Chapter 8
" Romeo". She called him softly. Only one person calls him that way,that's his mum. She was the best, always there for him when he needed her,but she's gone, gone forever. He was hurt, he wanted to cry but no he won't cry in front of her. This is Romeo and some weakling e might think."What are you doing here". He asked trying to sound cold but no his voice betrayed him and ended up coming as whispers. Why this effect? What the hell is she doing to him.She heaved a sign of relief and replied" he stepped on you yes, it was a mistake and he apologized,don't you think what you did was to much? ".Who the hell is she to make him feel guilty, she really have guts, he thought." who the hell are you to tell me that?". He snapped and for the first time she felt scared,extremely scared."Hmm". She swallowed hard " i'm sorry if I clicked the wrong button, but don't you think you need to apologize? ". She asked. He was suppose to flare up but he didn't, instead he felt guilty and he hated it. If not for the effect she had on him he would have disfigure her face at hat moment." I Romeo Atchley doesn't apologize ". He said coldly making her shiver. " you're lucky I didn't disfigure your beautiful face Julie". He snorted. He walked walked off without giving her a second glance.She has never been so terrified in her life, Romeo had succeeded in doing that. She remembered his last words, so he knows she's beautiful, he indirectly said she's beautiful. Then he called her Julie. How sweet it sound form his mouth,this !Ade her smile but top bad he had walked out of her again.••Romeo walked into the school clinic,he didn't know what he was was doing there.He continue walking till he reached a door,he peep through the transparent window and saw Andrew sleeping soundly. He opened and walked in. Juliet words kept coming to his mind and felt guilty. He walked in and halted beside Andrew's bay taking his hand. Andrew opened his eyes and immediately shiver when he saw Romeo,he withdrew his hand immediately."Don't be scared I'm not here to hurt you". Romeo said and he remain calm." I really don't know what to say but hope you get well soon Andrew ". He said and Andrew smiled, he felt relief. He never expected this especially from Romeo he knew. " I need to get going". He said and walked towards the door."Romeo". Andrew called and he turned. " thank you "." For?"."Coming to check on me". Andrew replied." Its no big deal". He said and left immediately slamming the door behind him. Surprisingly, he didn't feel guilty any longer, he smiled remembering Juliet. He did this because of her. He smirked walking out of the clinic.•••••"Where the hell have you been best?". Julius yelled immediately walked into the class. They'd just finished the first class of the day, students were walking out already." shu shu shu don't yell,she placed her index finger on his lips."Not until you tell us where you vanished to Julie". Val said and Juliet blushed at Val's last word." Julie! That's what Romeo called me"."What!". Val and Julius exclaimed.Don't tell me you went to meet Romeo". Val yelled and she nodded. Julius and Val exchange looks." C'mon Juliet I know you love him, you saw what happened today. Romeo is a dangerous guy he goes around with a guy". Julius said as Juliet widen her eyes."Are you for real?". She asked surprised." off cause, Sasha is the only girl that's close to him. Please I don't want you getting hurt Julie you really have to avoid him. Val said as Julius nodded in agreement."But I can't, I love him so much". Juliet said touching her chest. Julius exchange looks with val as they shook their head in disappointment." but he doesn't love you ". Val added" He likes me and I know he will love me some day, that I know for sure."Pipe dream". Julius added." Whatever, I'm off". She walked away."Hey, wait up best". They said running after her.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lamar sat watching Liam and his boys package the drugs, he gave instructions on how he wanted everything to work. When the were almost done,Liam left them and went to sit with Lamar.He had been working with Lamar for many years." where're we delivering the package sir". He asked."Out of the state, Max perry will be our agent"."How about me sir, I've always been the agent in charge"." yes Liam I don't want to stress you so I thought of another person thankfully Luke called me". Lamar smirked, feeling so proud of himself."Just hope he's a trusted agent"." Sure Liam, you don't have to worry". Lamar said petting his shoulders.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Romeo and his friends sat in their investigation room talking to Luke Grant live through their system."I have news for you". Grant said." what news". Romeo asked folding his hands."Lamar's package is on its way".Luke said - he's this undercover agent and had been been walking with them for a while. Romeo had given him the work to investigate Lamar." who's the agent in charge?". Bleck asked."Max Perry". Luck paused" only that I don't know where the van is heading "." We can't let that package be delivered, we need to stop him". Romeo snorted."How do we do...""Go dress guys we're moving". He interrupted Eddie and turned back to the system" find out and send the location immediately ".They walked out,immediately Romeo's phone beeped. He checked it,it was a message from Luke. He hurried into his room and dressed in a black hoodie. was done in no time. They entered their car and speed off. A van drove in fast speed, over taking the other vehicles, two men are inside the van. The driver increased speed as he drove past a bridge, diverting to a different road full of trees,probably the woods.Morgan, Eddie and Kitson stood in their hide out watching the van while Ryan, Romeo, Bleck and Luke stood at the other end.Suddenly the van passed Romeo's group and a bullet escaped Bleck's gun piercing the back tire of the van as the driver lost control trying to stop the van. Finally it stopped. Morgan's group came out of their hideout, immediately the driver open the door and wanted to run out,they got hold of him, giving him a surprise punch that sent him spinning. He lost consciousness.The second man saw this and made to out but he was way too late, Romeo's group had slam his head on the van - Luke recognized him to be Max Perry.He lost consciousness too, Romeo called the police immediately. Hearing the police siren, they hurried out, taking the same route they took and in no time they were out of sight.~~~~~~~~~~~After dinner,Lamar sat with his family watching TV."A van transporting hard drugs was found in a lonely road with two men lying unconscious on the road. Reports coming from the police says they had received an unknown call, and the caller pleaded with the police to come to his rescue. All efforts made to track the caller is fruitless as the police have come to a conclusion of getting words from the two unconscious men when they're conscious. Thanks for listening".Lamar was terrified after watching the broadcast, he was visibly shaking." Hunnie what's the problem? ". His wife asked with concern."There's no problem Darling". He paused trying to calm his nerves. " I'll be right back ". He stood up and hurried upstairs as his wife and Juliet stared at him in surprise." what's the problem mum?". Juliet asked."I don't have an idea princess, let's just hope everything is going well". Mrs Lamar said with a reassuring smile.Chapter 9A smile escaped Romeo's lips as he watched the news broadcast with his friends."What's our next move Romeo". Kitson tasked." we wait, I don't want us doing anything for now ". He paused letting the sentence sink in "sooner or later Lamar will come for us"." okay then, its fine". Bleck said"The new girl in our class is damn hot". Eddie said." sure, I was thinking of approaching her". Morgan said and Romeo shoot a deadly glare at him."Don't eben think of it". She snapped." you act like a possessive boyfriend ". Kitson smirked" but I'll still approach her". Morgan smirked."You can have Gina or another girl but not Juliet, she looks too innocent for a spoilt brat like you". He eyed Morgan and they all started laughing." How about Sasha?" Bleck asked."I'm not done with her yet". He said standing up."suit yourselves". He walked off heading upstairs to his room. Juliet image came to his mind and he smiled,she did
Chapter 10 Amongst all the students, Romeo never attacked Julius. Not that he was afraid of him, but because his parents were law makers working in the state house.He kept his drug deals a secret affair, but Julius knew every little thing about him and he hated it. He knew Julius wouldn't blackmail him because he had no proofs plus he's skeptical and won't allow himself to be caught. When Juliet had become friends with him, he felt angry. He didn't know why but he knew he wanted her for himself, himself alone. He left without his friends, everyone were surprised he had left Juliet with a word." you're not hurt right ". Julius asked immediately they went back to their table." yeah. Sure. Thanks ". She smiled " he didn't hurt me"."And that's because he likes you". Val snapped." Really? ". She smiled"It's nothing just Skip it Juliet. It probably because I was there". He paused " Let's just eat". Julius cut her off as she rolled her eyes.
Chapter 11"I knew it, Lamar won't let go. He's so relentless". Ryan said while they were watching the early morning news."Does he know we're behind .....""He doesn't". Romeo interrupted Morgan. "We left nothing behind to connect us"."How about we confront Lamar". Bleck asked."That's the a dumb idea" Kitson replied"Lamar is playing safe" Eddie paused"how about we find out about Liam?""Liam is Lamar's right hand man". Romeo replied"And I won't be surprised if he carried out the operation, that guy is damn smart" "How about we bring him down" "C'mon Ryan think, you can just pull a fast stunt". Bleck snapped"he'll outsmart you before you do"."So what do we do?""Let's play dumb". Eddie smirked."Perfect idea". Romeo gave him thumbs up "let's be on low key, pretend we don't know what's going on"."I'll find out more about this Liam guy". Ryan said getting up and the nodded."Remember today is class free day". Morgan smiled."Sure. Because of tomorrow's party". Eddie smirke
Chapter 12 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••They had their bags filled, shopping till they were satisfied. Sasha and her friends made third payments and walked out of the mall. Walking out they saw Juliet and her Val alighting."What's the bitch doing here?". Sasha asked"C'mon Sasha, we have no business with them". Kelly snorted obviously pissed."Yeah. That's true". She paused "but I still want to talk sense into that newbie". She eyed Juliet when their eyes met. She walked towards them while Gina and Kelly followed suit."Hey bitch, what're you doing here?""So a broke ass slut do shop". Juliet mocked."Wit her puppets". Val added."Sh might be a puppet". Kelly pointed at Gina "but I'm no puppet, so call a name and don't say that next time"."Excuse me. Do I look like a puppet to you or I.....""Oh please". Sasha interrupted Gina "c'mon girls we don't have to fight you know"."Let's go Val". Juliet held Val's hand "and leave these confused souls"."What t
Chapter 13 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••"That's pop city's map". Liam toss a paper to his boys and the regarded it with concern."Liam what's the plan?". One of his boys Perry asked."We have a target that lives there, pin avenue to be precise". He paused regarding them as he let his words sink in."looks like the boss is interested in Romeo Atchley"."Romeo Atchley?". Joe asked and gasped. He knew Romeo."Yeah". He nodded "and we're bringing him to the boss tomorrow"."What about his friends?". Perry asked."The boss isn't interested in them, Romeo is our man". Liam said. Joe shook his head negatively."Romeo isn't a toy anyone should play with. He's damn though". Joe barked."Off cause I know. We ain't playing games". Liam snorted. "We'll go prep..."He was interrupted by the telephone beeping sound. He picked immediately."Good morning boss"."I want you to be prepared, this is going to be a ghost mission. I'll see you tomorrow"."Yes boss". The li
Chapter 14••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Valarie was at the other end dancing away her life, she thought Julius would be having fun too. She probably didn't know Julius well, he was watching r every move even while dancing with a blonde.He didn't want to interfere in her time,he wanted her to be free. He saw everything that happen but purposely didn't interfere.He watch Lewis take her to their table. He was satisfied she was safe even when he knew sh was angry. Lewis tried his best. He averted his eyes to the crowd. Everyone danced having fun, his lips cracked in a smile, looks like everyone's having a good time. Realization dawn on him, he couldn't find Romeo again, he had disappeared.In as much as he knew Romeo would never hurt any student he just had to be sure everything was going well.He continue scanning the crowd with his eyes, he didn't see Sasha but her friend dancing together. After a while, Gina excused herself. Julius kept watching,but he wasn't i
Chapter 15••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••The day went fast than expected, so it was evening and Juliet had started preparing. Valarie was with her and wouldn't stop nagging about articles to put on amongst others. Juliet was fade up."No! You can't possibly wear that". Val shouted placing her hand on her forehead."This is the twelfth cloth I'm putting on Val, I can't do this anymore". She shouted raising her Hands up in frustration."You must be joking Juliet, we're slaying to that party and my efforts can't be in vain. Not now, never"."So what're you trying to say?""That you'll sit over there and watch me get to work". Sh pulled a seat for her to sit on. Calling Agnes to help her. They went ahead to sort clothes.••••••••••Its the welcome party which the students look forward to. The students trooped in looking stunning than ever. So!e were already dancing to the pounding music within. Indeed the DJ was doing a great job. Sasha and Gina had arriv
Chapter 16•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Val stop blabbing". Julius snorted and she did. He start the car and set it in motion."Julius, you still didn't answer my question, what happened and why is Juliet so quite"."She went to the rest room and found Romeo and Gina together, probably making out"."Shut the front door". She exclaimed. "What's Romeo doing with Gina anyway?"."How would I know ". Juliet snapped "I hate love"."But you're already in it". "Should I take you home Juliet". Julius asked eyeing Val through the car mirror, obviously telling her to be quite and understand the situation."No, mum would be worried sick when she See's me and I don't want that, let's go to your house"."Sure". He smiled and continue driving, but faster than before••••••••••Romeo had left her unsatisfied, thanks to Sasha and the others for ruining everything. No need to beat herself up in anything at least Sasha knows the Truth now and she has nothing to explain, Romeo wa