Chapter 74
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Dr Jones gently opened Jamaica's mouth and rubbed the swab against her jaw. He did it for one minute, then moved away from us. He placed Jamaica's sample in a container that was similar to that of Williams. He then placed both samples in a bigger enveloped and seal it.
He turned to us, "That's it."
"How long does it take to get back the results?" William asked. I'm sure he couldn't wait to ruin my life.
"Three to five days." the doctor answered.
"Aren't there express services?" William asked.
Dr Jones nodded, "Yes. You could get the results on Monday, but it would cost extra."
"Add the extra cost to my bill. Doctor, I just need to confirm she's my child so I can protect her." William was a serial manipulator but it wouldn't work. Dr Jones already knew what William was up to, and that's why he risked his career to help us.
"I understand." Dr Jones replied. "Well, this is the end of the procedure. The Lab will send the results directly to your home address."
William smiled, "Thanks, Doc."
"Do you want me to check out your arm before you leave?"
William smiled, "Nah. My hand is okay. I just need to watch where I'm going next time."
"Well, I look forward to seeing you again. Have a good day." Dr Jones took up the envelope with the samples and exited the Examination room.
William smirked at us, "I'll see you in court. Hasta la vista, bitch!" William walked out of the room, leaving us alone.
Valdo smiled at me, "That's the last we'll ever see of him."
"Hopefully."
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"Are you ready to hear the stories?" Hannah asked with a smile.
"Yes," I answered eagerly. I've been dying to hear Valdo's previous arrest stories from the moment I found out about them. I find it so hard to believe that Valdo, sweet, Valdo would get himself mixed up in anything illegal.
Hannah invited us along with my mother to dinner tonight, but my mother declined, she had made plans already. I was a bit curious to know what plans she could have and she just moved here. Eventually, I let go; she was old enough to make her own decisions.
Hannah looked at her son, "Do you want to tell her about the first time you got arrested or should I?"
"You're the one telling the stories mom. My arrests are nothing I'd want to disclose so you should do it."
Hannah shrugged, "She's your wife. She should know about your past."
I looked at Valdo. He looked uncomfortable in his seat. Were the stories that bad? I looked at Hannah, "Maybe we shouldn't. If Valdo doesn't want to share his arrest stories with me, then it's okay."
Valdo lift my hands to his lips and kissed my knuckles, "My mom is right. You should know about my past because you've told me everything about yours. The best I can do is return the favour." without taking his eyes off me he spoke, "Go ahead, mom. Tell her."
Hannah nod, "He was thirteen when he first got arrested. He got caught stealing rice at the local supermarket. When they arrested him, they called me and told me what he had done. I was so disappointed. I felt like I'd fail him." she looked at her son with sad eyes. "We hadn't eaten the night before because I didn't have any money to cook. He was just trying to provide something for us to eat, but it wasn't the right way. I didn't raise him to be a thief, and so I let him stay in the cell that night, and I picked up in the morning. I made him promise never to steal again."
There were many times my mother and I were low on funds. She couldn't always buy me the things I wanted. When I was fourteen, I wanted the attention of a guy in my class, and I didn't have any makeup. I went into the local dollar store intending to steal some, but I never dared to do it. I was too afraid that I'd get caught.
"We've all had moments like that. I've tried stealing a few times myself; I just wasn't brave enough to do it."
"Honey, the stealing was the least of the problems. He got arrested when he was seventeen for something way worse."
"What's that?"
"Why don't you let him tell you?" Hannah said, looking at her son.
I looked at Valdo, waiting for him to share his story.
"I was in a gang. They robbed a bank and killed someone. I was the driver of the getaway car."
Uvaldo's POV
"I was in a gang. They robbed a bank and killed someone. I was the driver of the getaway car." By the time I was finished speaking, Jakoby was staring at me with her eyes wide open, shocked.
My past wasn't something I was proud of, but as my wife, she had the right to know.
"When I was sixteen one of my classmates introduced me to some guys. He told me they would pay a lot of money to just drive their cars from city to city. I didn't question why they wanted me to drive the cars I just did what they asked because I needed the money. They'd pay me $500 just to drive a car from Harlem to China City. I was earning $5000 a week. That was twice as much as my mom got a month. I saw it as a great opportunity to make our lives better. I had no idea it was a gang until they asked me to drive them to the bank. The case never made it to court, and so we never ended up going away." The Ravens were led by the Giovannis', the biggest mafia family in New York and so it was easy for the evidence against us to disappear. I got off easy because it never got on my record.
