Dinah |Love, Games And Lies

The morning came with the sun rising in the city of Albany, as it penetrated the curtain openings, its rays falling on Dinah's face.

Dinah yawned as she stretched out her hand.

She felt like sleeping the more since she thought of herself to be useless.

It's been over a week now since she lost her Parents and her immediate sister was driven to a coma.

Life could be harder on her when she found out her parents had owed a loan bank a huge amount of money.

|6 March 2022|

She paid the cab man as she alight from the cab,

She should have ordered Uber or rather, asked her parents to come pick her up, but she wanted her comeback to be a surprise.

Dinah's look at the envelope in her hand as she smiled at the words displayed on the envelope.

Filled with happiness, Dinah decided to check the files again. Earlier that day, she felt weird as if she lost something important or rather forgot something, which made her check the files again.

She breathed out a sigh of relief as she started walking.

Looking at how crowded her house has become, Dinah looked confused as she struggles to walk-by the crowd until she got to the front.

At first, the corps at the entrance of the compound wouldn't let her in until she yelled at him that her family lives in, and she's the daughter of Mr. Zealot.

After confirming her identity, the corps let her in as she walks to the compound

Fear gripped her as she looked around, policemen standing guard at the door, others stopping the crowd from bursting while some took some pictures.

As she mustered courage to walk in, Dinah could not think straight, she could feel her legs trembling and her palms sweaty.

Shutting the door behind, Dinah swallowed hard as she slowly walked closer, hoping that whatever that is happening or has happened shouldn't be what she is thinking

"Ma'am, what are you doing here?" A corp asked her, but she was rather too dumb to hear him reply since she was full of thought already.

As she walked closer, Dinah began seeing traces of blood on the tiled floor which some corps took photos of.

Her hearts began pounding as she felt herself, sweating already.

"Dinah." Somebody called as he held her, making her freeze on her stand.

"You shouldn't be here." He added and Dinah slowly turned to look at him.

"Why..." Dinah stutters as he grab her by the hand, but she fidgets.

"I need to know. What's happening here." She forced out her words as she walked more closely.

" Mum...." Dinah was shocked as she widened her eyes seeing the corps putting her mum who was bleeding seriously to the cot.

"Mum!!" Dinah yelled, she was about to run to the corps carrying her mum on the cot but the other corps standing beside her stopped her by holding her hands as she struggled out of the hold, but it was proving futile until her mum was out of sight.

Dinah screamed as she fell to her knees.

She could feel her world crumbling already as tears poured down followed by screams of pain.

The envelope she was holding earlier fall to the floor, lying. beside her.

"Dinah. Dinah." She heard her name, but she was too weak to reply as she slowly shut her eyes.

She was feeling dizzy already and what she could see now was blurriness with sounds of feet as she hit her head to the floor.

And Blackout!

As she slowly opened her eyes came with a headache.

Dinah groaned as she blinked rapidly, opening her eyes.

The smell and aura, she knew she was in a hospital as she sits back, moaning at the headache as she touches her forehead.

"Oh, you are awake." The nurse who had been beside her said as she turned to look at the nurse who flashed her a gentle smile.

"Where am--" Dinah pauses, remembering the nights as she shoots the nurse a look. "Mummy." She called as her heart began racing.

She began wishing that what she had seen that night shouldn't be true but to be a dream.

Furthermore, she refused to eat unless she gets to see her family and she wasn't responding to treatment, which made them hire a psychologist.

Dinah was confused about the hiring of a psychologist, all she wanted to see was her family, why should it be so hard until she learned that her parents were dead, and her immediate sister has been driven to coma.

Those words, at first, sound like a poem or rather storyline until she was taken to where her parents had been buried which made her weep the most.

She realized it wasn't a drama anymore but reality, all she could now think of was her life being a mess.

She was about to deliver the good news that night to her family that she has finally been made a secret undercover cop, but as fate could want it she met with her parents' dead bodies.

As days went by, her psychologist helped a lot until she recovered.

Renting an apartment in a local neighborhood, which thought would be inconvenient for her.

She has lived her life as a mama and papa's girl and a princess in their beautiful house, but what could she do after finding out again that the house is to be auctioned off due to some loan.

Their properties were seized and companies were shut down, she was now left with the remains of the property her dad had given her.

Dinah sold all the property in her care to start a new life, though that it might be hard. With the amount of money she got from selling off the properties, she settled in a comfortable one-room apartment in a local neighborhood.

....

Dinah weighed herself down the bed and to the bathroom.

Last night was as usual, crying and filling her stomach up with some foods.

She went for the bathtub as she dipped herself in.

Thinking became her habits, and eating while crying became a hobby.

She was to start her new work the following day, though that should have been since last week, but the station was considerate enough to email her to take a week off.

Dinah walks back to her room after a minute bathing as she walks closer to pick some cloth in her wardrobe.

She would be shopping for some foodstuffs, dresses and as well making another payment for her sister's treatment.

She settled in a gown which stopped mid-thigh, she left her hair combed and unpacked.

Furthermore, she glanced at the mirror, with an assuring small smile to her reflection, she walked to the kitchen.

Dinah prepares herself seven slices of toast, bread and tea as she walks out of the kitchen to her room.

She sits on the wooden chair beside her bed, dropping the tray to the table.

As she munched on the slices she scrolled over her phone to the internet, she scoffed seeing that the news and gossips of her parents death were still trending.

She switches her phone off, about taking another slice, Dinah grunt realizing that there was none left, she should have made ten, but she wouldn't want to spend lavishly since her upkeep and sister's treatment would be her.

She gulped down the tea as she made her way to the kitchen.

She washed the dishes, tidied the kitchen and her room and had a quick rest.

.

A minute later, she took her purse as she made her way out.

She locked the door and put her phone in her bag as she hung it to her shoulder. She climbed the stairs down since she was living on the rooftop as she walked down the streets.

The neighborhood seemed quiet; that's what she needed, quietness.

She walked to the bus stop, luckily the bus just arrived as she hurried to get in along with some passengers.

She went ahead to sit close to the window.

The bus started moving as she looked out the window seeing passerby.

Her life might seem harder or happier later on, but that won't stop her from getting revenge from those who brutally murdered her parents, there is nothing more to lose or gain.

......

She alighted from the bus and started walking over to the hospital.

Her phone rang and she opened her bag bringing out the ringing phone, she checked the caller ID seeing that it was August.

Her cousin who lost his parents at his tender age in a car accident, they grew up together though he was all moody during his childhood.

He is also the one who is in charge of her parents' murder case.

"Hi Augie." She called his nickname as she continued her walk to the hospital.

"Hey Dinah, I had asked you to drop by yesterday, why didn't you come?" August asked from the phone

" You know I haven't planned my schedule yet and I was really taking a good rest. " Dinah says. " I had to go out today to shop and pay Elizabeth for treatment. '' She explained, she heard August sigh.

" Okay, but I really need to see you today, at least come hear what I have to say. " August pressured and Dinah shrug

" Can't we talk on the phone as we normally use to. " Dinah asked as she walk inside the hospital

" Come on. Don't act stubborn and drop by, I will be expecting. " He concluded as he hung up and Dinah smirked, heaving a sigh.

He act like an elder brother or rather a daddy sometimes.

She walk closer to the reception.

"Hi, Miss Dinah, nice to see you here." The receptionist say smiling and Dinah smiled back giving the receptionist her card

"Two months." She informed and the receptionist nodded, collecting the card, doing the paying while Dinah looked around.

Nurses pushing patients on wheelchairs, some strolling by, others sitting with worried look or blank expression.

"Here." The nurse called her attention as she collected back the card with a small smile as she walked away. She walked to the elevator as she pressed the button, seconds later, it opened.

Dinah nods negatively seeing that it was full already and she doesn't want their pity eyes to be on her.

She walked to the staircase as she began climbing on it.

She climbed the last stair to the hallway.

After some walking, she stopped at the front of her sister's ward.

She swallowed hard, hesitating as she entered the room.

The nurse who was checking on Elizabeth turned to see Dinah, she bowed as she used the blanket to cover Elizabeth properly before walking out of the room.

Seeing her sister lying on the cot half-dead, Dinah was reminded of the once upon a good times they had together.

With the birthdays, ceremonies, outings and little fights they always had together.

She took a step backward.

Had it been a dream, she would have called it a bad dream, never gonna come true.

But now, it was a painful reality.

Her parents had never meant evil or had any enemy, they weren't such good or bad people, still they were loved around anyone who came in relation with them.

Why would fate be this cruel or humans!?

She walks nearer to her sister on the bed as she sniff.

"Hey Eliz." She called as tears slid down her cheeks.

She scoffs. using her thumb to wipe away the tears.

"I hope you are doing good, and would..." She pauses, fighting back the tears.

" And would come back to me." She forced out the words." Let's punish those motherfuckin murderers together." She added within gritted teeth already crying.

She touched her sister's hand.

"Hang on okay.... I would make sure their fucking life become not worthy of living. " She swore

Hi, I really hope you're enjoying it's.

let's continue with the ride. Sure you're not gonna regret it

Author K

"You failed!" Mr. Sebastian roared as he use his hand, hitting the table

"Am sorry." Jared apologized, bowing a little.

"What do you plan to do now?" Mr. Sebastian rhetorically asked scornfully

"We will be going for game two." Jared replied

"Game two? Game 2 my foot" He commented distastefully, he mutters a ' shits as he shut his eyes clenching his fist.

It was a well decorated office, Mr. Sebastian sitting on the office chair, his eyes still closed.

Jared stood, gazing at Mr. Sebastian who was well dressed as a businessman in his suit.

He is the head of the Sebastian's Gang all over the country, while Jared was the assistant though that he was not considered a family by the Sebastian's.

He was an enemy to the Sebastian's who knows too well that he came from the opponent side, henceforth they despise him and misunderstood why Mr. Sebastian had to choose him as an assistant to the family

"What if it fails again?" Mr. Sebastian asked as he opened up his eyes.

" I can assure you, I will be giving my all in it." Jared assured as he met eye with eye with Mr. Sebastian

With a deep sigh, Mr. Sebastian informed him that he wanted her dead within two months and any intruder who may try to stop him should be executed.

Jared nods and with a last bow he walks out of the office.

He walked to the hallway as he unloose his tie smirking and his men followed behind.

He climbed down the stairs glancing at the gang who was gathered as he met with their glares.

He was used to it already as he smirked walking away .

Ever since he joined the gang, they all hated him and even when the former assistant tried getting rid of him he turned the table around and killed him instead, therefore they all learned to respect him, though that they love glaring at him and wished to do something against him.

He walked out of the hall as a car park in front of him, the man standing beside him opened the car door as he slid in.

"How was the meeting?" Pascal, his assistant asked.

He is part of the Sebastian's, and one of the people who loved him as family.

His family hold a rather important role in the gang.

"What do you expect?" Jared snapped as he took the pack of cigarettes, lightening it and putting it to his lips.

He inhale the cigarette and puff out the smoke

"Shits, I fucking need to get laid " He mumbled and Pascal scoff

" You ought to." He comments as he drive to the road

" He has given me two months to kill her." Jared announced as he inhaled a third time.

" Oh. Since you ruined the first game. " Pascal chip in

" I didn't. I fuckin' killed her family, not killing her does not mean she won't be going through a lot, she would be a shitty living dead. " Jared cussed

" You think so. " Pascal said driving to the road with a high speed

Jared looks out the window as he drops the half smoked cigarettes to the pavement, he sighs telling Pascal that he should make arrangements for them to move to Brooklyn.

"She is not a small catch you know." Pascal remind, "Her connections and i'm sure the corps would be all about her now," He added

"You don't have to worry, I know how we should go. " Jared informed as Pascal pulled the car at the front of Sebastian's first club and Jared alight from it.

"Go on easy with Veronica okay." Pascal shout and Jared shoot him a small glare

"I'm gonna go for another one tonight." Jared shouted back and Pascal giggled as he watched Jared enter the gigantic club before driving away.

Jared walked inside the club as he climbed the stairs down.

It's evening already and he could feel the club going crazed already with strippers and men all around, he walk to the bar as he sit on the barstool

"Hey sir." The bartender called on top of his voice because of the loud music blaring out of the speaker

"Whiskey please." Jared said and the guy bartender went to pour him what he want.

"Here." He say and Jared collected it from him as he take a sip and to watch the crowd

He sees how the club went busy with people and how the desperate men massages the strippers buttocks.

"Sir." The bartender called and Jared was quick to hear as he looked at him.

"Looking for Veronica?" He asked and Jared scoff

"What do you think?" He says with a smirk. "I'm gonna change her tonight. " He added

" Yeah, your usual words but you end up with her." The bartender say more like mocking him. But it is a facts.

He always ends up with Veronica, his sluts.

Everytime he always wished to change her but no one seem to be sexy to him than Veronica who he met and has been fucking for the past two years.

"Back off " Jared glared at the young bartender as he took another sip.

The bartender was more of a brother to Jared, he saved him when the Sebastian's tried in poisoning through a drink when he joined the gang.

He turned to watch the club again as his eyes met with whom he never thought of meeting.

He clenches his fist as his brother walk closer with a grin plastered to his face.

"Hey buddy." His brother shouted but it seem low because of the music.

Jared look away as he gulp down the remains of the whiskey

"You wouldn't act like you don't see me." His brother started and Jared smirk

"Should I ask about how you're doing?" Jared fired full with sarcasms

"Don't you wanna know how your father is--" He was interrupted with how Jared bangs the cup on the counter.

"You don't wanna know how your wife is as well." Jared interrupted with a small smile as he stood up and gently hit his brother's shoulder.

"Franklin, will you hear what your wife is expecting?" Jared informed and his brother Franklin looked at him surprised.

"You won't wanna let your heir die will you." Jared says as he scoffs walking away.

Franklin Boston is the leader of the Boston's gang, opponent of the Sebastian's and half-brother of Jared Jaime.

After Franklin inherited his father's post, Jared ran away, knowing that Franklin would want to make life miserable for him. They were only connected through their mother who cheated on Jared's dad to date a gangster leader and end up having Franklin

Franklin kidnapped Jared's dad who was a common shopkeeper, demanding to release him if Jared could surrender, but Jared didn't surrender. Instead he kidnapped Franklin's wife for the exchange of his dad.

"Sir, Are you okay?" Franklin's assistant asked, seeing that his boss was frowning already.

He knew Franklin always won over his elder brother Jared but now seems like that wasn't the case.

"Find out where, no... Everything that it is about Jared." Franklin stutters and his assistant nod as he whisper yell a ' fuck before walking away still wearing look.

They walk out of the club as he walks to his car and his assistant helps in opening the passenger's seat door, he enters and the driver ignites the engine driving off.

His assistant watches him leave before walking back to the club and to the VIPs.

Jared commanded his men to let Franklin assistant enter and they let him in as he walk to Jared

"What's it?" Jared asked as soon as he was in, standing at his front.

"He want a thorough checking on you, he seem worried " Franklin assistant informed and Jared smirk as he inhale the smoke

"He never knows who is in control yet." Jared smirk again as he put the cigarette to the ashtray

"Inform him that you put someone to tail me. I will tell you what to do later on. " Jared instructed and he nodded as he walked away.

As he walk away, she enters.

" Hey baby. " Veronica called as she walked with her strap heels, she was wearing a strap black top and short skirt, her blond hair was not packed, it stopped on her neck.

"I came straight away after hearing you were here babe." She tell as she glare at the ladies beside Jared

"Who are those?" She say distastefully but Jared didn't give an answer

"Want a change tonight." Jared answered and she scoff

" You are clearly joking. " She say as she bent in kissing Jared but he budgeted.

"Can you excuse us, Vero." Jared say

" Get the fuck out bitches. " Veronica gritted as the ladies hurried in their heels.

They won't want to mess with Veronica who is considered the number one of Sebastian's ladies as they hurriedly walk away

"You can't get enough of me nor I." Veronica says as she wink at him.

Jared slowly open his eyes, he sigh softly as he toss around the bed

"Fuck". He cussed

He ended up with Veronica, and had sex with her and as usual, she is always the first to leave the following morning, whereas he never know when she is leaving, she only leaves a letter which he never bother of reading

He brushes his thick black hair with his hand sitting on the bed as he sighs.

His phone ring and he glance at it before hesitatingly picking it up from the bedside table

"Hey, what's it?" He asked

"Good morning sir," Pascal greeted from the phone and Jared nod mumbling a morning as he climbed down the bed walking to the bathroom, his phone still in his hand.

"About Brooklyn, all preparations and arrangements done already, when would we be leaving? '' Pascal asked as Jared put the phone to lie beside the faucet

" Soon, I just need to settle some things with Alfredo's. " He answered by taking the toothbrush and toothpaste.

"Heard from Roland yet?" He asked spreading the paste on the brush

" Uh... Not really, he is also in Brooklyn, so the communication is going quite disrupting. Maybe until we arrive there, we will be able to communicate properly with him. " Pascal answer from the phone and Jared sigh as he began brushing his teeth

"Who was the lady? Veronica?" Pascal asked, beginning to tease him

" Geez... You're overstepping your boundary Pascal. What gives--"

" Oh, I thought you wanted to change, it seems Veronica succeeded in charming you. " Pascal whined and Jared smirk as he hang up immediately

---

Dinah alighted from the car as she breathed in gazing at the station standing at her front.

Finally, her dream came true without her family there to rejoice with her.

Still, her goal would remain the same.

Never sparing the murderer.

As she made her way inside the station, she walked majestically with her shoes hitting the tiled floor.

"Hi," She greeted no one in particular as the crowded noisy place went quiet and they all shifted their gaze on her.

She was wearing a suit black skirts, with a white shirt, her brown hair was packed into a bun with her heavy makeup.

"Miss... Dinah?" The man beside her asked and she glance at him nodding

" Yes, Dinah Zealot." She replied confidently.

Some minutes later, Dinah was given a tag and a desk full of files and documents with an office chair as she sat on it staring at the computer in front of her on the desk.

"Hi Miss Dinah" A lady called as she gave a girlish bowing and Dinah mutters a hi.

"I'm Alexa, your co-worker." The lady named Alexa introduced and Dinah smiled

"Nice to meet you, Alexa." She replied

"My pleasure. " Alexa says with a small bow." Do you... Mind if we have lunch together..?" She asked almost stuttering

"Oh, I have plans already. I'm sorry. " Dinah says apologetically and Alexa smiles.

"Yeah sure, anytime."

"Let it be tomorrow." Dinah tells and Alexa smiles nodding before walking away.

Dinah sighs as she looks at the computer again.

She would be knowing more about how the station works and how undercover cop do also, though that she knows already as she scroll whatever there is displaying on the computer

"Hey Miss Dinah," Dinah heard someone call her name as she look at the door side as a man walk towards her

"I heard you finally resumed." The man say and Dinah slowly nod looking at him strangely

" Oh, my bad. I'm Mr Ethan, your undercover boss" Mr Ethan introduce stretching forth his hand for a handshake as Dinah stand shaking his hand

"Nice to meet you." Dinah say with a small bow

" Yes, same here. I heard a lot about you, sure we would be catching some cruise later on tonight. You need to meet some of your colleagues too. " Mr. Ethan informed and Dinah nodded with a small smile.

" Okay then, good day." He say before walking away

Dinah sit back as she sigh,

" He might seem friendly, but he is not." A guy, whose desk was beside Dinah's whispers as Dinah glance at him

"I don't care. I'm not here to be friendly either. " She pointed out as she rolled her balls at him and he cleared his throat before minding his business.

---

"Hi someone." Jared shouts as he walks inside the sitting room, Pascal following behind.

"You're gonna regret messing with the Alfredo's, remember that my family holds a great reputation in the gang. They won't spare you. " The guy say as he spit out blood

Jared smirk,"I have not enough blood on my palm yet, and.. that what I always hear whenever someone like you is about to get killed by me. So fuck off with your family. The Alfredo's are nothing but a fucking piece of low bin. " He says as he walks closer.

" Had it been you haven't ruined our sixth club with your brainless men, we would still remain enemies not killers. " He added, whispering as the guy groaned, Jared's men still holding him.

"Make him write a suicide note, and push him off his beautiful cliff. " Jared commanded as he smile at the guy turning to walk away

"The Alfredo's won't spare you, we will get back at ya..." The guy yelled as Jared made his way out not bothering about him

"Way to Brooklyn." Jared say as he hop in and Pascal enter the driver's seat

"Seat Belts." Pascal reminded and Jared groan.

"What if I don't want to." Jared say as he take the pack of cigarettes

" Then I guess we won't be going anywhere. "

" Hey. Will you tell me what to---"

" Just do as you've been told, I will be going at high speed. " Pascal says and Jared scoffs, fastening his seatbelts while Pascal brings the engine back to life as he reverses, steering the wheel and driving away from the compound.

"You've heard from Franklin's assistant?" Jared asked as he puff out

" Nope. " Pascal answered. "What if he ditches you?"

"I pray he should. He is becoming useless anyways. " Jared replied taking the tab beside him

"And do you think Franklin won't want to do something against you or your dad.. " Pascal guessed

" That's what I'm waiting for, so I can have a good reason to completely destroy him. "

" Aren't you scared about losing your dad? '' Pascal say inquisitively.

" You really wanna interrogate me now?" Jared ask scornfully as he takes a fourth inhale.

He exhales it before signing.

"I've always lost him countless of times,"Jared said pausing. "Losing him finally won't be sad anymore, but that won't stop me from getting revenge " He concluded with a small smile

" And your mum? " Pascal mutters." Do you think she would be well pleased if--"

" I care less about that Pas. " Jared cut in and Pascal look at him through the rearview mirror

" Just get your head straight and don't get me into an accident. " Jared told and they chuckled.

---

" Mother. " Franklin called as he bow a bit

"What do you think you're doing messing with your brother, Jared!" His mum yelled and was pissed off.

" He is holding my wife captive." He say almost yelling

" You are also holding his dad captive too. " She chipped in." I told you to let go of that old rag but you won't listen! Do you think you can win against Jared that easy! " She shouted hiding her fears

" What do you expect me to do now mum, my wife is pregnant." Franklin informed Mrs Boston who heaved a sigh.

" Geez," Mrs Boston gritted as she pace around

"Jared is no longer the weakling I thought he is, he finally joined with the Sebastian's and has many influences already. Defeating him seems impossible so you better take the easier route. " She stated

" What's it mum? " Franklin ask in a bit of rush, putting on his innocent look

"Just give back his dad to him and tell him you already cut all ties with him and won't come for him anymore. " She tell

" Do you think this would work? " Franklin ask

" Yes, invite him for a feast and go for it... And do not go there looking so much like a loser that you are. '' Mrs Boston tells as she walks away and Franklin bows a bit.

Mrs Boston walked to her room as she shut it, catching her breath.

"That stupid son of mine is such an idiot." She cussed, wishing she had Jared for her second husband, Mr. Boston.

She knows what Jared might be capable of doing, and that feared her the most.

She knows he won't spare her life if he comes for the Boston's. She turned to her phone on the bed as she picked it, unlocking her phone she dialed a number as she waited patiently for the person she was trying to reach to pick up.

"Hey, I want you to do something for me." She say as soon as the person pick up