Levi walked slowly up to him. He circled him with a smile on his face and finally stood beside him. "You know, sir, there is a story that my mom used to love telling me about a little boy who did not know his place but was suddenly reduced to nothing because of his ignorance and pride. Since the day I heard that story, I promised myself to never be too full of myself. I told myself that I will never try to be more than I am. As a matter of fact, I promised myself that I will try to appear lesser than I am so as to not draw so much attention to myself.""I hope you know that you won't be able to tell if you are drawing good attention or bad. So I just choose to avoid it all together. I get that not everyone was raised like I was and not everyone can fully tell what kind of attention they should attract but what I don't get, and I am really hoping that you would help me, is what kind of a man beats up another girl?" Levi finished his speech and stood to watch him fumble. He had no ide
Immediately, the manger fell on his knees with his tears making contact with the floor. "Ah, sir please. Please don't do this to me. This business is all I have. And I have a family. We will all starve if you take this away from me. Please, I beg you, don't take this away from me. Away from my family." "I gave you an opportunity to save yourself and your family but you chose not to do my bidding. What then do you want from me?" "Please, I will apologize properly. Just please don't take this away from me." "It's too late Mr man. Even if I wanted to help you, this order came directly from the commissioner, so one way or the other, your little business is going to be shut down. The best you could do is just gladly hand over your key before they forcefully take it away from you." Levi gave him no more room for apologies. He was determined to make him suffer and that was exactly what was going to happen. The manager, seeing that Levi was a tough nut to crack fell on the floor at. Brit
Brittany could feel her chest beating. Never had she thought that she would actually hear him say it. She never knew how happy it would even make her to hear him say it. All she knew was that she was extremely happy to hear those words come out of his mouth and she wished more than anything that he would say more affectionate things like that to her. The manager looked between the two love birds and wished that one of them would just tell him that his restaurant was save. But that didn't happen, instead he watched as a bald headed man stepped outside suspiciously. He had noticed that man before. The last time he saw him, he was hiding behind a newspaper and ordered absolutely nothing. Surprisingly, the man was doing the exact same thing. For the life of him, he could not believe his eyes. He was baffled as to why the man was rarely in his restaurant but only came in with a newspaper. He kept his eyes low and observed from a distance, determined to know where the man was going t
Levi looked at the cars and saw men on black with guns he never knew existed driving towards them. "Get them out, now!" Mark screamed again and found cover behind an old car. "Can't we just use your car? It's faster!" Brittany suggested with a thumping heart. All she wanted was to get out and to safety. "On me!" The police man shouted as he formed a barricade with his men around Levi and Brittany. They moved speedily towards his car. "No!" Mark screamed when he saw their movement. "The tires are bursted!" He added when he saw the confused look on their faces. This gave the men just enough time to cock their gun and begin shooting. "Get him to cover!" Mark screamed again as he begun firing at the men on black. "We can't escape this." Brittany whispered and held her heart in her hands, scared for her very existence. "Get behind the car," the police man ordered his men and four of them moved led Levi to the back of the car. "We are not going to make it," Brittany said over the
Brittany did not know how they would get out of the mess the had somehow found themselves in but she knew one thing for sure. She had never felt such a rush in her life before. She watched as Mark pressed the pedal to the car and continued driving with so much speed. "We are not going to make it, are we?" She turned and asked Levi."Yes we are. I need you to stop thinking like that because it is really not helping," he added. "Can you shoot?" Mark shouted for Levi to hear. He needed the distraction and the best way to get it was to also distract them. It was the only thing that would save them. "No, but I bet the people driving behind them is already helping us do that," Levi said as he turned to look back and he saw the army of policemen driving behind them and shooting at the men on black. "We need to get out of the road and to a place of safety then," Mark suggested as he turned the car. "How do you plan on doing that?" Levi asked. "We need to find a deserted road," Mark spo
"Mark, what do you have in there?" Levi asked, scared to open the trunk by himself. "A suspect," he said and pulled open the trunk of the car. It was the same bald headed man he saw at the restaurant. "How the hell did you get him inside this trunk?" Levi asked, surprised. Impressed but surprised. "Well, after I finished beating him to pulp, I knew that I could still get some use out of him and so I decided that the best thing to do was to take him and then use him to get the information we need since his counter part is not saying a word." "And how do we know that he is going to speak?" Levi asked. "Well, let's just say that I will be the ones asking the questions this time. So if he doesn't answer, he is in for a treat that is going to make him regret his very existence." Mark said. He was a pretty dangerous man. He knew how to get his way with anything he wanted and he was extremely slick in his movements. Mark understood the kind of criminal this was and he knew tha
"Stop this madness!" Levi ordered from the back. He had stood for minutes and watched as they did nothing but argue between themselves. He could not understand the pride in both men that none of them could apologize or even offer words of support to each other. They were both supposed to work together to keep him safe and as electrical as their performance was, it was not what he needed. He needed peace and a place that would give him the safety he needed."One more word out of any of you and I promise that I will make your life a living hell. Whatever happened to protecting me and keeping me safe? What's all these argument about a body?" "Sir, with all due respect, every suspect must be invested by the police force. Your bodyguard here, though trained, has no right to take custody of him and investigate without a police man being around." "That's funny because last time I remembered, when I was busting my ass trying to get him in the first place I didn't see any sight of you. As
The men took him to a black tinted car. They had arrived with a convoy and Mark was glad that it wasn't the type of obvious cars that would signify that it was a police vehicle. The only sign of it being owned by the police force was the siren that they just had to place on the top of the car. Mark saw it and signed. "Of course such had to be on top. They could not for the life of them, be undercover for once in their ridiculous lives." "Oh no, you don't get to seat there," Jayden said as he saw Mark headed to the back seat of Levi's side after he had successfully placed the suspect in the trunk of the car."What?" He asked even when he knew what the answer would be. "You can't sit with Levi. You need to get into another car." "You must be out of your mind. How many times do I have to tell you that I don't take orders from you?" "I am trying my best to protect Mr. Strauss and I don't feel comfortable with you sitting with him in the same car." "Oh please, do you really think if
"So are you ready for it?" Gilead said as he approached Levi. "Yes uncle. I believe I am." "You must know how proud I am of you. You do know that right?" "Yes I do." Levi did not care of he was just father or his uncle. Since he came back into his life he has always treated him like his own son. He cared for him, gave him a bodyguard when people threatened his life. He did everything for him and never wanted to stop. He was more than happy that the man was just in his life and he did not care if he lied about being his uncle. "We should start going if we don't want to be late.""Yes. You are absolutely correct." Levi said. "Thank you for everything you have done for me, thank you." He said and walked away, heading straight to Brittany's room. "Did you ask him?" She asked when he got there but Levi could not answer. He was too mesmerized by the beauty standing in front of him. Everyday he saw new beautiful features in her and always asked himself how he ever got so lucky. "You lo
"Do you think that will work?" Levi asked. "It has to work because if that bastard does anything to my mother, I promise you it will be the last thing because I will use my own hands to kill him." "Okay, you just need to calm down now. I'm sure he will be able to..." Levi did not finish his statement when Brittany got another call. "Who is that?" Levi asked. "I don't know. Let me answer?" She said and picked the call. "Hello," Davina's voice was heard from the other side. "Davina." "I'm glad you already know who I am. Meaning that I don't need to do any sort of introduction, right?"."I'm guessing Henry gave you my number, isn't that right?" "Now now miss, it's not good to address your own father by his first name. That is disrespectful." "When that same father kidnaps my mother and wants to use her for randsom, I will do whatever the hell I want to." "Oh that is hardly kidnapping. What we are about to do will benefit you as well, you know." "How will lying to Levi to steal
"What? Today?" She asked. "Why?" "Well the company is having a party today and my uncle wants to use that opportunity and transfer the company and everything it holds to me. So you see, if we don't do this before that time, unfortunately, we may not be able to get what we want from this plan." "Wow, babe that's wonderful news. Congratulations!" Brittany said and ran to hug him. "Thank you but you did hear the other things I said right. We need to get this correct if not, it will not be funny." "Yes I hear you. I understand everything that you are saying. But I still think the time is too short. Don't you think she will notice and if she does and eventually finds out what we are trying to do, you know that every plan we have will be ruined like that. I honestly don't think we should do this." "We have no other option. It's either we do this now or we forget about it totally. Look, babe I believe in you. I know you can convince her. You just need to try and give it your all." "I h
Levi got home late because they had to stop by and get dinner. By the time he arrived, his uncle was already fast asleep. The young man walked into his home and slept peacefully with his woman till the next morning. As the sun rose, so did Levi but when he turned, he realized that Brittany was no where to be found. He turned around on his bed and saw a note beside him."Hi, baby. If you wake up before I am done, just know that I am in the kitchen cooking." He smiled when he finished reading the message and he proceeded to move to his kitchen. He was not able to make it because his uncle was waiting for him in the palour.."Is everything alright uncle?" He asked from the way the man stared at him. "You walked out on me yesterday. And you are yet to apologize." "I am so sorry sir. It's just that Brittany was in danger and I had to go save her." "I know. Jake told me everything. Listen to me. It does not matter how upset you are. You should never hold a woman the way you did yesterd
"What?!" Officer Joseph shouted. "Sir you can't fire me." He said"But I just did. Young man, you made an illegal arrest and you did not even go there with your partner because you know that he would have called you out on your bullshit. No, you decided to go with a rookie who would not agrue with anything you did. Not only did you not just defame the law, you made a fool of it and I will not tolerate any sort of nonsense in my force." "But sir. I was just...""If you say you were doing your job one more time, I promise you I will have you locked up." "Sir, if I may," Levi said as he pulled himself upward from his chair. "What could that be sir?" "Sir, I would love it if officer Joseph here could tell us exactly what it is that he did to ensure that he had strong evidence to back up his claims." "What?" Officer Joseph said in shock. "Well, you keep saying that you were only doing your job so now I want to know, what exactly did you use as evidence to arrest my woman with? Becau
"Okay, I don't really care about all these nonsense. I just want Brittany to be released. Can you guys please just do that before you think of what to do to this riff raff?" Levi said angrily. "Oh certainly sir." Jayden said but before he could move, he stopped when his name was called. "Officer Jayden, the commissioner is around and he is requesting to see you." "Okay, thank you." "Oh I see that the commissioner is around. Release Brittany and we will all go see him together." Levi said. "The commissioner?" Officer Joseph said, shaking. He was slowly realizing what he had gotten himself into. "Yes, the commissioner. Oh are you shaking right now. Please don't shake. After all, I can't do anything to hurt you neither can I even fire you. So don't worry, you are definitely in safe hands." Levi said mockingly and walked away to meet Brittany as she walked out of the cell that Jayden was opening. Jayden opened the cell immediately and Brittany ran out. She hugged him tightly, scare
Levi got to the station before the commissioner did and immediately he got there he walked hastily into the station. He did not say a word to anyone because he knew the station well enough. It was the same place Davina had stayed when he got her arrested.The man walked straight, ignoring all calls from other police men till he was eventually stopped by one. "Sir, you can't go back there. That is where we keep the criminal," the young man said while holding him. "Sir, first of all, you will need to tell me who you want to see and then I will be the one to either allow you to meet this person or not." Levi stood without talking, waiting for him to be done with whatever he was saying. "So sir, what I am saying is that you will have to come with me and give me information as to why you are here," the man explained again, thinking that Levi did not understand him the first time. "Oh don't worry Dave, I know exactly who he is here to see," beside him, Levi heard the voice that he was
"Levi Strauss!" The voice of his uncle brought him back to reality as he looked and saw that the man was boiling with anger. "Uncle," he said. "Have you gone out of your mind?" The man screamed. "When did you start holidng women by their necks and trying to kill them?" He said angrily. Levi looked at him. He did not know if Davina was lying when she said that he was his father. And he did not care to know..all he knew was that he was angry, boiling with anger and having him around was not going to solve his problem or make Brittany to be released from jail. Angrily he left the scene and ran upstairs. "Levi! Come back here!" He ordered but the young man was far gone. His uncle stood there in shock. He did not understand what was happening but he knew that he had never seen Levi is a disrespectful child and for him to walk out on him when he was talking was something he never thought the man would do. "What the hell has gotten into that boy? Is it me that he just ran away from?" H
"Please take her away!" The leader said. "Take your hands off her I say!" Levi said angrily and almost bounced on the man. The cocking of a gun by the leader brought him to an halt. He turned around to see the man holding a gun in her hand. "Step away from my partner or I promise you that I will shoot." "You actually have the audacity to point a gun at me?" Levi asked, his eyes turning red. "Levi!" Brittany shouted. "Levi, look at me!" She said, her hands behind her back, drawing Levi's attention to her. "Take care of my mom while I am gone and get me out of this as soon as you can." She said while being dragged out. "I won't let you spend up to an hour in there." He shouted as he watched her being lowered into the back of the police van and driven away. As the car zoomed off, Levi turned to Ivy. "You have the audacity to bring police officers into my home to arrest my woman." He said silently, taking slow steps towards her. "I had to do what I did for us!" Ivy said, not sca