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Chapter 17 - SEVENTEEN

Around 3pm the next day, a CCTV recording of Jerry visiting a hotel with a young girl surfaced. In the recording was Jerry smoking and having useless fun with the young girl who was not up to 18. Well, Jerry was not more than 18 too. He was very young but many people commented that he was a paedophile. Thus the words #paedophile #JeJuboutiqueowner was up. This news made the sales of the boutique go down. What was worst was that Juanita had gone down into early labour and was at the hospital recuperating. Jerry was taken for investigation again and detained this time with no coming out until evidences were found.

Then Luke posted recordings of Jerry walking girls in and out of a hospital. Many people understood it as taking them there for abortion and it remained the most watched short clip.

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Evidences were secured but Jerry was let out on bail because of Juanita. He had spent one month in detention. Juanita had emaciated a lot and was no longer pretty. Jerry felt pity for her and watched as she drove them home. Fortunately, the baby was safe and doing fine.

"Who did you offend?" Juanita asked as they both entered inside the house.

Jerry was shocked by her statement. He did not offend anybody. "Nobody," he replied and sat down.

"Really?" She asked him and threw to him some pictures. "The police already has evidence about you taking girls to the hospital for abortion," she screamed at him.

"Calm down Anita," he screamed back to her, "I offended no one, okay."

"So how did this pictures come out?" She asked.

On the pictures were photos of Jerry and his gang members, each picture showed him as he was growing. How he started with drugs and furthered into sleeping with prostitutes.

"I have no idea," he replied her and felt his forehead, "I am tired and I have been thinking a lot lately."

"Have you contacted Henry?" She asked.

"No," he replied, "I don't want to have anything to do with him."

Juanita sat on the chair, "the business was shut down by the government will be the next thing we will hear. Let's sell the boutique," she advised.

" How much do you think they will price it?" He asked her.

" I don't know," she shrugged her shoulders, "maybe a billion."

"Laughing at you bae," he told her, "you sure have a high price for a dilapidated building."

"Let's sell the boutique and leave town," she told him and held him, "let's go."

Jerry looked at her and the tummy which was shooting out, "we can't leave the town or country. It's police order," he replied her and laid her to rest on his shoulders.

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The boutique was put up for sale but nobody patronized it. They had no source of income but money kept flowing out. Juanita was nearing the end of her third trimester. Jerry have forgotten about planning against Henry. He couldn't venture into drugs as he was watched and he refused to go beg Henry for help. He was disappointed in himself. He couldn't travel. He was stuck and lost. He had to plan for the baby. Nobody agreed to buy the shop.

It's been two months and no scandal was up about him. They had both given up hope for the boutique when Jerry received a call that there was an interested buyer.