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Chapter 14 - Know your enemy

Nicole calls Layla over the phone to let her know that Martha's men are awake. She quickly changes into her David disguise and goes to the attic. Unknown to her, someone sees her and now knows her secret. David goes to the attic and starts to question the men about their mission in the house and who sent them. One of them acts all stubborn and refuses to tell the reason,

" We promised our three bosses that if we ended up being caught,then we wouldn't reveal their names"

Nicole pulls one of the men's ears and gives a serious warning, "look buddy this guy you see standing here can be very dangerous so to save your life, just tell him everything"

At least David now knows that the Grayson's have three enemies. He goes on one knee and gets to the man's level asking him one more time but he acts stubborn. This forces David to switch to his bad side. He pulls his pistol out and bang! He shoots the leader in the leg and knee then says, "She told you I was dangerous. Now am going to ask one more time,who sent you to steal the diamond? Now one of you better start talking or I'll kill one of you next!"

David sees that one of the men is scared so he stares right into his eyes intimidatingly to frighten him even more. Seeing the rage in David's eyes,the man decides to steal the beans by exposing the names of their bosses,

" Please don't kill me Sir. I have a family buy I'll tell you the names of the bosses. One of them is Martha,the other is Wendy but we don't know the name of the man . We weren't hired to steal the million dollar diamond but to kill Mr Liam"

David finds it difficult to believe that Wendy and Martha would want to hurt Liam with the fact that they're related. But Nicole makes it clear that the men are infact telling the truth,

" This is what I've been trying to tell you! Earlier tonight I overheard Martha talking to these men about killing Liam tonight. And forget about blood, we've been there before!"

David unties the men and let's them go. Nicole and David head to the party as it comes to an end. Jake is impressed when he sees that the diamond is still intact. He writes a cheque and hands it to David as a way of thanking him. For some awkward reason, David refuse to accept the cheque. Liam and the Grayson's thant David and Nicole for their service as they go back home. Nicole can't believe that for the first time,her cousin refused to accept money, " I can't believe you didn't accept that token Layla,what has gotten into you?" She laughs about it.

Layla stays quiet for a while and pins the blame on Nicole, " this is your fault! Because am being found with you these past days am starting to act like you! Look, this is the last time were bonding" Layla promises.

When the girls get home,they see a doctor leaving the house and they get confused. But when they pass by Coco's room,they see her laying in bed. Without caring about her disguise in the bag, Layla drops it and rushes to Coco's bed,

" Coco? What happened to her aunt Zoe?" She gets concerned.

Afraid that someone might check Layla's bag, Nicole takes it and tries to sneak it into their room but she meets Jade who offers to take it,

" Give me, I'll take it to your room"

" No!" Nicole grabs the bag from Jade, " Layla said if I help take her bag to the room everytime then she'll pay me every weekend" She lies.

Jade hears this and just laughs at it as she walks away. Layla asks Zoe and grandma Stella what occurred. Zoe and grandma Stella start fidgeting and say she had a panic attack. Layla promises Coco she'll get her treated and Coco asks her granddaughter not to worry. Layla decides to spend the night in Coco's room so as to Care for her in case she needs anything. Zoe gives Layla Coco's medicine and instructions. When she goes to her bedroom, Stella begs Zoe not to tell Layla anything about the cause of Coco's illness but Jade hears this. When Stella leaves the room,Jade confronts her mother Zoe,

" What are you hiding from us mom?"

Zoe fails to hold back the truth but makes Jade to keep it a secret. Zoe reveals that they have many bills pending and this made Coco collapse because of overthinking. In the morning, Layla calls Liam to let him know that David's grandma isn't feeling too well so he won't make it to work. Liam offers to come and pay a visit but Layla stops him from coming. The next day ( Saturday), Layla decides to surprise the entire family by taking them to this beautiful and unfamiliar place.

" Wow!" Zoe exclaims, " this place is so beautiful! Whose house is this? And the car?" She asks.

Layla looks to Zoey and smiles, " from now on, this big beautiful house is ours"

First, the family refuse to believe Layla's words as they question where she got the money to buy the house and a car! Layla takes time to explain that she has been saving money from all her works and especially from her new job as a martial arts instructor. They enter the house and can't believe how huge it is. The whole family cuddle with Layla as they thank her from the depth their hearts.

Coco places her hand on Layla's head and gives her blessings, " may God bless you deeply for caring and loving your family so much. May you always win and let your enemies fall at your feet"

The family move in to the new house and they celebrate this with a warm homemade dinner inviting Alexander and his uncle, Max and the rest of Layla's friends. On a Monday morning, everyone wakes up to good news. Nicole tells the entire family that she passed her exams and they celebrate with her. But as troublesome as she is, Nicole forces Layla to take her out for ice cream to celebrate. When the girls get there, they find Alexander who Joins them,

" You must be wondering how I knew that you guys where here. Jade told me and I brought a gift for Nicole" Alex hands fer the gift.

Layla gets a call from Liam asking if she will be coming to work. Luckily, she can use a male voice to answer since Nicole and Alex are at the counter buying ice cream. When they get back,she ends the call hurriedly that she forgets to close her bag. Alex however, notices some unusual clothes and questions Layla about them but she says it's nothing leading them into a struggle as they each start pulling the bag. This makes the clothes fall out of the bag and exposing Layla.

" What is this Layla and why men's clothing?!" Alexander asks angrily.

Layla also gets upset and she shuts Alex off,

" What I do with my life is non of your business so leave me alone!" She walks off,gets on her bike and rides off.

Nicole promises to tell Alex everything.