Mariyah looked around trying to see what was going on and why her boys were reacting strangely, nobody else seemed to notice.She felt something was amiss but nothing out of the ordinary happened.Mariyah tried to turn her head around to ask Eric if something was wrong but he wouldn't allow her."Stay still."He whispered in her ear.
What happened next Mariyah didn't know, suddenly the entire place was covered in a smoky misty fog, Eric grabbed Mariyah and slapped a gas mask onto her face before putting one on himself.She looked around trying to figure out what the hell was going on, screams had filled up the place.Mariyah spied Zak who also wore a mask and then Caleb had one on too.Even the priest wore one.Eric pressed Mariyah to the wall behind him and took out this loaded pistol.Mariyah looked up and saw helicopters drop men in uniform.People were screaming, women fainting and the men that Emmanuelle had on guard were all dead.She looked at Eric who was firing a silencer, she almost screamed herself especially when she saw Caleb and Eric doing the same thing.Eric pushed Mariyah down and turned the round table over and onto its side to hide her behind it.
What seemed like hours and the noise subsided.Mariyah had never been so afraid.Eric moved the table and helped her up.The feds were everywhere, they had masks on also.Everybody was being arrested and taken.She could see how disorientated everybody was because they were affected by the gas.It was the biggest raid in history.Everybody was taken into custody, everybody except Zak, the priest, Caleb and Eric.
Mariyah looked over just in time to see Caleb and Zak actually gave each other a hug and they slapped each other's backs.Mariyah saw Eric take his mask off before he turned and helped her take hers off.
"What the fuck was that?"She asked him angrily.
"Are you hurt?"He was making sure she wasn't injured.
"I'm fine, what happened?"
"Place was raided.Who knew?"Mariyah eyed him suspiciously.Caleb made his way to her and checked her out.
"Caleb I'm fine.This is what you guys were planning?"He hugged her tightly.Zak and a few feds came up to them now.
"Well Zak, you have earned your freedom.There was no way we could have done this without you three.Ms Hayworth, I'm sorry you were caught in the middle, we tried to keep you out of it."Mariyah just stared dumbly.
"What now?"Zak asked the fed.
"Now you have a clear record.Your crimes have been wiped clean like we promised.You do not have to finish your sentence.Stay out of trouble.Caleb, you also will have a clean record so you can start anew also.Don't fuck this up boys."They shook hands and Mariyah looked at their happy faces.Zak grabbed her up spinning her around.When he put her down she slapped him hard across his face.
"You put yourself in danger, you put my brother in danger, you put Eric in danger.You made me believe you were getting married!"He tried to pull her into her arms again and she pushed him away."And as for you Caleb, I never want to speak to you again."She turned to Eric."Thank you for being stupid enough to risk your life saving me...Bunch of idiots."She walked away angrily.The feds were getting rid of bodies and taking photos.It was all too much to fathom.
In the limo on the way home, nobody said a word.Mariyah couldn't believe he spent all that money on her outfit knowing this was going to happen.She was furious with them.Zak called out to the driver half way during the drive."Hey Ben, drive us to the beach, we are going to celebrate with ice cream."Mariyah didn't comment.
Took about an hour before Ben pulled over, Mariyah took off her shoes and walked on the sand.She flopped on the sand and lifted her knees.How could they do this and not let her know?She was furious with the three of them.It wasn't fair, none of it was fair.She lived a life of hell for the last year, with that bitch fucking Zak.Mariyah didn't know how to feel.This sucked, he sucked they all fucking sucked!She wanted to cry but dressed up as she was, she didn't want to draw anymore attention to herself.And she would look ugly if her makeup smudged… She’ll cry at home.
CHAPTER 26
Mariyah stared at the ocean, really thinking about how close Zak and Caleb and even Eric had come to dying today.Zak came over sat beside her on the sad, he had taken his jacket off."I'm sorry, I lied to you."He said nudging her with his shoulder.
"I can't believe you."She looked at him and wanted to sob."You put your life in danger."
"I'm more stressed that I put your life in danger, I'm sorry.”
"Zak, you fucked up my life, you could have saved me the trouble and told me."
"No I couldn't I needed you to be ignorant to all this.The feds were very specific."
"What will happen to them?"
"They will die in there, I'll not risk one of them coming out.It's all organized."
"So what?It's over now, your safe?"
"I'm safe, Caleb's safe we are all finally fucking safe.They cut my sentence in half if I helped them bring them down."Mariyah nodded.
"What about Olivia?"She asked.
"Olivia will go to jail, she had access to a lot of Emmanuelle's shit.They have enough shit on her to keep her away for a long time."
"Did you love her?"Zak laughed when Mariyah asked that.
"Mariyah you think if I loved her I would do what I did?I couldn't wait to see the back of her.She was doing my head in but I needed her, she was my way in."Zak stood up and pulled her up with him."You look so fucking hot, I want to rip that dress off you and fuck you here and now."Well then…
"Shut up…" Mariyah had no idea what Zak was doing, he gave her this look, a serious look before he bent down on one knee, Mariyah took a second to figure out what was going on.
