SOLD TO MY ARCH ENEMY

CHAPTER FOUR

I slipped back into the house after Officer Nagato and I said our goodbyes.

He had helped me in all the ways he could and he was off the case.

The M&M gang. I’ve never heard of them but they had called the shots according to intel.

The leader, Mikel ordered the hit on top men from the rival gang. Nagato swore that was all he knew and he couldn’t help any further because gang wars are dangerous waters. But I needed more information. I picked up my phone to call Dennis.

Dennis sounded weird on the phone. We had not spoken in weeks. Except the single condolence text that looked lame and distant.

I was too caught up in grief to take note but his weird answers right now were pissing me off.

Something was weird and I couldn’t place my hand around it. But I didn’t care either.

All I wanted was a lead on the M&M gang.

And if any would know, it was him. A connoisseur of Random information.

The Nerdy boy I had a crush on in class.

He picked after I called back the third time, I wasn’t going to sleep until I spoke to him, it wasn’t like I was just going to google up M&M and get the information I might need.

“Hello jenn”…he sounded upbeat, a little too cheerful. Which was awkward. He was never cheerful.

“Hi Dennis,“ i said curtly then continued in the same breath

“I know I can’t consider you my boyfriend anymore but what do you know about the M&M gang I need every single detail you have”

It was on the phone but I could feel the air shift. He was tense and then began to stammer. This was way too suspicious.

Boyfriend loves to share information…he rambles on when he finds something new and researches on things until he could ramble on robotically. Yet he stammered and then gave an incoherent excuse before I could reply, the line was dead.

I was stunned, I sat down on the edge of my bed…what could it be, what could make him act this way. I really wish I knew but he was not my problem at the moment. I had no time for relationship problems.

I walked to the computer on the desk but the moment I got to it, a shiver ran down my spine and like someone had pricked a balloon filled with water a wave burst through me and the tears began to pour…My hands quaked and my eyes rained in response.

The computer was Joe’s, mum and dad had given each of us one during our 19th birthday but I had spilled Coffee on mine the week after.

After crying my eyes out, my dad had offered to get me another but it just wouldn’t be the same. So I refused but wouldn’t let go of the dead computer.

After we both got admitted into our different Colleges and began making preparations to resume. A couple of the kids from high school decided to throw one last party.

No matter what I did, Joe didn’t bulge. He was done with the superficial spoilt brats and I couldn't fault him because they were spoilt and superficial and maybe so was I. So I went with Pat.

I returned home dead drunk and had walked into my room with the computer turned on.

We had just seen Joe off to the airport the next day when my mum came in. She was smiling ear to ear like she was custodian to the secrets of the universe. Her eyes twinkled when she asked if I liked my new computer.

I was hungover and sleepy…”huh?”

I grunted. But I dragged myself to the table and tapped on the power button. I stood there and bawled my eyes out like I was doing again…I felt terrible.

All I did was complain on our way to the airport and I didn’t really say goodbye I just told him to get a girlfriend.

I shuddered again…My hands trembled as another wave of Emotions hit me.

A realization that That was the last Time I had a physical conversation with my brother and I had done it begrudgingly and eagerly.

I turned on the computer and a messaged popped up.

It was Mikel of the M&M Gang.

A single line of text from an unknown number. The hairs on my neck rose in response as gooosebumbs the size of hills spread down my body.

I stared at the computer like if I stared harder something else would pop up, a picture or a video…and then it did.