I V Y
It's been almost a week since the playoff which was on a Monday and right now it's Thursday.
Alex is busy today so that just left me and my bullshit. Of course, my bullshit led me to Alex's house.
A woman opens the door greeting me and I just smile, this big ass house is overwhelming.
"Good afternoon Ms.Davis, who are you here for?" The lady asks and before I speak a voice cuts in.
"She's here to speak with me, thank you Joeleen" His father stands at the top of the steps before guiding me to his office. It's huge.
"So you came here for my help to figure out who drugged you and with what drugs?" He asks and I nod.
"I collected your medical records before you came and I see the last time you were in the hospital it was due to your heart-stopping because of a mixture of drugs correct?" He asks standing by his desk but I'm just observing his office.
"Yeah there were Opioids mixed with Amphetamines and I was drinking. I know Samir the guy that died he was friends with some people who don't really like me and I know he had access to Opioids and Amphetamines" I try to sound like I have no connection to that night with Samir.
"How did you know Samir had access to those drugs?" He asks.
"He was a drug dealer for one. Second the morning the news came on I asked my friend a question and he said Jayden this guy I used to mess around with bought from him once but it was only pain meds and he bought them for Layla who is one of the girls who don't like me" I feel like I'm getting too specific with the names.
"Yeah I know Layla and Jayden, Layla's one of the girls you fought?" He asks and I nod.
"So why did you think Layla needed the drugs?" He wonders.
"She hurt her ankle some time ago and both of those drugs helped relieve the pain and make her more active" I did some research.
"So what are you thinking? They drugged you that night?" It isn't the craziest thought.
"I've been drugged once before so it isn't a crazy idea, all I know is somehow those drugs got into my system" He looks at me funny when I say I've been drugged once before.
"Do you have any evidence that she has access to the drug?" He asks and I nod.
I go into my purse and pull out the prescription with a note attached.
"I went into Jayden's room since he's still at the hospital and I found these and there's a mix of both drugs. The note attached was from Samir saying what drugs are in it and that Jayden bought it for Layla" He just takes the prescription out my hand and starts typing stuff out.
"The pills were handed out days before that party. You don't have any crustal evidence but you can go with your gut on it that the pills were crushed up and spilled into your cup and maybe even get a confession from someone" He adds but I squint.
"From who and how?"
"Play it smart, You can set a camera up and put the pills in one of their rooms and see how they react and leave a note saying I know what you did and to meet you someplace, specifically late at night and when they show up put a bag over their head and take them to some dark underground space like a basement and torture a confession out of them" He looks me dead in my eye. What. The. Fuck.
I'm looking at him with wide eyes, I can't tell if it's a joke, if torture runs in the family, or if he knows.
(ivy cause she knows damn well that's what alex did)
"Don't look so scared Ivy, I was just messing around" He laughs and I join him, laughing awkwardly.
"But do the first part just not the torturous part" He suggests and I nod.
"Torture plans never work out without a set plan" Why is he still going.
"I'm sure they don't" I mumbled looking at his shelf that has pictures and books and that's when I see it. A gun.
"Ivanna I do have a question for you though" He starts and I take my eyes off the gun and look at him.
"Have you heard of the name Cal Richardson?" Huh?
"Yeah actually, he used to come to old BBQs, he worked with my father they were friends" That's so weird and random to ask though.
"When was the last time you spoke to him?"
"I don't know not for a while, I mean I think he went to jail or something though" I feel like I'm not supposed to be answering these questions.
"Ahh okay, and your father? Is he still in contact with Cal?" He wonders and I shake my head.
"My dad stopped speaking to him years ago, It was at one of our cookouts and we heard them arguing upstairs about him doing something he wasn't supposed to do then my dad punched him and kicked him out" He just nods writing that down.
"Alex didn't come with you?" He asks after some silence.
"No, he was busy"
"Ah okay, well when you see him tell him I said give me a call" He adds and I nod.
"So how do you have my stubborn son so whipped?" He asks and I widen my eyes.
"I don't, we jus-" He stops me there.
"Bullshit Ivanna, he's a very out-of-control boy but you seem to always put him in his place. I mean He's still out of control, almost losing his place in the last quarter because he's losing his shit over a comment" He scoffs and I bite my cheek.
"Sometimes it's hard for him to think before he does dumb things but he's working on it" I'm always somehow advocating for him.
"I bet, I hope he's getting better at controlling it because I don't want to clean up another murder" He mutters and I snap my head to him. WHAT?
"Huh?" I ask him wanting to make sure I heard that right.
"Murmur, I don't want to clean up a murmur, every time Alex acts out he never explains himself, he just murmurs around" He shrugs.
I have to be hearing things.
"Oh before you go I have one more thing to speak to you about" He stands up from behind his desk and walks over to me.
"What?" I ask and I swear I see his nose twitch.
"About my daughter, I've found you an amazing lawyer, I know you've been struggling to find one to take a two-year-old case but I have a family lawyer who never looses and I can have you speak to the man she put in jail as well. I'm only offering because I see you've been looking around for lawyers in the system but you have yet to actually set a charge against her" He adds and now I actually debate it.
I have been searching and well it's hard to find someone to take a two-year-old case.
There are multiple reasons why it's so hard. One this happened two years ago. Two I'm black and she's white, there's a superiority to it already. Three I have no access to speak to the guy in jail under false charges, therefore, I can't speak to the police because I have no proof. Along with having no lawyer. Taking his offer is the only way to get her arrested.
I've spoken to my mom about it and she's been looking too but the lawyer she found said there's no possible way to get the case revisited and it's not like we can't afford a lawyer but we're not rich so we can't afford to waste money on a lawyer who can't actually do anything.
However, I respect Alex and since it is his father and he does have his unresolved issues with him I won't accept the offer just yet.
"I appreciate the offer but I can't accept it," I tell him, and his smile drops.
"You can't accept it because you don't want to or because Alexander doesn't want you to?" He asks and I just look at him.
"Honestly Ivanna, I believed you had a mind of your own, that you didn't let others think for you. You're missing out on a great opportunity. You won't find a better lawyer willing to do it for free and you won't have access to a better material for the case" I know he's right and he knows I know that I only turn my head and look away from him.
"Stop letting Alex think for you Ivanna, I know you want to take up the offer, it'll help you out, take it as a good thing" His hand nudges my chin so I'm looking at him again.
"Alex isn't thinking for me, I'm just being respectful of his wishes and not going behind his back" I snap at him and he squints.
"Does he not want you to take my help? He isn't thinking about you he's just thinking about himself and his own personal vendetta against me" Here he goes playing the victim.
"You were barely present or supportive of Alex and his love for football, coming from someone who had absent parents all through my cheer life I know how it feels. So it's not a personal vendetta he just doesn't know how to feel about you all of a sudden taking an interest" He looks at me somewhat offended that I even know.
"Saying that to say this conversation is finished, I want those papers that have the information and proof of Leilani's, Layla's, and Jayden's involvement with the drugs emailed to me as well" I turn around and walk out.
"You tell me about my parenting and then have the audacity to ask me for a favor?" He squints and I just raise my brows.
"I wasn't asking you for a favor, I was telling you what I'm expecting to see in my inbox by 8 pm." I look him straight in the face, over his bullshit right before I waltz out.
I needed help with putting the three musketeers in prison not some sort of bribery.
When I get to my dorm Alex is already there.
"Hey Ivy Pie" He smiles and I squint. Somethings off.
"Hey" I take my shoes off.
"I was with the guy today but when I came back you were gone, what were you up to?" My god of course he knows.
"I went to your house. To speak to your father." I say slowly wanting him not to react too harshly.
"Why?" Is all he asks and I'm a little lost as to why he's not madder.
"Well, I think Leilani, Jayden, and Layla drugged me and tried to murder me and your dad said he was a drug inspector and well obviously I went to him for help," I tell him and he just looks at me, blankly.
"I swear you weren't this dumb when I met you" He groans. The fuck is that supposed to mean?
"Excuse me?" I squish up my face.
"He's not a fucking drug inspector, drug inspectors don't have huge homes Iv, and you dumbly fell into that stupid trap and you had him do a favor for you didn't you?" He asks and I just look at him.
"Lower your tone Alex, I don't like being yelled at, especially when I have no idea what the hell I did" I raise my voice right back.
"Ivy my dad, he's not a good person okay, and when you ask for favors from someone who isn't a good person they never will just do you a favor. You owe him now, one day he's randomly going to pop up and make you do something because he did something for you, and trust me debts are never fully paid" What the hell is he talking about.
"Why did you think I didn't want him helping you with the case Iv?" Now I kinda feel bad but I won't forget how he just insulted me.
"I didn't know, and honestly Alex maybe if you spent less time yelling and insulting me for not understanding you could have told me that your dad holds grudges. Plus I think he knows you killed the guy. He kept making innuendos about it." Alex only takes a deep breath before standing up.
"Also, it doesn't matter anymore I'm not making a case against your sister, every lawyer says nobody can win a case from over two years ago and I don't want my mom to go broke paying for a lawyer just for us to lose anyway. Unlike you, I'm not rich and wiping my ass with $100 bills, so I can't afford to waste money on lawyers on top of money for college" Okay maybe I did guilt-trip him with that last part but it was deserved. He yelled at me.
"I'll be back" He stands up walking past me. No kiss, no hug, no wave goodbye, no sign of him not being pissed. He just walks away and out my door before slamming it shut.
I just groan and lay on my bed after I change my clothes.
"Hey Iv" Kimani walks in going straight to her closet.
I don't respond, I'm silent just burying my face in my pillow.
"What's wrong?" She asks noticing my state.
"Just relationship issues" I sit up.
"Tell me about it, Sasha wants to go to my family's annual cookout but he's only met my sisters not the rest of my huge African family. They're gonna tear his little white ass to shreds" She groans and I start to laugh until I realize.
"Wait doesn't my family throw the cookout with yours too?" I ask and she nods.
"I completely forgot, let alone having Alex know about it, I mean I'm not taking Alex with me regardless. It's in like what? A week?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"It's the day after tomorrow Iv" What the hell.
"Alex is mad at me, I don't even have enough time to teach him the dances for when they play those stupid songs, and I didn't even tell him the family drama," I tell her and she nods in agreement.
"Wait why is Sash mad at you?" I squint.
"Because he found out about the cookout from my sister and he thinks I'm embarrassed by him so now he won't talk to me"
"But aren't you embarrassed by him? Isn't that why you didn't tell him?" Now I'm confused.
"Girl no, I'm not embarrassed by him I'm embarrassed by my family. I didn't tell him because they're gonna scare him" She tells me and I roll my eyes.
This is going to be a long two days.
A/N: gworl idk even know wtf to say