Chapter 127
"Ride it's time to work, we've got two days max to make this fake weapon and its bullets. We make the swap and destroy it finally"
"What are the items needed for this job? I have a friend of mine who's called the King of Tools. He has all the tools you can ever think off and the ones he doesn't have he steals them for you." Ride laughed at his words.
"Well that's good, you guys are just kings on your own. Dimitri will send you a list of the tools needed. I'll help with the money Incase what you have is not enough and Jaden would come by to the house, he wants to meet Lily" I affirmed Ride's words. Dimitri wrote a list of tools needed, I only saw a bit of it, which included chisels, knives and aluminum.
"How've you been Lily?" I inquired.
"Good," She said hastily.
"Just good?" I expected a better answer from him.
"Ye...ah better I guess" she said with a smile on her face.
"Ok that's cool" I divulged.
"Yeah I've gotten competitions, Ride's stepped up his game, he even won his first victory yesterday but that's after I won 9 games of the whole duel" Lily laughed at Ride as he walked past us, heading out to buy the items. "Can we play chess?" I asked about feeling bored in the environment.
"I don't want to win you to the extent that your baby would notice it" Lily's words made me laugh hysterically.
"Get ready to accept your second loss" I felt encouraged remembering my father's chess lessons.
"Ok" She darted off to the dining table and walked back with the chess board in her hands.
We both set our pieces in the normal positions. I played my first move, applying the methods my father taught me. She played hers, we played for a while, I was happy that my father's lessons paid off in a big way. I had six pieces while she had one left. "Checkmate" I laughed, the look on Lily's face changed in the worst way possible. She hated defeats, she asked
"Who taught you how to play?" Lily inquired.
"My father taught me when I was about your age" I uttered missing my father.
"Can you teach me?" Lily asked.
"Of course it'll be a great task to teach you all I know but I'll do it... Get the pieces ready" She quickly arranged all the pieces together. I taught her all the tricks she'll use, 'Defensive attack', 'Maintain a steady push and pull' and many other tricks. "Thank you so much, I feel like trying out all the tricks you taught me❞ Lily giggled.
Dimitri chimed in
"Let's play before Ride comes back"
"Ok" Lily agreed.
The game began, Lily allowed Dimitri to take two of her pieces, in order to put him in a vulnerable position.
She merged 'Defensive attack', 'Maintain a steady push and pull' together and took out all Dimitri's pieces.
"What did you just do?" Dimitri asked with a stern shock on his face.
"What's with his face?" Ride inquired.
"Well he just got executed by my daughter Lily... He only removed two of her pieces, isn't that outstanding?" I laughed hysterically. "Dimitri, that's a big loss, I look up to you when you play chess but it seems I've found a new mentor in Lily," Ride said sarcastically.
"Where's the truck?" Dimitri asked as he tried to run away from the shame of losing to Lily.
"He's already unpacked the items in the workshop, but we have an outstanding debt of 12,000" Ride complained.
"I remembered that I had money in my knickers"
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Calculate it and tell me what your total sum is?
"It's 13,000"
"Ok pay your debts and keep the rest"
"Thank you so much Hailey"
"It's Jaden's money so when he visits you'll thank him"
"That wouldn't be a problem" Ride walked out of the house.
_Ride despite being the king of locks, he was also a king of debts. He borrowed money at every slightest opportunity. Dimitri hated that particular behavior of his because it brought disrespect and sometimes disgrace_ "That money you gave him would finish within seconds. He would pay his debts and none would be left remaining" Dimitri chuckled with a deep groan on his face.
"What do you expect from a borrower like him? He has to pay all his debts" I said with a deep sigh on his face.
"I'm going to the workshop, would you come with me?" Dimitri asked in the most humble way possible.
"Sure Lily would take care of the house" I said watching the whirling eyes of Lily.
We walked to the workshop, I sat down on a seat and watched Dimitri handle the items, melting them with fire, he took off his shirt. I was mesmerized by the sweat dripping off his body.
It filled my head with memories of Jaden. I stared at my wrists, the marks were still there.
"Who did that to you? He did it to you right?"
"Ummm..."
Dimitri chimed in
"Why the sudden silence? You're still afraid of him. What's so special about him that hasn't made you realize that he's just a douchebag?"
"Why do you hate Jaden? What did he ever do to you?... I paused and stood, walking to him.
I continued
"Why would harbor this kind of hate for someone? It's so pathetic seeing you in this state? I would like..."
Dimitri pulled me into his arms and said
"Look into my eyes and tell me what's filled up my mind, it's not hate but a discharge of when I feel when I'm absolutely abandoned"
I looked into his eyes, he was filled with lust, he really wanted to kiss me but on the verge Ride walked in
"Whoo-hoo"
"Have you paid your debts?"Dimitri asked, releasing his grasp.
"Yeah sure, I paid in full, and I would never ever borrow money from anyone. I rather be a beggar than a borrower" Ride divulged with his face bowed down.
“That's what I wanted to hear, a change of heart" Dimitri conceded to Ride's words.
"Change is the only thing constant in life" Ride divulged.
"Can you make us something while we get the work done?"
"What do you want to eat?"
"Sausage rolls with chilled cream milk"
I walked to the kitchen, happy to see that they had already rolled everything in it, so I placed it in the Oven to bake for thirty minutes.
"Hailey, Hailey where are you?" I recognized Jaden's voice.
"I'm here in the kitchen" I yelled so that he would hear me.
"Ok" I heard his footsteps getting closer
"Oh Jaden" I ran into his warm embrace, realizing how much I missed him.
"Is that sausage?" I guessed the aroma must have passed into his nostrils.
"Yeah, a chef always knows what's cooking," I scoffed.
"I'll arrange it and take it to them, they're really working hard." I said in a mild tone.
"I know, the flames and smoke can attest to that" Jaden smirked in a low tone.
"Ok can you escort me?" I asked Jaden with a mischievous smile on my face.
"My clothes are too costly to be worn in a place filled with smoke." Dimitri retorted, dusting dirt off his blazers.
"As you can see I'm wearing knickers and white snickers. Get better clothes and not always in suits." I laughed at my dressing. This made me remember that I had left Riley at the junction in my car.
"Suits are the best type of clothing, what you're wearing is not professional and you know it" Dimitri stood his ground, protecting his interest in his type of dressing.
"Professional for a person who doesn't even have a profession. You took a one year leave remember? So quit the suits and get clothes for yourself." I made him realize that I was really bent on making him get better clothes. "Ok I'll change it just because you're the one standing against it, if it were someone else I would have knocked him down with a punch"
"You love punching yet don't know how to direct it to the right place." I walked out of the kitchen. Lily collected her own sausage and a cup of creamed milk..
Dimitri was applying the finishing touches on the weapon while I walked in.
"You made it this early?". Dimitri asked with his mouth full of food.
"Not really, I made the rolls myself intending to bake them but Hailey took our attention away with this work,"
"I'm happy that you didn't bake them, we've had enough of your burnt crumbs you made for us" Dimitri took yet another bite. I knew he was very famished due to the strength he used in creating the weapon. "I'm done with the work now, so I'll eat, have a warm bath and rest,"
Ride said with his mouthful of food.
"Same here" Dimitri conceded
Dimitri splashed the cream in his mouth to the ground.
"What's Jaden doing in my clothes?