Chapter 4 The element of surprise

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  Chapter 4   .   Jane Pike’s POV   .   Slap!   I need to stop Samy or we both will be beaten by him. We are not a match for this man.   “Samy stop!” I almost growled at her with a voice I had no idea I had inside me.   “How to stop it! I feel like killing this jerk! He destroyed your car! Mine is in Nashville and I can’t just go there and take it!” she says and jumps to slap Brad McKeena again.   Yeah, you’ve heard it right. Kendrick’s best friend hit our car.   What a big entrance we’ve got here!   “Stop beating him, Samy, or he will kill us!” I yell at her again and what I’ve just said must triggered something in Brad’s mind because he starts to laugh.   “Kill you?” and he is giving me a strange look. “Maybe I would kill you, Jane, but not this beautiful and little kung fu fighter.” He says pointing to Samy and he starts to laugh even harder and before I could stop her, Samy goes and gives him a knee directly between his legs, making an omelet from those two useless eggs he has.   “What the f**k is wrong with you?” he asks Samy with a hurt look, while he is holding his balls. “Do you want to kill me?”   And now I step between them because I am in Anacortes just for five minutes and my old life is already catching up with me.   “Will you two stop it?” I ask both Samy and Brad, who is looking at her in a way that is almost scaring me. You could say that he is a f*****g psycho and he would eat poor Samantha.   “I did nothing” Brad says and he starts to arrange his suite. s**t, he wears a Tommy Hilfiger suit with a Stripe Double Breasted Wool Blazer, and he looks like someone important in the business world.   “I was just driving when you suddenly changed direction without making sure that it was safe to do it and I didn’t have time to press the brakes!”   And again he looks at Samy and asks her , no he is not asking her anything , he is mocking her as if this is the new schedule of his day.   “And after that your mad dog jumped on me?”   But hearing him, Samy‘s rage takes it to a new level. That’s what is happening when you are the heir of the mafia kingdom. You start to dole out punches everywhere.   “For God's sake!” I yell again. “Just stop it! I can’t believe it. I just move back and the first thing that happens is to get in an accident and after that in a fight. Just stop whatever you two are doing!” and Brad is staring at me with his big blue eyes as if I just raised two heads instead of one.   “Samy” I say with a furious face.   “Samy?” Brad asks giving her a strange look and she wants to punch him again and almost jumps on me , while I am struggling to keep her away from Brad.   “Samantha Tannenbaum !” I growl at her “Go to the car and take our luggage. Our car is useless right now, so we will take a taxi to our home.”   “But he must pay for the car!” she says and Brad starts to laugh.   “Anything for you little Pekingese” and Brad winks at her. What the hell is wrong with him? I don’t need this s**t right now.   “Samy, go to the car now.” I say as calm I can. “Do it for me. Look on the back of our car if our tomcat is fine. He must be frighten”   And remembering our cat, Milo, she is even more frightened and runs to the car continuing to scold Brad.   “So you moved back?” he asked me in the end and that made me stop.   If I say yes, he will tell Kendrick for sure and tomorrow when I will start our new job as soon as he sees me, there will not be the element of surprise. But what point is it to say no, when I am here in front of his eyes?   “Yeah, Anacortes is my home in the end. “I simply say and walk away from him, because his presence is making me feel sad.   “Did you call for the taxi?” I ask Samy but she shows me her phone. “I had a phone, but because of this scoundrel It is broken now! And look at Milo. He is crying” she says pouting her lips and that face of hers made Brad become kind of serious again.   “I will buy you another one. And a new car too” he says as he steps in her direction, but now I am the one pissed off.   “I believe you did a lot for today, Brad” and hearing her name Samy looks at me in shock.   “Brad? Brad McKenna?” and I motion to her to shut up but you can’t make Samantha Tannenbaum shut up just because you want so.   “Is he Kendrick’s friend?” and I slap my forehead just hearing her.   Nice, just nice…Samy…   “Samantha Tannenbaum “ I say, trying to calm myself. “Meet Brad McKeena, one of my colleagues from high school.”   “Brad” and I am not even looking at him because I am boiling right now and I feel the pull to strangle Samy.   “Meet my best friend, Samantha Tannenbaum.”   “Sister!” Samy corrects me.   “Pardon me?” and Brad is looking at me in shock.   “We are sisters from another mother and another father! Not just best friend”   “So, Jane told you about Kendrick? “ and her face became pale. Yeah, Samy, now you got it. You really have a big mouth.   “Well…” she says trying to look self-confident, but that saying that you were saved by the bell must be changed in you were saved by the cat, because Milo jumps out of our damaged car and runs on the street, making Samy yell in panic and finally leave me and Brad alone.   He watches her again in a very strange way. At least Samy didn’t revealed him why I am back.   “Can you call us a taxi, Brad?” I ask him but the scoundrel gives us a meaningful look.   “I will be your driver. In the end it seems that it is my fault for ruining your welcome party and at least this is what I can do for you two.”   “It is your fault indeed!” I tell him , but to let him drive us home and let him know where we live…This is something I don’t want.   “Just give me your phone, please” I say but he just laughs in my face.   “You’ve changed, Jane. You are not the scared deer you used to be” he says in a way that makes me feel strange. “So?” he asks me lifting an eyebrow, but his face changed now that Samy is not around anymore.   “So what?” I ask in return having no idea what he wants.   “Aren’t you curious about Kendrick?”   And trying to be calm I just stare at him. Of course I am curious. I want to know how he is. Is he happy? Is he married? Did he forget me? But I keep my self-confidence and looking in Samy’s direction, who just caught Milo, I say.   “No. I am not curious.”   And all the hatred suddenly appeared on his face, as if my words pressed the wrong button. I even saw that his left eye is twitching. He did that in the past when he was pissed off.   “You were just a gold-digger” he tells me, gritting his teeth.   “You know nothing!” I say and looking at the road I see a taxi and motion to him to stop.   “I am glad that you are back, Jane Pike. I wanted so much to find you so that Kendrick has his revenge. He will never let you go for what you did to him.” he he tells me, making my heart stop and just right then Samy comes back with Milo in her arms, who starts to fuss seeing Brad as if he just saw a dog. She steps in and says.   “Why are you still here, you cause us a lot of stress today. Just get lost and leave us alone!”   Brad looks at her again and I swear to you that he looks like he would kill us right now.   “Is not your business why I am here” he says and Samy just blocks in her tracks, while I put our luggage in the taxi under Brad’s furious gaze.   “Just wait Jane Pike. Just wait for Kendrick. He will get you” he says laughing at me in a devilish way.   “Get in Samy” I say and open the door for her. “He is just mocking us.”   “Oh, no,”Brad says leaning a little so he could watch Samy who is already in the car. “I am stating a fact”   And that’s it! I glare at him trying to keep myself calm.   Samy is right! Brad McKeena is a f*****g pervert.   And I turn my back to him ready to enter the car, but he just says:   “Kendrick will be glad to hear that you are back. He has some unfinished business with you.”   Unfinished business?   What the hell is he talking about?   I turn around and pointing my index finger at him I say.   “Don’t tell him that I am back!”   But Brad seems to love this encounter so he asks me , lifting an eyebrow.   “You have no authority to tell me what to do, Jane Pike. You lost that right when you left Anacortes.”   “Are you kidding me?” I ask him and now I am the one who wants to slap him, but before I could do it, Samy exits the car and slaps him again, motioning to me to get in.   “You’ve heard my friend. Keep your mouth closed or I am killing you!” and she slaps him again, but Brad grabs her arms and pulls her to his chest whispering.   “Just raise your hand at me one more time and I am breaking your f*****g skinny legs!” and he pushed her a little and ruffled her hair making her even more pissed off.   “Kendrick and I will have a lot to discuss tonight” and he leaves her, but looking at me he asks with a serious face.   “Why are you back, Jane Pike? You should have never come back.”   “Because this is my home” I tell him and I am sincere. This is my home.   Brad turns his back and starts to walk to his car.   “Brad!” I call him, making him turn his face in my direction. And again. There is so much hatred on his gaze.   “Don’t tell Kendrick that I am back…please!”   But Brad just gives me a strange smile.   “Of, Jane…believe me…This is the first thing that I am going to tell him when I see him.”   And he enters his car and speeds off.   Shit…the element of surprise just flew away.
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