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Baby S
Chapter Twelve
Troy sighed as the front door closed behind them, his shoulders dropped immediately and he looked at her parents as well as Sharpay and Gabriella. His lip trembled a little as he drew in a shaky breath before lifting a hand to wipe the lone tear that escaped his eye. "And this is exactly why I wanted you all to wait before coming here." he whispered softly almost brokenly. Mr. McKessie looked at him for a moment and then lowered his eyes, he couldn't believe his daughter had chosen that thug over them. Shaking his head he moved over to a wall and leant against it.
"We didn't know." Troy was instantly enraged by those words and looked over at the older man with nothing but contempt burning in his glaze. Shaking his head furiously he pointed a finger at himself and spoke up.
"What do you mean you didn't know! I told you...I told you all that this is what would happen. She wasn't ready for this...and instead of listening to my gut. I allowed you guys to take over and allowed you help Darius pull her back into his grasp."
"I still can't believe she would do this to you." Sharpay replied with a shake of her head. "You told me and Gabby that she loved you...well if you ask me everything looks to be a slightly one sided." she replied with a shake of her head. "I mean for her to just turn around on you like that even after she claimed to have loved you is just-." Troy narrowed his eyes at Sharpay and shook his head.
"Watch yourself alright...don't talk about her like that okay. Darius has had five years to tell her things...things I was slowly breaking down. It's like a drug habit...any type of habit...do you really think that it would break over six months of a relationship let's be real here." he snapped out, coming quickly to Taylor's defense. He was hurt by her rejection, but unlike them he understood it. He understood beyond a shadow of a doubt why it had happened. He loved her but he wasn't a fool. Darius had been feeding her lies for five years. Darius had five years to deeply embed himself in her life and talk up every last one of Taylor's fears and doubts while at the same time playing up his part as her caring and concerned friend who only wanted what was best for her. He would have been a fool like they obviously were to believe that all of that would have been eroded after only six months of loving her like he had. He knew she needed time and example. He knew she needed him to give her example of how he was an exception, how he didn't fit the mode of men that Darius swore were around her. He needed a hell of a lot more than six months to fix the damage that five years...going on six would have caused.
"But still I would think that she would be smart enough to see that-."
"Look," Troy snapped and then paused, regardless of how he was feeling at the moment he wasn't going to stand for them attacking her. He loved her, and despite what Sharpay or anyone else believed he loved her enough for the both of them. Darius be damned, this was exactly what he wanted. He wanted them to get angry with her...and simply walk away, because at that point they would be proving him right. They would be proving his lies right, that they didn't really love her and he knew Darius was hoping that he would just walk away. "Look, I'm not going to talk ill about her and I'm not going to walk away from her. That would prove me and my love for her as weak, and that it doesn't mean anything." he paused and looked down for a moment remembering his gift that he was going to give her today. "My love for Taylor is strong and sometimes you have to love someone through everything. It may seem stupid to you the way she's acting, but guess what I can love her through it and I will. Both of us can't be weak. Both of us can't walk away. One of us is going to have to grow a spine and stand tall, both of us can't break down. For now I'll be her pillar and somewhere down the line she'll return the favor."
"You'll talking like you're married to my daughter." Mr. McKessie snapped, as he looked up at the young man who was watching him. "With all this talk of through thick and thin...loving my daughter, talking about how you can't walk away from her." Troy rubbed a hand over the back of his neck for a moment before sighing.
"I was going to ask her to marry me today...I couldn't imagine my life without her. I love Taylor with everything in me...and when she discovers today how Darius really is-."
"Wait what are you talking about...discovers today how he is, what are you talking about." Gabriella asked for Sharpay's side who after the brutal tongue lashing from Troy remained silent. Troy rubbed a hand over the back of his neck for a moment before speaking.
"Darius, likes to think of himself as smart...but he's really a money hungry ego manic...he's probably drooling over the amount of money he can make of Taylor's pain. Of that I have absolutely no doubt and he'll probably make the mistake of saying something that will clear everything up for her. Taylor that is."
"So you were planning this?"
"Hell no I wasn't," Troy replied back with a furious shake of his head as he thought about the pain and humiliation that Taylor would probably be in after finally learning the truth about the one man who had claimed to love her for five years of her life. "I wouldn't wish that pain on her or anyone else. I don't get off on that."
"Is that why you aren't packing?"
"Partly...but than again it really isn't any of your business." Troy replied coolly. He wanted to wait and see Taylor by himself. He didn't want input from her family and friends and he certainly didn't want Darius there but then again he knew that the man being the fool he was, was about to let the cat out of the bag about how he really felt towards Taylor. He also wanted to be here to comfort her. He wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything would be okay, and that no matter what he would be here for her. "Look you can all either stay or go...I...I don't really care what you do." he murmured as he turned around and headed deeper into the home. Sharpay and Gabriella turned to look at one another before walking over to him.
"Troy...are you sure you don't want us here." Troy rubbed a hand underneath his chin while continuing to walk away from them. He stopped and picked up his present that he had dropped and then spoke to them.
"I don't want you here if all you're gonna do is jump down her throat."
"How can you be so certain that Darius will do exactly what you think he will." Troy shrugged his shoulders and turned around to finally look at them. His glaze moved from Gabriella and then moved on to Sharpay.
"I'm not certain...it's just a feeling, Darius is predictable...and right now he's excited about the money he thinks he will be able to milk out of her due to our break-up and since Julius is with him I bet he can't wait to talk about his plans for her." Troy replied with a shake of his head as he entered the living room and walked over to the tree that he had Taylor had put up together earlier. He knew that Gabriella and Sharpay were watching him and he could heard the footsteps of Mr. and Mrs. McKessie coming down the hallway after them. Leaning down, he picked up the present that Taylor had gotten him and sat down heavily on the sofa. Carefully, he unwrapped the package and then settled back on the sofa and looked down into the box.
Gabriella was the first to speak, her tone held every bit of worry that she felt for Troy at the moment as she stood watching him deal with whatever Taylor had given him for a present. "Troy um what is it?" he looked up at them for a moment and then shook his head.
"Nothing...it's nothing." he stood then, after slipping the item that had come in the box into his pocket. "So, um what are you guys going to do...are you staying or going." he asked softly. He wasn't fooling anyone in the room for a moment, but they all decided that he was just finally taken over by the sadness of the moment.
She couldn't believed that she had actually walked away from him, Taylor sat at the table across from Darius and Julius and just looked down at the plate in front of her. Darius watched her silently wondering what to do. He certainly didn't want her dwelling on the likes of Troy Bolton, because he knew she would be headed back if she thought about it much longer. "I was thinking...how about for a Christmas gift I send you on a trip to a destination of your choice." he asked reaching across the table and placing a hand on top of hers. She jerked her head up and looked at him for a moment before shaking her head.
"Let's talk about this some other time, Darius I really don't want to think about this alright." He nodded his head although his eye twitched at her words. She had never acted like this before, leaning back he looked down at his plate. He had brought her here after the disaster at the house hoping to get her to forget about him. Carlos and his wife had left immediately after the confrontation, and it wasn't like he didn't blame them. If Taylor wasn't such a cash horse...he would have left her and her emotional ass alone years ago. However, he wasn't one to look a gifted horse in the mouth and turn away just because he didn't like the package. No, he was a shaper...and he had shaped her and her unflattering package into something he could stomach...something that the general populace could stomach. Right, now he wanted to get her the hell out of the area and away from Troy so that he couldn't talk his way back into her life and at the same time get her out of his pocket.
"Are you sure...after today...I think you might want some time to yourself, you know a chance to get away from everything."
"Leave her alone, Dee." Julius cut in, giving him a harsh glare as he turned to him. Darius gave him a harsh look and then leaned back in his chair. Studying his friend, oh he would have to put him in his place later on without Taylor present.
"Please don't fight guys." Taylor murmured as she finally looked up at them, they both saw the tears in her eyes as she looked at them. Darius bit his inner cheek, to keep from chuckling and crossed his arms over his chest for a moment.
"Sorry...Tay-Ann...sorry about it." he watched as she flinched at the name. Oh hell yeah, he had to get her out of here. She was shuddering at the name that he had picked out for her. She was slowly rejecting him and he could tell.
"It's...it's okay." she whispered as she lowered her glaze. They all sat there in silence for a few more minutes before she quickly jumped up from the table. "Excuse me." Darius watched her go and then turned to Julius clearly steaming. Once she was gone from sight, he spoke his voice tight with rage.
"Have you lost your fucking mind, Julius...don't you ever do that again. We need to get her ass out of here...somewhere, where she can come to terms with things and just be like she was before he came into her life."
"She loves him man...and he loves her...I can't...I can't sit by and let you-." he hardly got out the words before Darius reached out and slapped him upside the head. The people around their table turned and looked in shock as Julius slowly massaged his head. "What the hell man?"
"I don't need you turning bitch on me alright...we've made our fortune on her and we're going to continue. I don't care if you've grown a conscience...we're about making money regardless of everything else...you think I give a damn that she's crying right now...do you really think I give a damn. He was turning her back into that sorry ass book worm we met five years ago and I'm not going to stand for it. Nope, I won't stand for it." He stated proudly, Julius looked at him and wondered when he had turned into such an ass that he allowed a bastard like Darius Combs to control him. He had always been a nice guy, and probably that's where he went wrong. He had allowed Darius to talk him into allowing him to literally brainwash Taylor five years ago. At the time, he didn't really know what Darius had been talking about it. He thought he was just going to help her get over the wrong done to her by the guy that had hurt her. Then he had sat by when Darius starting feeding her the lines about being the only person who understood her, cared for her, loved her. He had stood by and allowed Darius to place himself in her life and he hadn't said a word. Troy had been right when he had spoken to him outside of the elevators back at the label. He was apart of what had happened to Taylor, he held part of the blame and therefore it was also his responsibility to tell her about Darius no matter what. He wasn't going to allow Darius to ruin her love with Troy Bolton, he could see that she was finally at peace and he wasn't going to allow Darius to ruin it for her. She deserved happiness...she deserved love, not a lifetime of making Darius money while not being able to find happiness, peace and most importantly love. He looked back over at Darius who was smirking boldly. "I'm glad we came to this understanding...now don't step out of bounds again." Julius looked at him in anger as he balled up his fist. "Why you looking like that...we both know you're not going to do anything."
Taylor stumbled into the bathroom, her eyesight blurry from tears. She quickly looked the place over and hid herself into a stall. Pulling out her phone, she quickly turned it on and was immediately greeted by a picture of her and Troy. Lowering her head into her hands, she allowed a few more tears to escape. God, she felt like she had just made the biggest mistake of her life. As she sat there she thought about Troy and how she felt. He was such a good man, and she couldn't believe that she allowed her fear and anger at her family and friends to blind her from her and his love for her. She knew that he had invited them there for her. She knew that he cared for her, she could feel it through everything that he did for her. Every touch, every kiss, every look that he sent her way with his beautiful blue eyes. "Oh God," she cried out. "Why didn't I stay and just talk to him...what's wrong with me." she whispered the last part to herself. "Oh God, what's wrong with me." Looking back down at her phone, she looked back at the picture of her and Troy and felt her stomach clench up. She loved him...she was carrying-
Taylor looked up as she heard a shout coming from outside the bathroom that sounded an awful lot like Darius. Getting, up she quickly put her things away and rushed out of the bathroom. As she opened the door she saw plenty of people standing up and looking off into the direction of where her table was. Moving quickly she stepped past them and into the room fully only to find Julius and Darius locked in a fight. She froze completely shocked at what she was seeing. She hadn't ever seen Julius get angry and Darius seemed to be just as surprised as she was at the moment. "Oh my god would you two just stop it." she cried out as she walked over carefully. Julius looked back at her and then back down at Darius who he had pent to the floor.
"Tell her." Julius snapped out. "Or I will."
"Tell me what?" Taylor cried as she looked at them both. Darius gave her look, and then looked back up into Julius' face.
"What do you want me to tell her, Jules? Huh, what exactly do you want me to tell her?" he snapped out as he looked up at the man he had pulled up with him on their ascension to money and fame. He thought that doing a deed like that for a man would have made him loyal but he had figured wrong, but than again all of this was Troy Bolton's fault as well. Bringing that white boy on his label had been his worse decision. Julius backed up a bit, and then spoke his voice cold and calm.
"How about the truth." Darius knew that if he spoke an ounce of it, that Taylor wouldn't be working for him any more. He knew that if he told her what he thought about her and what he had done to her that she would walk away, but then again he didn't have a choice. Julius was going to tell her if he didn't. At that moment, Darius looked at Taylor and decided that if he was going to lose her and the money that she would bring in that he had better get his licks in now. Oh he'd tell her the truth alright and make it hurt as much as possible.
"Where do you want me to start, Jules? How about when I decided to take an ugly ass girl and make her into a sex symbol...is that where you want to me start. Or do you want me to start off by telling the real truth that I didn't gave a damn about her or her problems...just as long as she could sing cause I knew that I could shape her into anything that I wanted. That I reveled in her pain cause it made me money. An angry sexy diva singing about sex instead of love is a gold mine." he spat out, as he looked at Taylor from where he stood, while speaking to Julius. "Is that the truth you wanted me to share with Tay-Ann...naw fuck that Taylor. Is that what you wanted her to hear?"
"You are all kinds of wrong?"
"Oh I'm wrong...why...cause I allowed her to believe in me and my love for her," he looked at Taylor and smirked. "I'm your brother...I'm the only one that cares for you, Taylor. Come on...didn't I take care of you all these years." he asked with a sickening sweetness. "Come on talk...say something. Shit, why you so silent now...you got something for me. Come on I've been mind-fucking you for five years and you're just going to stand there and be silent" he snapped out angrily. Taylor flinched at his words and looked at Julius with tears in her eyes.
"Julius is he serious?" she asked as she pressed a hand to her stomach as she felt it clench up even more in misery. Julius looked at Darius and then back at Taylor before nodding his head.
"Of course it's the truth...why do I have to make any of this up. You were that sad that pathetic." he replied sadistically.
"Darius stop it."
"No, you wanted her to the hear the truth...well let's get it all out in the open," he snapped as he lifted a hand to the corner of his mouth and wiped away the blood that had gathered on the side of his mouth. "Let's talk about...and I'm being truthful here...how she just left Troy and told him to leave. He is probably the only man who has ever really cared about you...loved you or whatever type of word you want to insert there and you," he paused and chuckled then, " and you pushed him away...alone doesn't even begin to describe you."
"Shut up"
"You left him...and why cause he invited your family and friends over because he wanted you to reconnect with them." he paused and chuckled humorlessly. "Damn, he really loved you and you treated him like that."
"Shut up." she snapped again as she took a step back.
"What you don't like hearing the truth? Let's be real here...Chad probably left you because he knew you didn't know a thing about loyalty. I mean don't you think its your fault he did what he did, after all I still find it hard for someone-." his destructive speech was ended by Julius slamming his fist back into his mouth. Darius grunted and fell back into the table behind him. The people at the table scrambled away screaming as he landed dead center on the table toppling it over as glass shattered everywhere. Julius looked at his unconscious form and then back over to Taylor who was looking quite shocked and sick.
"He'll pay for the damages." Moving over to Taylor he placed his hands on her shoulders and looked at her for a moment before speaking.
"I'm sorry I was too weak to do anything years ago." he whispered sincerely as he looked down at her. Taylor nodded her head and then blinked allowing tears to escape from her eyes. She felt her stomach clench again and gripped Julius hard as her knees buckled. Julius' eyes widened in shock as he looked her over and saw blood on the front of her jeans. Pulling her closer to him, he held her and screamed out for someone to call an ambulance.
Julius was outside the hospital room silently pacing back and forth, he had called Troy earlier and was now simply waiting for the man and her family who he hoped hadn't left yet to show up and give Taylor the support that she needed at the time. He glanced up as he heard footsteps pounding down the hallway. Troy was the first person he saw that came around the corner his face full of concern and worry. "Julius, where is she? Is she really okay?" he asked in a rush of panic as he looked at the man who stood before him, while trying his best not to ask if Darius was in there with her.
"The doctor told me that she was fine...or as fine as she could be at the moment. I stepped out to allow him to check her over."
"What happened to my daughter?" A tall black man thundered as he walked up them. Julius looked between Troy and the man, and then over their shoulders at the three young women who stood back watching with the same type of worried glances.
"Um, after we left her home...she was huh...she was upset understandably so," he paused at the narrowing of Troy's eyes. "It's not what you think okay? She was upset about leaving you, I could tell and well Darius he didn't care at all. She left the table for a moment and I told him off and we got into a fight she um...she came back out and I threaten to tell her everything, so Darius did it...in the most awful way. It tore her up...she was in tears. I think it was just to much stress...it was just to much." he replied with a shake of his head. Troy sighed for a moment before speaking his voice low and tightly controlled as if he was terrified of losing it.
"What happened to Taylor?"
"Did you know?" Julius asked instead as he looked at him for a moment, Troy stepped forward then and reached out as if to grab Julius but stopped and stepped back away from him. He lowered his hands down by his side and just shook his head.
"Look, don't answer my question with one of your own...just...just tell me what happened?" he asked again, he was already fearing the worse and blaming himself. As soon as he saw the present he should have just taken off after her. Julius moved to speak but was stopped short by the door opening and the doctor sticking his head out. He looked the men over for a moment before finally allowing his glaze to land on Troy.
"Hello, my name is Dr. Stanton...and I'm going to go ahead and assume that you're Troy." he stated in a no nonsense tone. Troy just nodded his head and the man sighed and stepped back widening the door for him. "Please come inside...she heard your voice out here and became quite upset, she wants you with her."
"What exactly is going on?" Troy asked he followed the doctor into the room. The older man looked at him and then motioned to the bed where he saw Taylor lying. She looked quite sickly, her natural beautiful brown skin was ashen. She stared at him with sad eyes, and then Troy noticed her hand on her belly. The doctor most have noticed as well and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"The baby's fine...she gave us all quite a scare, didn't you Ms. McKessie." he replied soothly. "She lost quite a bit of blood...but she and the baby are doing fine though I must admit she was under quite a bit of stress and this early in the development is always a bit touch and go no matter how healthy the mother is." Troy looked from Taylor to Dr. Stanton and then back again.
"She's fine...the baby's fine." Troy repeated his own personal joy at the statement coming through in his voice. Dr. Stanton watched him for a moment before murmuring that he would give them a few minutes alone. Once the door closed Troy, walked over to the bed as Taylor turned to look at him with tears in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry." she whimpered softly as she looked at him with a lone tear escaping her eye and rolling down her chin. He gave her a weak smile and reached out and placed his hand on top of the hand that was now over her belly. As soon as his hand touched her own, she started crying again as she leaned towards his side. Troy quickly embraced her and held her to him, while also being careful of all the wires and things attached to her. "You were right...you were right all along...oh Troy I'm so sorry I walked away. I'm so sorry." she cried softly as she clung to him weakly her tears wetting his shirt as he held on to her.
"It's already forgotten...just calm down think about the baby." he whispered back as he placed a kiss on her temple. "Calm down and think about the baby." he murmured softly as he looked down at her. "Just calm down and think about the baby." He kept repeating the same demand because he wanted to not only sooth himself but her as well.
"I could have lost it."
"But you didn't focus on that." he replied back again, Taylor just looked at him for a moment and nodded her head.
"I'm surprised you came...after the way I treated you and everything. I thought I would have to go through this by myself." Troy kissed her gently on the side of the head and held her tighter before sighing.
"I wouldn't do that to you...and I really don't think bad of you. What happened...I expected it to happen alright. Darius has had a hold on you for years...of course what he says to you would have some weight but I knew you would see through it."
"What he said was so cruel...," she looked down as tears fell from her eyes again. "It was so cruel. I never expected him to be like that...he used me, and I thought of him like he was my brother, like family and he did something like that to me." she whispered brokenly. At that moment Troy wanted to leave and go find Darius himself and make him pay for what he did, for the pain that he had caused her. The inner turmoil and self-loathing that he saw in her face. Lifting a hand to her face, he carefully wiped away her tears as Taylor closed her eyes to his touch. Then he saw her lifting slightly to move away but he quickly stilled her.
"Don't pull away from me." he whispered brokenly. "Please."
"I don't deserve you Troy...I walked away from you...with a guy who didn't give a damn about me...I thought of him as family...as my brother and the way he spoke to me." she cried as she looked at Troy brokenly. "The way he spoke to me." she choked out again, getting stressed out again. Troy moved quickly so that he was bent slightly in the chair so that he was looking at her. He placed a hand beneath her chin and looked her dead in the eyes.
"At least you know now...and not further down the line...I wanted you to know the truth, but I would have never wished this type of pain on you not now not ever." he whispered softly as he looked at his own blue eyes growing with tears. "I love you to much...to ever want you to suffer any type of pain."
"I'm just so screwed up, Troy...why do you even want me."
"Cause I love you...and let's face it. Love doesn't let you choose with your mind, it always allows the heart to pick and sometimes that leaves our mind wondering what the hell is going on." he replied with a chuckle as Taylor giggled at his anecdote. He smiled then and looked down at her before reached out with his closest hand and placing it there on her heart. "I think your heart chose me but you're fighting and well as for me. My heart chose you a long time again...and my mind...well let's just say my mind gave up on fighting months ago." she giggled again as he looked at her a few tears still escaping from her eyes. Lifting his other hand from hers, he wiped the tears up and then leant down and kissed her wet cheek. "Unless those are tears of happiness I don't want to see them." he demanded softly. "Don't allow yourself to cry anymore for a man like that...he doesn't deserve them." Taylor sniffled and shook her head for a moment, as she tried to sit up.
"These aren't for him...they're for me, cause I'm realizing now just how lucky I am to have you in my life...loving me, despite it all." Troy gave her a small smile and then bent down and kissed her quickly on the lips.
"To me that's what love is all about." he replied back softly. "If you thought for a moment after I told you that I loved you...that I could just walk away from you then you were wrong. I'll prove to you exactly how much I love you from here on out. That is if you let me."
"Troy...I don't know...I'm such a mess...and I mean with everything. I need to talk to someone about it and I just need time to figure out myself and-" Troy just shook his head and gave her a small smile.
"I'll give you that time, Taylor...I will, don't worry about that. I love you and if talking to someone if counseling is what you want and need then so be it. If you want me there I will be holding your hand and saying absolutely nothing."
"Troy."
"Look, I'm willing to give you space...romantically but seriously Taylor after this afternoon do you honestly see me just walking away from you. Aside from the fact that I love you," he stopped and rubbed her still flat stomach. "My child...you are having my child. I'm not walking away not while that is happening. I won't do it. I want to be there for every kick...I want to hold your hair back if you have morning sickness, I want to be there for every appointment and I want to be there for D-day...any else is unacceptable to me alright," he paused and pulled out a black box from his pocket. "And I'll...I'll also spend everyday trying to show you how much we fit together and how much I love and adore you."
"Troy what is that?" she asked he presented her the ring at the end of his speech. It was a small golden band with two small diamonds supporting a larger one. "Oh my God." he gave her a weak smile and then looked down at the ring itself instead of looking at her.
"I was going to ask you to marry me today." he whispered softly. "But I understand that under the circumstances that right now...you might want to focus on yourself." Taylor sniffled as she covered her mouth and looked at him.
"Oh Troy."
"No...don't worry about me," he paused for a moment and then reached into his pocket again, he pulled out a gold chain slowly slid the chain through the ring and then turned to her. "I'll wait for my answer and when you're ready to answer...just slip it on your finger and tell me you love me." he replied with a wink.
"Troy." he shook his head for a moment and stood up, with a small smile on his face. Leaning down he kissed her gently on the lips before lifting up and kissing her on the forehead.
"Your parents and friends are outside...talk to them, it been awhile," he stated with a soft smile as he paused in the doorway. "Just remember that I love you and I'm supporting you through it all."
"I know and," she paused and looked away for a moment to wipe a few stray tears from her eyes. "I know I really didn't show it today...but I love you too." He gave her a small smile and then walked out of the room. He looked at her parents, Sharpay and Gabriella. "You guys can go in and see her now...I'm sure you have a lot to talk about." He barely had finished the sentence before they all rushed in. Once he was alone with Julius the smile dropped off his face.
"I'm going to kill Darius," he snapped as he roughly dragged his hands through his hair, just thinking about the fact that his child could have died today. "He's the only driving force behind this...and you let it go on for to damn long." he finished looking over at Julius who took a few steps back.
"I-."
"I don't want to hear it...all I want to know is will you help me." Troy asked bluntly, Julius looked at him as if he had just grown two large heads. Shaking his head, he stepped back for a moment before speaking.
"Excuse me." Troy gave him a look that plainly stated that at that moment he was very much annoyed with Julius. Narrowing his eyes he stepped into Julius' face and looked down into the other man's eyes before speaking up his voice low, calm and cold.
"I'm asking you are you going to help me write the wrongs that the man you've called your friend and boss has done to that woman in there...the woman I love," he crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the other man for a moment before continuing. "It's quite simple Julius...will you or will you not help me bring down Darius Combs."