Pirates

chapter sixteen

Rushing over to my baby they killed my children's mother. Bryce Sr was dead and it was all my fault. I picked up her dead body in my arms tears blurring my vision. I had the others downstairs dead as well. the security guards did tell me to allow them to help but I wanted to do this on my own now look I am a widow. my wife was gone. she started coughing my heart skipped a beat.

" my baby you survived I saw her shoot you in the face," I say to Bryce.

she simply smiled at me getting upholding her side I stood up with her looking down at the woman lying in the pool of her own blood. Bryce Sr walked overshot her in the head to ensure she was dead. she turned towards me.

" We have to find the keys before they do and take back the business we have to come out of hiding," she says.

I knew she was telling the truth. I would have to face those who wanted us dead more than anything, but now their children roamed around trying to avoid. we heard footsteps aiming our guns. mila's bodyguard came guns ready we sighed . he waltzed over to the body glancing back at us.

" This is Yvette, Lyudmila's personal assistant....she's part of this too?" he asked,

I glanced at my wife unaware the enemy has already had people within our companies. I would have to deal with the Browns and the Hendricks at the same time. this was not happening everything that we worked for was now coming to a tight close. Bryce placed a hand on my shoulder.

" We have to go back to the way how we were baby it's the only way we could do this," she says to me.

sighing we faked our deaths for a reason coming out was risky but what choice did we have at this point. nodding she was right I stood up looking at Alex the man who was supposed to watch Lyudmila. three others came behind him waiting for my command.

" let my boys know we going to war" I answered their stares.

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The building shook while Gloria and her henchmen were escorting me out of the building. where was my f*****g wife? Gloria was wobbling walking while being pregnant with my baby and this the crap she was doing with her free time. I could hear a blood-curdling scream coming from the corridor away from us. glancing around weighing my options I had to find my wife and get out of here. I wanted nothing more than to escape, find my wife, and come up with a plan to rid us of this bullshit going on. my palms grew heavy. she had two of them and my hands bounded.

" get down!" yelled a voice from behind me.

I got down to knocking Gloria over to her henchmen looked behind us being gunned down I stood up quickly grabbing the dead henchmen's knife.

" don't worry Mr.Patterson we got you," said the man.

Gloria stood up I rushed her grabbing her by the hair tightly she screamed while I pulled her closer towards me.

" wheres my f*****g wife?" I snarled into her ear.

 Gloria acted as if she didn't know what I was talking about, so I dragged her out of the building that shook with her hands bounded. she screamed ripping some fabric from her dress issued it to stuff her mouth with.

" where are yall parked?" I asked one of the guards.

" we on the north side let's keep moving" he answered.

I wonder who sent these men to come after us in the first place. my eyes were hot. she knew who killed my mother, she knows who could've harmed my family. I haven't seen these men's faces yet but they're accents I knew very well. I wonder were these the twins my brother had around the company a few times. they fired some more shots keeping Gloria and me in the middle with all of this going on you would think the police would be doing their jobs somewhere to figure out what in the whole hell was going on with all these bodies just dropping like this. 

" shadow, we have the packages we heading out we gotta go before twelve shows up," he says.

these were the men that ran with my brother so I knew who they are by not seeing their faces.  hearing children crying was my nephews here too? other men came with them tied up and still blindfolded. shadow and his partner killed the two men while snatching the twin boys. Gloria was silent, her silence only made me think this was part of her plan for me to take her with us which we will but not until after we get the twins safe. I didn't even know if my wife was here or not.

" We have to find my wife," I told shadow

" a team is already on that don't worry we will find all our people," he says.

" This is bravo team... Mila and Brandon were taken they aren't here" a voice says on a walkie-talkie.

my wife and brother both were taken somewhere else I snatched Gloria by the hair again nearly breaking her neck to face me.

" where are they taking my wife?" I asked her.

"I won't f*****g tell you a thing" she hissed back

shadow turned to her slapping the whole s**t out of her. her face swelled up and her lip busted. I didn't care for much of this woman. she had the game all f****d up if she thought she would bring chaos to my home and be part of some .mafia or some s**t taking my wife away from me only made me hate her more. this baby in her stomach better not be mine. first my mother, now my wife. my patience was running thin she seemed to be enjoying this but not for long I wanted my wife back and I wanted her back now. Gloria sobbed while we rushed out of the compound along with my nephews. Where was their mother when all of this was going down?

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" Dad, you see this mess?" Sheldon asked,

glancing at my sons they waited for me to give them more orders while looking through my father's belonging he had no sign of knowing where the keys were so killing him off before I could even question him was a dumb mistake but I hated that old man the next person I could think of was my enemy, Marcus my own younger brother might know something about this. rolling my eyes sitting behind the desk thinking about their children. my father never wanted my family to live lovely. he hated everything about me since my mother slept with him while he was drugged, he was forced to marry her but when she passed away he didn't even shed one single tear. my hate for him grew more once he married the woman he wanted to marry and had my brother Marcus. he paid him more attention he allowed his wife to send me away so they didn't have to worry about me. I met my wife and she went through something similar I would want to say but her uncles and father were molesting her at a young age. teaching her how to rob men for them, they trained her how to cry on command to make people feel bad for her. she helped them rob countless families. she taught our daughter the same thing but gave her a cover for being an actress. my daughter blesses her little heart she can't act to save her life but since she was beautiful they passed her off and she has done some extra for the producers. my wife Brenda waltzed into my office sporting her new sexy red spandex dress, her lips stained red and her hair done. she smirked at me while making her way over towards me. I sat back while she sat on my lap. she placed her hands on my chest.

" baby, did you figure it out yet?" she asked me.

" Nah, but I'm getting closer what news do you have for me?" I asked.

" our boys picked up Brandon and Lyudmila while the raid was going on... it's a good thing we have his phones tapped...but, I do have bad news" she says.

" Tell me"

" Justina is dead," she told me.

reading her face. my daughter was dead so she failed at her mission is all she was telling me. we could take over the portion she has as an actress and maybe fight for custody of the twins as long as we hold Brandon we could place her death on their hands. everything happens for a reason.

" Boys I want you both to keep working as if you don't know your sister is dead...if the police question you both pretend you don't know but tell them you thought your sister was with Brandon." I instructed.

" what about grandpa?" Sheldon asked.

" he went missing we don't know where he is "I answered his question.

my sons stood up leaving my office while my eyes ran over my wife. we remanded silent until we both locked eyes she straddled my lap rubbing my chest some more. I knew what she was asking for but I wasn't in the mood.

" baby listens to me...the pawns are almost out of the way...I need you to keep playing your part have the boys sign the company over to you...let me know how that goes then we could move further"

she sighed nodding standing up fixing up her dress leaving my office.

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My head throbbed opening my eyes the harsh light greeted me while I looked around to see where I was at. the grey room looked just like the basement storage room in the Hendricks manor. I knew it because I hid here as a child when we all played hide and seek. All I remember was heading towards my grandfather, we got cut off my security detail and I got separated all because I wanted to get at Gloria. this was all her fault. she couldn't take a damn hint that he was just not into her.  Rolling my eyes slowly getting off the cot bed my feet touching the cold cement floor looking around. my eyes landed on another body in the corner of the room his head down blood oozing from his skull walking over bending down lifting his head my eyes widen seeing Brandon's face. his lip swollen, left eye bloodied looking around rushing back to the cot pulling it towards him. fighting to place him onto the cot checking his body. He might have rejected me he was still family. tearing open his button-down shirt stained with his blood placing my fingers to his neck he was still alive. sighing in relief who did this to him? he groaned in pain.  we had nothing in here to get out. he was in no condition to move. removing his suit jacket to form a pillow for his head I checked his ribs to see the Black and blue. they broke a few of his ribs as well. tears stung my eyes. who did this to him and why? what did they want?

" Brandon?" I called out to him.

he didn't respond. on the other side of the door hearing jiggling the door opened two big men walked in with guns. my body froze while I sat over Brandon Protectively. another man I didn't know walked in wearing a black suit he placed his hands into his pockets glaring down at me.

" Nice to see that you have woken up...niece," he says.

" Who are you?" I asked.

watching one of the guards press his fingers to his earpiece he walked over to the man who called himself my uncle. he nodded glaring at me.

" now you're going to do as I tell you f**k up and he will die" he threatened.

he walked over snatching me up by the elbow I tried to hold onto Brandon's bloodied shirt but it was torn from me while I was lead out of the storage room.

" The Police is here act like you don't know s**t or else" he threatened to let go of my elbow.

I looked around he doubled the amount of security they walked around we headed down the corridor I folded my arms how was I going to protect myself and Brandon. he needed medical attention but for now I had to play by their rules to stay alive. two officers were waiting for us 

" Hello are you Mrs.Patterson?" asked the first officer.

I nodded.

" can I speak to you in private?"

I side glanced at m uncle who kept a straight face. I nodded leading the officer into another office on the first floor. I sat down on the lounge chair watching the officer looking around.

" We have the house surrounded...your father sent us to get you out of here," the officer says.

I looked at him puzzled. he held his hand out to me showing me his wrist a small key was tattooed onto his wrist. it made sense to me now.

"keys" I muttered.

he nodded lightly.

" they have my brother-in-law here as well in the storage room...I can't leave him behind" I muttered back.

he nodded while I slowly stood up.

" they have beaten him badly... he needs medical attention" I whispered.

"we will come back and get you both out of here sit tight," he whispered back.

nodding walking back out into the hallway hugging myself forcing tears to come down my cheeks covering my face crying Justina wasn't the only one who mastered this skill.

" it's too much information at once on a woman...she would need some comfort" the officer proceeded to say. 

" Have you heard the news about my father? he went out for a walk and no one hasn't gotten back to us" my uncle asked.

" parker takes my niece back to her room," my uncle tells a guard.

he nodded leading the way. my father was here to save me and sent in his men to come in to warn me about them coming. all I had to do now was get to Brandon we will be leaving this place together.

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" Have anyone heard from Yvette or Gloria in the last twenty-four hours?" I asked.

My daughters were my babies ever since they were little Yvette showed more signs of knowing the family business than Gloria has. they both went under the same training yet Yvette was of course more promising than  Gloria could be. I made it clear to everyone that no one was allowed to look in my children's direction unless it was business or they gave a direct order I had to approve of. This feud with the Santos, Hendricks, and Brown families goes back for generations. the thing about keys were elite soldiers in the behind scenes any family that controlled them controlled the world.. keys were from different branches of the military, cons, felonies, hackers, hitmen, and Assassins. These were the people who knew too much their deaths were faked before they became part of the keys. they weren't like spies under one order these men and women were international. Keys were developed by the Hendricks family. Quintonia Hendricks was recruited back in 1512. my Ancestors were around when the first Pirate was around. she helped looting, murders, and much more before she ran into my grandmother Isabella Santos. they became friends of course. Quintoina taught Isabella everything she learned the pair became famous. good in combat, s*x, and out drunk most of the men. they found Danica Brown a slave on the run they took her in and you know. the three women worked hard together they fell in love, f****d all the same men. decency wasn't a thing back then. we all know pirates didn't faze out in history. they evolve with time. As time progressed instead of looting ships, selling wares they started businesses, stolen oil from the colonies, or made fair trades. Quintonia and Danica fell in love with the same man before they separated stopped being friends. my ancestor grandmother Isabella tried to keep the friends together but they fell apart. now, I am here to claim what shares are rightfully ours. if it wasn't for my grandmother both the Hendricks and browns would not be where they stand today. I waited for an answer yet nobody said anything I glanced up from my paper to my men.

" Master Santos we lost contact with Yvette and no one heard a word from Gloria after the compound was attacked," Shawn says.

" Why am I just hearing about this?" I asked.

"I am working on locating them both Yvette went to Lydumila's house in Douglasville and Gloria participated in capturing Breyshere-"

" That wasn't what I told those Lil girls to do!" I bellowed.

Yvette disobeyed me by going to that house as much as Gloria going to the compound. the news was all over Breyshere's mother's murder, how he gotten kidnapped and now his wife is missing. no one suspected us in the slights bit but now with Gloria's actions. they might be now saying they were involved. picking up my remote turning up the volume seeing my daughter's face on the news. Somebody killed Yvette. balling up my fists she would be alive if she stayed in the office watching the money flow and gathering information if it leads up to keys. 

" call the boys I need to hold a meeting with them" I ordered.

" yes, Master" Shawn answers leaving the room.

while he was walking out my wife Shannon walked in. her face unreadable as she glided towards me. she didn't want Gloria involved yet she kept pressuring me about Breyshere. she really loved that man but forgotten why she needed to stay close to him. she failed me once she ended up pregnant by him and he was married off to the darn youngest daughter of Marcus. Marcus was dead so I didn't have to worry about him only his older brother James or Jayson whatever his name is. I sighed while she placed her hands upon my desk glaring at me.

"I thought you said our girls would be safe...Yvette is dead now..." she hissed at me.

" we will claim her body back pretend we don't know what is going on and seek revenge on her killers," I answered her.

"I want that little bitches head on my mantle-"

" Shannon relax you so sexy when you want blood for blood but, we will figure this all out together so relax"

" you better"

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' This is just in an old abandoned compound was found in flames today with multiple casualties we found what seems to be at least twenties bodes. the families haven't been notified and the identities of the dead have not been yet disclosed, this is news 44 stay tuned'

" Marcus, Do you really think this is a good idea coming out of hiding," I asked my husband.

I knew that look in his eyes all too well. he was done hiding and needed to get to our girls. the word was out that Keys still existed. power was there for the taken yet some families were being messy. Marcus sat watching the news. he already sent a few of his teams out to search for our daughters. Alma was safe with Patrick Patterson, Breyshere's cousin. The boys didn't know that yet but Patrick was the enforcer for the Patterson family while Breyshere was the head but now he was missing. his office door opened Brianna and Henry walked in. Brianna and I made eye contact knowing these men wanted us out of the room while they talked about how to keep keys in the family. take over the businesses and destroy the Santos family once and for all. Henry sat next to me while Brianna sat on his lap.

" Helena and Patrick both are sharing intel on the Santos family, their assets have doubled in the last three years but they make the most money in shampoos," Brianna says.

" Shannon Santos has a chain of beauty salons throughout Quintonia, Huntsville, and Douglasville. she hasn't done anything strange yet but, her daughter we discovered was downloading intel about the Hendricks family business, Grandpa is missing and we have no idea where Lyudmila, Brandon or Breyshere's locations," I answered.

" Should we make a move nobody knows your alive Marcus and I think we should keep it that way. Brianna and I could fight Sheldon for ownership of the company while you pull strings and moves behind the scenes... if anything deploys a few more keys teams to do the dirty work... but, James is trying to go for it as well. we can't let his sons ruin-"

" kill them both" I interrupted.

they all looked at me shocked. licking my lips we were pirates and they were against the family that old mindset is what got our kinds killed. so they were a threat to my likelihood. making contact with each of them.

" kill Sheldon and  Brian once they are dead we don't have to worry about them anymore," I answered.

" as much as I hate those two bastards you have to remember they were adopted and not of bloodline so we don't know if they are being used. hell, they just might be...we need to find their adoption papers and maybe sway them on our side-"

" those two dumb asses would screw everything up...kill them both and we could have them out the way.. no one heard from Justina the business will fall into Alma's lap. she can hold the business down with Christina," Brianna says.

" if James killed my father then my mother is dead as well which makes us for the monarch now"

my mind was at work. the Santos family has thrown their hand into the gauntlet, the browns had their hands in it and now we are being dragged into this and we hold the most power. glancing over at henry.

" We have our work cut out for us"

he nodded in agreement. my office door opened Alma walked in her eyes dead shot on us

" they found Brandon and Lyudmila.. they are at the Hendricks manor," she says.

" good, everyone in that house staff and all...will die" I announced.

the gloves are off no more Mr.Nice Guy

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" Brandon needs medical attention," I told my uncle while they escorted me into the storage room.

" ill send somebody to look after him but don't f**k me " my uncle warned.

nodding there he had me shoved into the room while I watch the door close I walked over to Brandon who was now sweating from his wounds being unattended. his life was in danger if I did anything stupid. now that a cop was coming to rescue us this wasn't the right place nor time I had to save Brandon and myself first who knows how long that rescue would come. sighing taking off my white blouse glancing at a beaten Brandon I touched his forehead it was hot. his breathing was steady. he had to be dehydrated from not having any nutrients in taking. he needed some food to gather his strength. 

" Mila!" Brandon muttered.

I jumped before holding his hand lifting his head slightly letting his headrest on my lap. he inhaled sharply.

"I should have married you" he muttered.

" Brandon now is not the time to be talking like this" I warned him.

I am completely happy in my marriage to Breyshere and he wasn't about to ruin it for me with my husband. shoulda coulda woulda but he didn't so I didn't want to hear it. I didn't want his head flat though who knows how long his head was down. the door opened again two bodyguards entered with a doctor walking inside. the guards glared down at me while I sat there not moving I wasn't going to leave him alone. they could poison him

" do what you came in here to do please, please" I begged.

Brandon sighed while the doctor came closer nervously looking around holding I watched the doctor clean his wounds, I've inspected the water bottom by making the doctor drink some from the two he had before helping Brandon drink some of the water. he wrapped his ribs, gave me an aspirin and an ice pack to care for Brandon while we were down here. moving away from him sighing the bodyguards watching me like a hawk.

" We need food and water tell my uncle that" I demanded.