Chapter 26 Gone Too Soon

• Chapter 26 Gone Too Soon
• Tony stood across the lake on the lookout as the search party scavenged thoroughly. They were sweating profusely already because the search had lasted for over an hour now and there was nothing to show for it. Tony needed the tape which Mrs. Fanny discarded into the lake. Somewhat he had decided to get hold of the tape and sell it to some Mexican who traded on nude tapes - he heard the Mexican paid whooping sum of money for nude tapes and he was not going to be left out in this one. He encouraged the search party to search diligently because he was sure the tape was discarded into the lake. Some weeks ago, one of the boys in the search party suggested their effort would be futile since the lake was flowing and there was likelihood of being flushed away. Another suggested it could be stuck to a rock, another protested it could be buried into the bed of the lake and there was no access to that valley, considering the risk of doing so. The end of their unsuccessful search drew nigh and the party raised a brow and called it a day. Tony did not see it coming; just then he turned to have his leave, one of the bags in the party yelled that his feet just stepped on something in the lake. When he dug his hand in it and pulled out, the camera was just staring at them all. Tony was happy, even he added extra money to their payment. His joy knew no bound as he kissed the tape severally on his way home. In addition to selling it to realize some cash, he was going to use it to outdo Brian and Kate. He had never been happy with either of them since the tape saga: inwardly he spited Kate for allowing Brian to wash her since her eyes weren’t much heavy that night. After selecting him that night as her party companion they had started drinking heavy wine and despite his warning Kate prided her head could withstand heavy wine and drank even more heavy wine. On her demand he had taken her into her room and upon entrance he had noticed the camera which he blanked by covering it with a piece of cloth before undressing himself and Kate to make love that she hungrily asked for; they had done the first round which he recorded on his phone- the first sex tape he gave to his boss. Interestingly Kate had demanded for second round and about ‘climbing her mountain’ Brian had barged in and sent his blow. He was out to poke both of them because Kate seemed to be nursing soft spot for Brian. She was still in love with him. Like someone bitten by a vampire she still had Brian’s bite of love - a thought, a touch, a personality, and a kiss, she would never forget. He believed so because Kate had countered him severally on his moves to do away with Brian wherever he was in Miami. Like a dog her ears always stood out whenever he mentioned anything about hurting Brian or his family. Or was she not the one that countered him forth nights ago when he wanted to hire his cronies to beat up Mr. Coleman so as to pull Brian back to California where he could scrap him off. On a second note he had given another option of planting a drug in their house and inviting the police over; this would pull Brian back home if he heard his family was implicated in a drug case. To his dismay and what seemed more than a slap on his face, Kate had turned off his suggestion, owing to the fact that Brian was staying with his grandma and she would not want her to be hurt and to make Brian play hugely as a person, she was going to handle it her way – sure it was going to be just a slap on the wrist. Tony swore to be their nightmare. He was not going to have a rethink about it. He perceived Kate was playing pranks with his love and being a vulture he had exhausted his patience when Brian punched him with Tyson’s fist she reacted in the least of ways he expected - she claimed to have slapped Brian, disgraced him in public, pulled hell’s foundation and poured upon him- all could be staged, she should have invited him over so he would watch the brief war take place. She lied she spilled ice cream on Brian - how was he sure it was ice cream and not kiss that she spilled on him. His drug boss had warned him severally no to trust anyone, now he had played the folly by trusting Kate’s love; all along he had thought she was his Eve from heaven; the sanity behind his insanity; the pulse that paused his curse: his world map locator in bed. What more could he say? He had fallen out of grace of love. As long as he stood breathing Kate could go on and fool herself by believing in their love; that he was still with her – just as she had charmed his heart and left it like a leaf abandoned in the middle of ocean, he was going to do same to her: he would clench his teeth and watch as a lizard while Kate’s love for Brian grew sore. He would go out of his way to intoxicate anything Kate-Brian. The end of their sorrow would just be the climax of his revenge. He would ensure he initiated world war three and the battleground would be their hearts; he thought while he drove home Suddenly Tony’s phone buzzed and his thought blanked as he reached to his phone to behold the caller to be the Mexican nude tape trader that wanted to patronize him. He sent him a text; “I am on my way,’ and sped on.
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