Jerry was really mad at himself as much as he was confused.He really wanted to pull this through but now it seems he had under estimated Kev.A few hours ago he and his team had just survived a death trap,on the same bridge his father had been set up,is this how hell bent Kev was to destroy them?Just a few hours ago while they were chasing Kev,who was on a motorcycle they were catching up with him so steadily but Jerry was reluctant to use a gun he did not want to have fingers pointing back at him ,so he wanted Kev to be hit and just run over,easyand they would just speed of like it never happened,but Jerry had noticed someone was also trailing them but at a safe distance,the headlights kept appearing on the rear view mirror several times but he did not mind,but when they headed for the bridge,just by pure chance,Jerry noticed,at the very end of the bridge there was something reflecting some light,something large,something like a trucks windshield,instantly he knew that one centimetre ahead of him was death.He was well too familiar with this set up,same as Big Father's.He shouted for the car to be brought to a stop and watched as Kev's tail lights got dimmer and dimmer then it became a spark,they had to turn back,but there was that issue of the vihicle that was tailing them.At the same time Jerry had made a move on Kev,the leader of the third party had made a call,he needed the car that was following Kev to be crushed and thown off into the river,he was to protect Kev at all cost,but when they got to the bridge,the car trailing Kev took made a sudden halt,they did not walk into the death trap,they back tracked,this was a problem because that meant they were going to come face to face with rhe guys they meant to kill,and during an earlier incident back at Fox's house a gunshot had rung,that meant guns were involved,they could not reverse and risk being followed that meant alot of trouble,so they had to cross paths with them,the third party had to drive towards the bridge while Jerry and his team who by now had turned their car facing away from the bridge had to drive away from the bridge.At some point they had to meet.Jerry drew his gun ready to fire,the third party also drew their weapons,all of them except their taxi driver.
Back in jail,Jacob got the news of Fox's death,he had expected that,not to under estimate Fox but he was more of a liability,Fox had more connection and that meant very little trust to Jacob.He had planned for this take over for long and things were moving on slowly and on track.Jacob was not in jail because of crimes he committed,him being there was as a way of protecting himself,when he went to jail he became less of a threat to the city folks,and in his first try he tried to use force rather than use his mind,he had not played smart,but after that he had an understanding of the people he was dealing with he got to rethink everything and laid out a blue print,the only was to beat Big Father and his croonies was from inside,he had to turn them against each other,and his main man was Kev,Jacob knew how much Kev trusted Big Father and he also knew that his trust in Big Father would never waiver,so if he was sent in the direction of Big Father's killer Jacob knew that Kev would bite that bait as hard as he could,so if he could get a list of people who were involved in Big Father's murder Kev would go after them full force.Jacob had planned for a hostile take over only that he would be watching events unfold.
Back at the bridge that night,the third party had came face to face with Jerry's crew and as the two cars kept moving closer and closer,tension in each vihicle grew tenfolds,any wrong move and either was going to loose their whole teamand for a moment time seemed to have stood still.The third party did not know how good the other guys were,and clearly they were kind of outnumbered,because in a gunfight that one extra man mean an extra gun and hence an extra chance of survival,in their taxi there were only three of them,the driver was just a guy caught in between two collapsing walls,he was collateral,so they had to be smart.Slowly they approached each other and when the cars finally intersected,both teams took a good look at each other,the moon shone bright,though the figures were a bit vague and ghostly the leader of the third party had a good look at Jerry,who inturn did the same as they sat on the opposite sides of their respective cars,no one pulled a move on anyone rather they passed each other slowly and went on their way without any tragedy and before they knew it,they were looking at each others hind lights.The leader of the third party was now on his phone,things were starting to steam a little bit out of the pot,this was supposed to be an open and shut case,he just needed to find the list and hand it over to the right people,but it seemed like everyday he had a new arising issue on his hands,he never understood who those other guys were,he did not know if they were government agents like him or they were a couple of bad guys who like him also wanted the list.He also was not sure of his team members as their seemed to be some sort of leak,he felt like someone in his team was double crossing them.How did those guys know of the trap laid for them at the bridge,he had called for that move very late on while Kev was being pursued,why did they stop at the edge of the bridgeso suddenly?And also who was that guy whom had given him a good look,he was not informed of another team.Jacob received a text on his phone it was from one of the members of the third party,Jerry and his crew had gone for Kev as he had expected,all that remained for him now was to find a way to make the mayor and his accomplices to view Jerry and his crew as a threat,then the whole thing would unfold,he had built a house of cards that was about to go down eith a single touch,Jerry would go after Kev,who had to stay alive from the third party,who inturn had to watch out for Jerry and Kev,most of this blame will fall on the mayor for setting this up,and the mayor with his guys would take the fall from whoever will survive,and if this does not get enough dirt on the mayor the list and that evidence he had on him and the Crimes Control Department would surely deliver the final blow,fingers crossed now.Jacob had infitrated every essential organisation for this he had eyes following everyone,these streets were his for the taking.That wounded lion is back to claim its share of the stake and he was going to have it all.
Beau's father was seated on his sofa,he had played with her and now she was asleep,her mother meanwhile was organising her family's photo album as she sat silently,she wanted her daughter to have a nice sleep.Martin the father was deep in his thoughts,it had been years since he has been a resident of this city,he knew of the city's reputation,but he had managed to keep a quiet life to himself,and his pizza shop was all he had.This was no city to raise a child in,moreso a girlchild,there were lots of challenges,prostitution,unwanted pregnancies,abortions,violance against women,rape,he could make a whole list of dangers that his daughter faced,ontop of that the town was run by evil men,he for example always paid for protection fee,and despite this his shop had been robbed several times,the governent too was no better,constant harrassment from the city officials,bribe,it was like he worked hard to feed the officials and the criminals.Beau was all grown up now,seven years since they had her,though not their biological daughter,but she meant a whole world to them.He was very skeptical of the idea of buying a child,only for twenty thousand they had a child born just some few hours,his wife had worn those fake pregnancy things for those nine months,a doctor had been there through the process to guide them,ofcourse the doctor came at a higher price compared to the child,but he was so sick of his wife nagging him,his relatives seeing him as a lesser man,fourteen years of marriege no child,he had thought of a divorce and get a new wife maybe,one who could give him children,but Emelda had been through thick and thin for him,she was always there,he loved her no doubt,but the persepective of people about them,it really hurt him,the way talked of Emelda out there it hurt him,he was the only solid rock she had hanged on,and that is why he had compromised in his belief,he was not a'lets-buy-child' kind of guy,but because of her he was willing to go a step further,he wished Beau was his biological daughter.But that night Martin was seated there,for a while he had been thinking of maybe moving into another town with his entire family,he just felt like he needed a fresh start before Beau turned eight,he wanted to take as much time as possible to think about that before involving his family and in a few days coming he knew he would announce this to them,but hed had to confirm his savings,make sure his pizza business would still be able to carry on well in any new place he was planning to go to,he still needed some final touches here and there.But seated opposite to Martin was Emelda,who had a total different view of things,first she was not barren,rather it was Martin who could never get her pregnant,she had a son she got from another relationship prior to meeting Martin,the child stayed with Emelda's young sister,and even her son never knew her as his mother but rather an aunt,this really hurt her,she also had to cover for Martin's weaknesses and be lebelled as baren,but why was she doing this?She loved Martin and he was a responsible man who worked and provided for his family,getting that in this drug ridden,evil infested town was pure gold,she hang onto him like a tick would onto a cow,but deep inside it burnt her,buying a child,putting on that fake pregnancy and raising someone else's child when you could have your own it did cut deep,she was not perfect she knew that,she had been seeing this guy in town,he was smart but he had some shady deal that he had to get done with and get his name clean,then and only then he would elope with her,he was loving,he cared,and he unlike Martin knew his way to make a woman feel like a woman in bed,he also strangely enough seemed to take a liking into Beau,he loved children,Emelda was so deep into her thoughts that as she organised the pictures into the album,she did not notice that in more than three pictures,there was always a constant figure behind Beau,a woman who seemed to be watching her closely,it was no else but Annie there she was as clear as a day,but Emelda was way into her thoughts thinking of this man,who had a really funny name,Fox.