He wasn't always a playboy or deranged like Basak referred him.Neither arrogant...a little arrogant maybe because he never ate at his highschool's cafeteria and he thought himself too good for any babes in his former highschool.
He was a good kid.Did his homeworks on time,passed all his tests and took responsibility of his younger brother.Until Basak pushed him over his limits and he snapped.
Suddenly he was rowdy for beating up another kid for abusing his mother,that was when Basak went viral on infidelity and his peers started calling him names. Then his grades didn't matter anymore and Basak was unimpressed with anything he did.Good or bad.
It all started with Basak Erdogan.Lamar vividly remembered one night after dinner and he followed his parents to their room.He was going to invite them to an away game.At twelve he was captain of the junior high soccer team.
He hadn't meant to eavesdrop and he wouldn't have,had he been offered a choice.The content of the conversation that night still gnawed at him to date.
Basak was mad for whatever reason and was shouting at his mother.He called her all whore names that still sent chills down his spine even as a grown man.Then he shouted Lamar's name saying he wasn't his son and Yasmine had used her pregnancy to tie him down.The only woman Basak loved and would always love was Zeynep,Mrs Jamal.The ambassador's fucking wife!
Looking back to Basak's history of infidelities,Lamar realized the man loved no one.He just used Zeynep as an excuse.
From Basak's outburst,Lamar became angry,a feeling he couldn't let up.He used that anger to rebel against his father and though his grades remained over the top,his discipline crumbled earning him a suspension for breaking his detention teacher's iPod.He began getting into unnecessary fights in school.
After coming back from a week's suspension he found he'd been replaced as captain and punched the team's coach.
Basak banished him straight to the army after graduating from highschool where all hell broke loose.
His athletic form was well built at sixteen but it still wasn't match for the animosity he was about to go through in the army.
"Excuse me.Please put your safety belt on.We're about to land."A polite hostess was bent on his side.
Lamar did as instructed then the hostess moved on to the next blank minded person.He hadn't noticed the time fly so fast.It was exactly what he had pinned for.
Lamar took out the new cellphone he ordered on his way to the airport.He easily dialed Elba's number but it went to voicemail,like every other time he called before boarding the plane.
He dialed again and this time she answered,but it wasn't her voice on the other end of the call.
"Hi,Elba is too busy right now.She'll return your call when she can."That was her assistant.And Elba was too busy?What exactly was she doing?Lamar hang up and fetched Elba's hotel details from his new phone.
What if she was with Kucuk again?'No'
He tightened his hold on his cellphone.
The army hadn't helped him deal with his anger issues.Instead,they molded him to be better at protecting himself and what was his.And Elba was his.'Mine.'He'd break Kucuk's hands first if he found them on Elba then kill him.
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It took another hour and half to get to the venue, Luxemburg Gardens.The event planners had opted for an open area compared to last season's closed space.The show had just ended when he got there and the entrance was crowded.
He swiftly walked through the crowd and before he decided where to search first,he spotted Zeynep.
"Lamar..."She spotted him before he got to where she stood.
"Hello Zeynep.Where's--"
"The washrooms.I don't know what's up with her.She doesn't want to talk to me...or anyone."She warned before pointing Lamar in the right direction.
It wasn't a problem finding her,after all she was Rubi,a gemstone.
Lamar almost bumped into Alya who was busy on phone.
"Hi...hi."She said nervously."Sorry,I didn't see you there."A breathless chuckle followed."Elba is in the washrooms.She's sick."She spoke in a breathless rattle.
Lamar didn't wait for the details as she barged into the ladies.
Elba was bent over the sink trying to hold her mane off but some tendrils still came loose.Lamar went to help her as she emptied her stomach's contents.She ran the tap while cleaning herself then turned to look at him.
"Hi."She tried,her voice coming out a barely audible whisper.