Mag-log inKEITHAfter Jackie left, I went back to what I was doing, totally unbothered.I never knew that she had developed feelings for me, and what I told her was nothing but the absolute truth. Hopefully, it would kill whatever obsession or infatuation she had been harboring in a while now.About thirty minutes later, I decided to go to the labor house. There were a lot of things to be done there, and the lads still needed supervision.I opened my office door, and Mia jerked in fright, making me worried about her.“I thought we agreed to keep my office door open until I say otherwise?” I asked her.“I wasn’t the one who closed it,” she managed to respond.Mia’s voice was a little shaky, which confirmed my suspicion that she was afraid, and I wondered why. She also seemed uncomfortable.“It is your job as my personal assistant to keep it open,” I told her. “It was only normal for Jackie to have shut it when she left,” I added.Mia drew in breath fearfully, and I couldn’t tell if she was scare
JACKIE Never in my entire existence had I ever gotten my heart shattered in this manner, and worse, Keith wasn’t bluffing.He wasn’t joking.His words were deep and firm, and they sliced through my heart like a sharp blade.All my life, I had been waiting for Keith, desiring him, taking out every obstacle with the belief that someday soon, he would eventually see that I was the woman for him, only for him to say these words to me without flinching.He wouldn’t have been this way if Mia Atwoods hadn’t come into the picture, worse, the little bitch had gone to flush all her pills down the sink; the pills that were supposed to help me get rid of her.I was still reeling from the shock and raw disappointment of that when Keith threw this big blow at me, and it hit me square on the face. It was even more devastating that all this time I thought that I was being discreet, Keith had known all along. Tessa, when she was alive, had told me that Mia was a virgin.Did Keith fall in love with h
KEITHWith Mia’s demands, I was beginning to reconsider my stance on letting her work for me, especially after the question she asked me about my former secretary, but I didn’t expect the last words she just blurted out.“You did what?” I asked her, wanting to be sure that I had heard correctly.“I flushed all my pills down the sink,” she responded solemnly.“When did you do this?” I asked.“It was a mistake,” Mia said, almost sounding as though she was scared, and I wondered if she would soon begin to tremble.I didn’t want that.I didn’t want Mia to be scared of me, or to tremble in my presence, but at the same time, I also needed her to understand that I would also sound like this; stiff and gruff.Life hadn’t been fair to me in any way, and as a mafia, I had learned to become this tough. Softness was never taught to be a part of a mafia, so oftentimes, this was the only way I could communicate with her. I wasn’t like the boys she must have gone to college with. They were privilege
MIAWhen I heard loud knocks, I knew that it was Keith even before I peeped to check. The moment I saw that it was him in front of Jackie’s door, I went back to my bed. I didn’t want to care what he was doing in Jackie's room. I didn’t even want to think about it so that I wouldn’t get jealous, so I intentionally kept my ears and eyes closed.I recalled that some nights ago, I had seen a man running out of Jackie’s room at night. Now that Keith appeared, I wondered if it could have been Keith, but then again, Keith didn’t seem like the man who would be sneaking around. Besides, if he was sneaking around, he wouldn’t be knocking now, would he?“I don’t have a business with this, and I am not going to let it disrupt my sleep,” I told myself firmly.However, my mind drifted to Tommy.He didn’t tell me why he couldn’t take me to the cliff tonight, and a big part of me was curious to know. I had really wanted to, and being turned down, even though Tommy did so remorsefully, just sucked. O
JACKIE“Jackie, I know you are not sleeping yet,” Keith said as he knocked loudly again.Tommy had already begun to shake like a leaf.“What do I do?” Tommy asked fearfully in a whisper. “He is going to kill me if he finds me here,” he added.Tears gathered in his eyes, and the fear in him was palpable. However, I was concerned about myself.Keith wouldn’t “kill” Tommy if he found him in my room, contrary to what Tommy was thinking. Rather, he would punish me for having a sexual relationship with a boy of Tommy’s age, and I couldn’t have that.Worse, it would make things more complicated between us.“Shut the fuck up before he hears you!” I barked at Tommy in a whisper.Tommy had acted like a mature man since we started having sex, so much so that I even almost forgot that he was just eighteen. However, right now, I was reminded by his reaction that he was still a child who had fear inside of him. I also knew that with how shaky and agitated Tommy was, he would likely make things wors
JACKIEPatiently, I waited for Tommy, but this time around, I didn’t touch myself to prepare for him. I was furious with him, and so I needed to get that out of the way first.While I waited, I couldn’t stop thinking about Mia and how much hatred I had for her. It infuriated me each day to realize that she was still alive. Worse, she didn’t seem sick when I saw her earlier today. Even though I had tried to scare her, I had a feeling that that wouldn’t be enough. Without wasting more time, I picked up my phone and called Athena.“Hello, Jackie,” she responded drowsily, which was an indication that she had been sleeping.“Don’t tell me that you were sleeping,” I said angrily.“I am bored and alone,” she said.It wasn’t even 10:00p.m yet, and she was already asleep. I rolled my eyes in annoyance.“Is she dead? Is that why you are calling?” Athena asked with deep hope.I scoffed bitterly.“You lied to me, Athena,” I snarled.I heard a few ruffling sounds, and I knew that she was getting







