head.

"Miss." Noah smiled at Pandora. "We received some urgent call from Eliza, asking if you're okay." Pandora frowned at him and asked with her eyes. "You're fine." He finally said and went to call Eliza.

"Obviously you're fine," Grace said beside her friend. Pandora knocked on Clarice door and the bodyguard opens it. "What are you planning to do Leo?" Mrs. Abernathy asked him. Leo shrugged and wiped his remaining tears off.

Pandora and Grace decided to sit down on the couch. "What are you going to do?" Grace whispered. "Something." Was all Pandora said before Noah walked in again. "Miss, your mother's will come here after their mission."

Pandora nodded. "Umm. Mr. Abernathy, you have a message from Iris." Leo waved for him to continue. "Your carelessness just cause my beloved to be worried about something." Noah smiled and walked out.

Leo turned to Pandora and sighed. He knows what it means. He's in trouble. He's in a lot of trouble for sure.

***

Iris took out her 10th cigarette out of its box and lit it up. She's not at ease knowing everyone will be looking at her wife and girls. "Relax Iris.. they will make it easy for your target to act." Iris glared at the Madame of her strip club.

"By all means Madame, I didn't mean for my own girls to do the dirty job!" Iris half yelled. Madame laughed at her. "Relax... Chill. Look. They giving you a lot of money.." Iris scoffed and threw her cigarette down and stepped on it.

Iris watched as her girls began to walked seductively towards the three poles. The Madame nodded at the DJ and he played How Long by Out Hud. Blondie and Eliza looked at Blanche who just smiled and licked her lips.

"Remember. We're doing this for Iris. We need that man wearing the white suit." They nodded.

They placed both hands high up above their heads and lifted one of their legs for the guys and woman to see. Blanche licked her lips again and slide down seductively.

The guys didn't even blink when they watched three most gorgeous ladies dancing in front of them. Iris watched with her eyes wide open as the man she targeted made way to the front where Madame at.

The man walked towards the Madame with his eyes glued on all three ladies on the stage. Blanche gets to a crouching position and winked at the man in the white suit. Blondie and Eliza followed her footsteps.

Eliza reached out for his tie and pulled him closer to her. She began to lick his cheek and chuckled when letting him go. Blondie and Blanche lay down on the stage and lifted one of their legs.

Showing everyone how sexy and long their legs are. Eliza stood up and position their legs on her toned stomach. Eliza moved up and down before winked and licked her lips seductively towards the man in the white suit.

Not far, Iris was watching all the animals we call man ogling at her girls. "Once I caught that bastard, this will all end." She said mentally. The man in the white suit had enough and pulled the Madame towards his chest.

"How much for them. Name your price. Any price.." Madame turned to Iris and nodded. Iris noticed the signaled and took her position in one of the private rooms.

"Any price sir?" "Any price.." the man smiled. "50,000, cash." The man's eyes widen and but eventually nodded. "Perfect price for a perfect ladies." The man snapped his fingers and two-man brought a briefcase filled with money to Madame.

The man opens the briefcase and the Madame nodded. Madame whistle for Blanche, Blondie, and Eliza. They walked down and smiled at the man. "Show him how to have fun, Vegas style."

When they all went to the private room, Madame nodded at the guards to handle two of the man's bodyguard. "Kill them. And take this money to the office." Madame sighed.

"Hmmm.. another life will be gone tonight." Madame smirked and watched her girls dance.

***

"Are you staying here for the night?" Pandora asked her friend after they had dinner together at the mansion. "I can't. I have to wake up early tomorrow. I'll use a taxi." "Nonsense. I'll ask one of the drivers to send you. Wait you're going now?" Grace nodded.

"Okay. Follow me." Grace followed Pandora outside and went to the garage. Grace's eyes widen when she walked in the most expensive garage she ever entered. "Jesus Christ."

"Hmm. As far as I know, there's no one in the Christ family named Jesus." Pandora chuckled. Grace hit her friend shoulder and startled when a bulky man suddenly stood up. "Relax. I need one of you to send her home. Thank you."

Pandora went to the key section and smiled when she noticed a logo. "Is this car available?" The taker nodded. Pandora grabbed the key and threw it at the bulky man.

Pandora asked him to bend down a little. "Make sure she's home. And also, please, show her your driving skill." The man smiled and nodded. Pandora gave the key to him and his eyes lit up. "Take care you two." Noah went to her side.

"You know he was a race driver right? And you gave him the keys to your mother's Ferrari." Pandora chuckled. "Well, she needs it after had a meal. Plus, I'm sure he can protect her." She said and went to the mansion.

After bidding everyone goodnight, Pandora decided to retire for the night. When she lay down, her mind went to Clarice who's in the hospital. She's glad about Tim and her are history but, this accident seems like it was planned.

By who? She's not sure yet. But she knows Noah will do his job. If not, why would her mom trust him so much? She wondered and sighed heavily. That doesn't matter for now. The real crucial part was how to convince a straight girl to be un-straight.

Pandora faces down on her pillow and screamed her hearts out. "The f**k how am I suppose to make this right?!" She kept hitting the mattress to get her frustration out. Pandora turned and looked at her ceiling.

"Love suck," Pandora said to no one in particular. "It seriously sucks." She threw one of her pillows at the ceiling and it hit her face when it came down. "Now that's karma." She sighed and turned sideways.

"What if I tell her and she's gone? What if I tell her what I'm feeling, she hates me in the end? What if.." she sighed and got up to a sitting position.

She looked at her mother's wedding picture and wonder how could someone so dark and twisted has someone who's willing to die for her.

How can someone like Iris have a wife who loves her from the heart? That's what Pandora was thinking all night. Before she closed her eyes she sighed and looked at the ceiling again.

"What if she ignores me after she knew?"

***

"Hi, Luther." Iris turned and smiled at the man in the white suit. "Iris?!" Luther was about to ran when Blanche and the others covered the door. Blanche pushed him back and Blondie locked the door.

"Running away from the debt I see? What did you ask them to call you? Mr. White suit?" Iris raised both eyebrows. Luther slowly kneels in front of Iris. "You know Luther, if you don't have the money to pay me back, it's okay."

Iris grabbed his head and made him look at her. "But when you lied and used my family name for your own gain, that's what makes me angry at you." Iris pushed his head making him fell on the floor.

The girls went to Iris's side. "I should have known." Blanche chuckled. "What? Guys will always be guys. Too easy to lure to the nest of the beast. What should we do Iris?" "First of all, covered yourself with some piece of clothing."

Iris turned to Blondie and Eliza. "You too." They chuckled and put on a shirt and skinny jeans. Iris pulled Luther's body up and smiled at him. "Since you being a spy to my enemies, let's see how far can you go..."

Eliza reached for a saw and handed it to Iris.

"Without any limbs.." Eliza and Blondie forcefully dragged him to the bed. "Now. Will you tell me about the information you told?" Luther began to spill everything to Iris.

Blanche observed everything. When Luther talked about Pandora and Zeva, Blanche felt something tugging in her heart. Without Iris noticed it, Blanche quickly grabbed Iris's gun from her waistband and stood on top of Luther.

"You told them about my daughters?!" Blanche aimed both guns on Luther's head. "YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT MY DAUGHTERS!" Luther nodded vigorously. Iris just watched as her wife in a rage. "WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO SUCH BIG MOUTH LIKE YOU?!"

Blanche shoved one of the guns to Luther's mouth. "Oh." She shoots him by the mouth and then began to shoot him again by the head. Blood squirted to Blanche's face but she doesn't care anymore. Luther died instantly.

Iris pulled her wife off of him and turned her body to face her. Iris grabbed the guns from her and handed it to Blondie. "Look at me."

Iris placed both hands on Blanche's cheek. She wiped the blood off of her face and smiled.

"As much as I miss your old self Blanche, let me be the evil one in our kid's eyes. Not you. Snap out of it." Blanche shakes her head and hugged her wife. "I did it again huh?" Iris nodded. "After 10 years." Iris chuckled. "What should we do now?" Eliza asked.

Blanche pulled away. "Burn him?" Blanche shrugged. "Feed him to the crocs?" "Send him to the funeral home. Give him a huge funeral service. So go see him as a man." Iris said and scoffed at Luther's corpse.

"Despicable." Was all Iris said?

***

Pandora decided to skipped breakfast and went to the hospital. Clara called her that morning that Clarice woke up. Only God knows how happy she was when she heard the news.

When Pandora arrive at the hospital, she smiled at the bodyguard who's guarding the hospital main entrance. Since her mom went to meet Clarice's family the night before, Leo requested for an extra hand in protecting his family.

"Who's inside?" Pandora asked the bodyguard who stood in front of Clarice ward door. "Family and friends." Pandora nodded and open the door. As Pandora walked in, her eyes fixed on a guy who's talking to Clarice.

"Pandora?" Leo called for her.

"Yea?" Pandora waved at Clarice who waved back.

"Alone?" Pandora nodded. "Well. Yea. How's Clarice?" "Better than yesterday." Pandora watched the guy and Clarice talked animatedly. She's glad she's laughing but who the f**k is him?

Leo observed Pandora's body language and chuckled. "That's Clarice's ex. He was in town and Clara brought him here." Leo noticed something that was strapped around her waist.

"What's that?" Leo pointed at Pandora's waist. "Oh.. Nothing really. Just a beeper. Something my mother's wanted me to wear for protection." Pandora waited for another minute before decided to go home.

"Now? You just came." Clara said.

"It's okay. Seems like she's busy with the ex. I'm going. Tell her I'm going." Pandora patted Clara's shoulder and walked out.

"Someday.. someday.."