Last Train For Paris (10 page)

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Jihad had paced the entire airport looking for Tammy. He wanted to personally escort her to the gate but didn’t want to draw any attention from the person following them. As a trained killer Jihad knew all too well that they watched and sat then moved in at the perfect time. Being a great assassin was all about timing and perfect planning, if they both were to get up and leave together not only would it draw attention but it would be a sure indicator that Jihad was on to the plan. As he bit his nails down further and further he couldn’t wait any longer and decided to return to the previous gate where he last left Tammy. When he got there all that was left were the airline employees at the desk. “Hi mam did you happen to see my wife?” Jihad asked the woman at the desk. “The taller pregnant woman who you were with earlier? The employee inquired. “Yes have you seen her?” Jihad asked a tad bit annoyed. “Yes sir she got up before we called boarding and I haven’t seen her since did you check the restrooms or maybe she got lost I can do a page for you.” The woman answered trying her best to help. “No that’s ok I will just continue to look and call her cell if I don’t see her I will just come back to do a page thanks.” Jihad said pissed as he stormed off. He didn’t see the mystery man that was following them or Tammy at the gate and he knew they didn’t board, this was not a good sign and he had to think quick before it was too late. Unfortunately something in his heart told him it already was.

Regret

Paris entered the hotel room with a thousand bricks weighing heavy on her heart. She wanted to tell Miles about the baby but didn’t want to tell him prematurely not knowing if Sean was the father. After thinking she felt in her heart that the unborn child would be Miles baby. Hell her and Sean did sleep together unprotected but just because they slept together that didn’t make Sean the father. Not to mention her and Miles had way more unprotected sex and the chances of him being the father were higher. Just as she was coming to a conclusion she was interrupted by Miles. “Hey babe, where you been all day?” Miles asked. “Oh just had some running around to do and I wanted to take some creative space to do some writing for some new music that Antoinette sent over.” Paris lied quickly on her feet, something she picked up from being in the strip game. Lying with her eyes was also a specialty hence why she had kept her coke habit a secret so long, Miles had no clue. After catching up on the day Paris and Miles went to dinner and discussed plans for the wedding. Miles also filled Paris in on talking to Sean which made her almost choke herself to death. What the hell did Sean have up his sleeve she definitely knew that their meeting had little to do with business on Sean’s behalf. Miles informed Paris that he wanted to sign Sean on to Golden Boy and buy out his contract with GOOD music. “Well I don’t think that will happen Sean loves Chicago and goes hard for the whole Good music fam.” Paris said a little aggravated by the whole concept. “Well he seemed interested and I think you can help persuade him that is your boy right?” Miles asked sensing the change in Paris voice. “I can try babe but it may be a lost cause. More importantly we need to lock in a date for the weeding so we can reserve the Plaza the waiting list is bananas.” Paris said trying to change the subject quickly. Paris wanted to focus on something positive not to mention she was trying to forget about the pregnancy issue. Sometimes she was down for the thought of a family and other times she just didn’t know what to do. Either way she had to make a decision quickly and let Miles know it just had to be the right time. But with a situation like this no time would ever be the perfect time.

Jihad did everything he could to track down Tammy but to no avail. He knew she had to have been kidnapped. Now the only question was finding out where she was and to do this he needed Miles. His mind was only focused on that and that only. “Hello.” A familiar voice that Jihad had got accustomed to hearing picked up. “Hey Sean it’s Jihad, remember the original deal we had set in stone on bringing Miles down, well there’s been a slight change of plans, I’ll be coming into O’Hare tonight I need you to meet me there.” Sean quickly agreed and was more happier than Jihad to get the ball rolling on murking Miles. Jihad got a call from Sean a while back asking him if he wanted to work on an assignment for killing Miles Crawford. Sean had no idea that Jihad and Miles knew each other and he was actually paying him for a job Jihad planned on doing anyway. Jihad figured that he would now be able to kill two birds with one stone. Ask Miles where Tammy was and be prepared to kill the muthafucker if he didn’t want to tell him. He quickly went to the kiosk and brought a ticket for the next available flight to Chicago.

Jihad boarded his plane later that evening putting together a master plan to get his girl back, he worked way too hard to keep both of them alive and happy to let Miles come in and fuck it up. He knew he would have to pull out all the stops for this one to work. Miles know people in high places and if his plan had any room for error it would be unsuccessful. He was going into a war that he was more than ready to fight.

After dinner Paris couldn’t contain her secret anymore and decided she had to tell someone. She called the only person she knew would be able to give her sound advice. Kim’s blackberry went off and she was surprised to see Paris’ number pop up. She immediately picked up and wondered what had Paris calling her at this time of night. It better be good she thought to herself as she picked up the phone.

Bittersweet

Kim was completely speechless after hearing that Paris was pregnant. Paris revealed to Kim her true feelings for Miles and how she wanted them to be a happy family but wasn’t sure how he would react to the pregnancy. Kim felt sorry for Paris for the first time ever and in a way felt touched that Paris decided to open up to her of all people. She told Paris to meet her at Serafina’s for dinner later that day so that they could talk further. She assured Paris that everything would be ok and not to worry. She assured her that everything in life happens for some reason or another and it isn’t our job to worry over it but to just live it the best way we knew how. She reaffirmed to Paris that a child is a blessing and she should be happy in the moment. After hanging up she figured that her meeting with Paris would put them in an intimate setting where she could really probe her for information and see if she knew anything about Tammy or if Miles ever mentioned her. With Paris being vulnerable she was sure that Paris wouldn’t have her guard up and would probably sing like a canary. As Paris hung up with Kim she was happy that she finally could confide in someone and she was happy that she could trust Kim. As she drifted off to sleep she sat in Miles arms thinking that no matter what mess she got herself in one thing was solid and that was her love for Miles Crawford. She fell asleep hoping that when she woke up tomorrow morning this whole thing would just go away.

Jihad exited his flight and made his way out to meet Sean. He didn’t even bother trying to track down his luggage or switch it over from his previous flight. He was ready to get to work. Sean picked Jihad up and the two went to a little coffee shop to discuss the details of the master plan. Jihad told Sean the plan would work best when Miles was alone and not with anyone else. Sean told Jihad that he would be meeting with Miles personally for dinner next Tuesday and it would just be them. Jihad thought the opportunity would be perfect. Knowing Miles he would drive himself to dinner because shortly after he would probably be going home and in those cases normally didn’t use his driver. Miles was the type of man to floss when eyes were watching and since Sean wasn’t super major he wouldn’t be putting on a show. Jihad explained to Sean that he would follow Miles until they reached a point where no one was visible and proceed with the assassination from there. Sean was all for it and was impressed by how professional Jihad was. He knew Miles ins and outs almost as if he knew him for years. Jihad explained Miles’ day to day patterns and revealed that he had done extensive research on him for this special case. Little did Sean know Jihad knew Miles ins and outs because the two had actually known each other for years. After the plan was set in motion and Sean gave the down deposit to get the job started Jihad left to go buy the equipment he would need to get the job done. Paris and Miles made their way to their NYC home and got settled in after a grueling day of appearances and radio air spots promoting Paris’ upcoming album. After showering Miles informed Paris he had a meeting with Sean tomorrow night and Paris was happy she wouldn’t be around so that she wouldn’t have to go with him. That would just be more stress than she could handle. After finding out she was pregnant Paris was trying weign herself off coke but going cold turkey came at a major price. She was cutting her use down but couldn’t kick it completely. She didn’t want to harm the unborn baby but like the Price of Fame the coke was taking its toll on her and she felt herself getting lost in between it all. If you asked Paris who was the person she looked at in the mirror everyday she wouldn’t be able to tell you. Sad but true. She took a line quickly in the bathroom and headed out to meet Kim at Serafinia’s. Hopefully this talk would help to clear her mind and put things into perspective.

Kim sat at a table off to the left so that Paris could see her as soon as she walked in. As Kim sat in anticipation she thought about how bad she felt for Paris. Being pregnant at this point in her career was either a hit or miss depending on how she bounced back. If anything she would need some sound advice on how to handle this situation career wise. She remembered having this exact talk with Tammy right before she left for St. Barts. She missed her dear friend and truly wanted to get to the bottom of how she disappeared. Hopefully this talk with Paris would give her some answers. Paris entered the restaurant and immediately saw Kim waiting for her. The two women embraced and hugged one another. Kim and Paris had small talk for a while and finally Kim broke the ice. “So Paris have you given any thought to how you’ll tell Miles, you know he isn’t too fond of children.” Kim said to feel out Paris’ expression. “Girl I’ve been contemplating on how to do that for the past week or so, I just don’t know, aside from the business aspect I think he would be happy with us getting married it would be great timing publically for us to come out with everything.” Paris said shoving a piece of chicken into her mouth, her appetite and increased significantly in the past weeks. “Well I ask that because your former stylist Tammy strong was pregnant with his child and he didn’t take it too well.” Kim said waiting to see Paris reaction to the new information. Paris had never heard anything of Tamara and all she did know was what she overheard from Golden Boy employee chit chat or from Kim. “I never knew of her and I damn sure didn’t know her and Miles were expecting.” Paris said feeling betrayed that Miles never told her about this. The more she thought about it she begin to put two and two together. From her first trip in LA she saw the manila folder that had the sonogram in it but she never heard Tamyra’s name before until later on. “Well, what happened?” Paris asked Kim wanting to know the whole truth and nothing but. Kim looked at Paris and could tell from the look in her face and the tear ducts building up in her eyes that this was the first time she heard of this situation. She also could tell that Paris was hurt because this was the first time she could say that Miles had lied. If only she knew Kim thought to herself. “Well I can tell you everything but are you sure you’re ready.” Kim asked. “I need to know everything now.” Paris replied ready to get to the bottom of what she knew was something terrible.

Who Can I Run To?

Miles was excited about meeting Sean and was anticipating giving him an offer he could not refuse. Miles just hoped he was worth it. There was a lot of hype around his name and from what he heard on mixtapes Sean was a great lyricist. He just hoped he lived up the hype you could never be too sure. Miles quickly valet parked his Aston Martin as normal. He made his way into Nello’s and saw that Sean was there front row center waiting on him.

Whiles Miles was out to dinner with Sean Paris decided to take some time out to herself. After finding out that Miles had a serious relationship with Tamara shortly before she came into the picture and that Tamara was pregnant she didn’t know what to think. Was she still pregnant? Where did she disappear to? Why didn’t Miles tell her? There were way too many questions going on in Paris mind and she couldn’t even think. She had to figure out how to confront Miles about these allegations so he wouldn’t feel attacked yet she needed to be stern enough to get some answers. After calling around to a couple people that she came into contact with at parties and close industry circles she got the MO on Tamara Strong and just as Kim said she was involved with Miles and was indeed a stylist for Golden Boy artists. Kim revealed that she had been searching for Tammy since she left for St. Barts and never returned but reports circulated that she was dead. Paris decided she needed to get answers and decided to help Kim figure this thing out. Kim was more than happy to get some help and even befriended Paris. At the end of the day finding out what happened to Tammy was all Kim wanted and if Paris could help her do that she was on board. Miles wrapped up his meeting with Sean feeling successful as he opened his car door he was ecstatic. He seemed really interested and happy about making the move to Golden Boy. Miles got into his car and made his way home, he was sure Paris would be happy to hear about her hometown friend being closer. As he parked he went to the trunk to get his briefcase. He found more than that when Jihad jumped out with a .32 millimeter steel barrow and shoved it to the back of his throat. “I need to know where Tammy is now or else I will splatter your mutherfuckin brains on the concrete.” Jihad said feeling slight revenge just from seeing Miles nearly shit his pants. Miles was speechless he had nowhere to run nowhere to go. Shit… Jihad told Miles to get in the trunk and stuck a motion censor to his body. The equipment allowed Jihad to track Miles ever move in case he tried to get crafty on their ride to the location.