"Charles?" Serena spoke into her cell phone "Are you still asleep?"
"No, I've been up for awhile."
"How is she?"
"Still resting." Charles replied sitting at his kitchen table.
"Good, now listen I am sitting here with my brother having breakfast, and he would like to know what I should bring for our sleeping beauty?" she smiled over at Xation who sat across from her reading his paper as a light wind blew softly, the birds chirping in the trees over the lush, immaculately landscaped lawn, as a lavish breakfast was placed on their table by one of Xation's servants while the two sat by his deep, sparkling pool.
Charles thought for a moment and asked that she bring some clothes, shoes, undergarments etc... as Leah came to Texas wrapped only in a sheet from off her bed and had absolutely nothing. Serena seemed excited at the prospect of going on a shopping spree and when her brother handed her a bundle of hundreds totaling $10.000 she was even more ecstatic. "Thank you Xation, I am sure she will appreciate it." she smiled over at him as he ate his omelet showing no emotion. "Xation, I know this is difficult for you, but I think I have something here in my possession that just may cheer you up." she beamed as she reached down in her large Italian leather hand bag pulling out a thin black photo album with gold trim. Before she handed it across the table she said "Now you know she wasn't alone when Hays took her, she was with her lover.., a small time heroin dealer." she informed him his eyes flashing with rage.
"How is that information supposed to cheer me up?" he seethed pushing his plate away from him.
"Because last night I had him taken care of, after all, leave no witnesses remember?" Serena handed him the thin photo album and he opened it up. Each photo captured the mood of his rival's terror and fear, she had done a good job framing the subject and using the flash. All of the photos were clear and in focus, he particularly liked the one where the silver tip of boot kicking in his skull gleamed in the flash, and it did his heart good when he saw the one of his eye popping out of it's socket as he lay broken and beaten down in the earth, but the one of him being set on fire, with the trees and the glow of the fire, that one was his favorite. "You did all this for me Serena?" he smiled over at her a tear of joy welling up in his eye.
"Well of course my darling brother, anything to make you happy." she smiled sweetly going over and kissing him on the cheek. "After everything you have done for our family this is the least I could do,and I promise," she said taking a seat on her big brother's knee "Charles and I will give Leah back to you in mint condition, happy and healthy and ready to be a mother, and a wife again. On this you can be assured." she kissed him again, smiled took one more sip of her mimosa gave him a wink saying "Now I am off to Saks Fifth Avenue." Xation watched his little sister leave, he sighed, glanced at the album once more, then went back to his newspaper.
"No, I've been up for awhile."
"How is she?"
"Still resting." Charles replied sitting at his kitchen table.
"Good, now listen I am sitting here with my brother having breakfast, and he would like to know what I should bring for our sleeping beauty?" she smiled over at Xation who sat across from her reading his paper as a light wind blew softly, the birds chirping in the trees over the lush, immaculately landscaped lawn, as a lavish breakfast was placed on their table by one of Xation's servants while the two sat by his deep, sparkling pool.
Charles thought for a moment and asked that she bring some clothes, shoes, undergarments etc... as Leah came to Texas wrapped only in a sheet from off her bed and had absolutely nothing. Serena seemed excited at the prospect of going on a shopping spree and when her brother handed her a bundle of hundreds totaling $10.000 she was even more ecstatic. "Thank you Xation, I am sure she will appreciate it." she smiled over at him as he ate his omelet showing no emotion. "Xation, I know this is difficult for you, but I think I have something here in my possession that just may cheer you up." she beamed as she reached down in her large Italian leather hand bag pulling out a thin black photo album with gold trim. Before she handed it across the table she said "Now you know she wasn't alone when Hays took her, she was with her lover.., a small time heroin dealer." she informed him his eyes flashing with rage.
"How is that information supposed to cheer me up?" he seethed pushing his plate away from him.
"Because last night I had him taken care of, after all, leave no witnesses remember?" Serena handed him the thin photo album and he opened it up. Each photo captured the mood of his rival's terror and fear, she had done a good job framing the subject and using the flash. All of the photos were clear and in focus, he particularly liked the one where the silver tip of boot kicking in his skull gleamed in the flash, and it did his heart good when he saw the one of his eye popping out of it's socket as he lay broken and beaten down in the earth, but the one of him being set on fire, with the trees and the glow of the fire, that one was his favorite. "You did all this for me Serena?" he smiled over at her a tear of joy welling up in his eye.
"Well of course my darling brother, anything to make you happy." she smiled sweetly going over and kissing him on the cheek. "After everything you have done for our family this is the least I could do,and I promise," she said taking a seat on her big brother's knee "Charles and I will give Leah back to you in mint condition, happy and healthy and ready to be a mother, and a wife again. On this you can be assured." she kissed him again, smiled took one more sip of her mimosa gave him a wink saying "Now I am off to Saks Fifth Avenue." Xation watched his little sister leave, he sighed, glanced at the album once more, then went back to his newspaper.
