14. Ciera
Two Months Later
We were moving into the home that Juelz bought me, and I couldn’t be more excited.
I was now seven months pregnant, and I damn sure felt like I was going to burst. The babies were growing, and Juelz didn’t miss a beat.
He was at every doctor’s appointment. It was back to business as normal for him, but he stayed home more than he was away.
We were finally moving in together, and I was a little scared, but I had decided to get back with him.
After everything we had been through, I realized there wasn’t a place in this world where I felt safer than in his arms, and in his life.
I loved that man more than I could ever put into words.
No matter how many times life tried to pull us apart, my heart always found its way back to him.
Juelz was my home, my peace, and the love of my life.
When we came back from Grand Turks, I continued to stay with Zelan and Ari while we waited for everything to be ready.
Juelz stayed at his penthouse with Kari.
Of course, I spent some nights over there with them.
Watching him with Kari warmed my heart. That man was so close to his daughter now; it was like he was afraid to let her go anywhere.
After everything that happened with Kenya, I understood why.
Every chance he got, he held her a little tighter, hugged her a little longer, and reminded her just how much she meant to him.
It made me love him even more because that's the kind of father Juelz had always been.
“Hey beautiful, are you ready to go?” Juelz asked, as he walked in the room.
“Yes, I’m ready. Are we going straight there or are we picking grams up?” I asked.
“Zelan is picking her up. I can’t wait for you to see your home, now that it’s decorated,” Juelz stated as we left the house.
“For some reason, the new house seems so much bigger than your old house,” I said.
“Yes, it is bigger, I wanted you and the kids to have space,” he responded as we were riding through the streets of Hoboken.
“Where is Jeff, I’m surprised he is not driving us today,” I said looking at the new driver we had. I have never seen him before and was just curious.
“Jeff is gone on vacation with his family; he goes every year around the same time. So, I always have someone from the team drive me during the time that he is gone,” Juelz stated as he grabbed my hand to kiss it.
Ssssssskkkkkkkkkkkkrttttttttt BOOM! I felt the car jerk, and gunfire erupted the truck was swerving and another BOOM! More gunfire erupted.
“Ciera, I need you to crawl in the back. The windows are tinted and bulletproof. Cover your body with whatever you see, no matter what happens, do not get up until you think the coast is clear! Do you understand?”
“Yes Juelz, but I’m scared,” I cried out.
“I know, baby, but you have to get back there now! Ci, I love you baby!” I climbed to the back of the truck and got down low.
I covered myself with some clothes that were in a bag.
I continued to hear gunshots and they sounded closer, the driver was yelling that the tires were shot out and I was scared out of my fucking mind.
I sent up a prayer for me, Juelz, and our babies.
I heard commotion because the truck was no longer moving, gunshots were still going, and it sounded as if Juelz and the driver were shooting as well.
“Fucccckkkkk,” I heard Juelz yell out. The door had to be open because I heard men yelling with Spanish accents.
“Zelan is going to kill Javier, you pussy ass bitch!” Juelz yelled out, and minutes later, I heard tires screeching.
I waited for what seemed like hours, and I heard police sirens, and I lifted up a little to see if I could see Juelz.
Looking out of the window as police cars were coming from everywhere, I didn’t see Juelz at all.
I jumped up and crawled across the seat as a police officer ran up with his gun drawn on me.
“Ma’am, are you hurt?” He asked as he put his gun away to help me out of the truck.
“Juellllllllzzzzzz,” I screamed as I looked around and didn’t see him.
When I looked in front of the car, I saw our driver on the ground, dead.
There were so many bodies on the ground, noticing some of them as Juelz security team.
They were all dead, and my man was gone.
Everything started looking blurry, and then it went black.
I heard talking and beeping sounds, I tried to open my eyes and when I finally got them open.
I saw Zelan, Meek, Ari, Grams, and Ms. Simone standing around talking.
“What happened, why am I here?” I asked out loud. Everyone turned at the sound of my voice.
“Ciera, oh my god, I’m so glad you’re alright,” Ari yelled as she walked up to the bed. “Baby, are you okay?” Grams asked. Looking around at everyone, they had these somber looks on their faces. I knew something was wrong, and I needed my man. I wanted to know where he was.
“Juelz, where is Juelz?” I cried.
“Ci, I was hoping you would be able to shed some light on that for me?” Zelan said as he walked up to the bed.
“Are my babies okay?” I screamed, as I began to touch my stomach.
“The babies are fine Ci, tell me what happened?” Zelan responded.
“We were on our way to the new house, and about five minutes into the ride, something hit the truck. It scared me, and Juelz was looking around. The driver yelled that the tires were shot out. Juelz made me crawl to the back of the truck, there was a lot of gunfire. Juelz and the driver were shooting back and then I heard Juelz yell Zelan is going to kill Javier, and screeching tires minutes later. After that the police showed up, I don’t remember anything else.
Zelan what happened to Juelz?” I asked with a face full of tears.
“Ci, Juelz was taken I don’t know the severity of it all.
But I have an idea of who has him, and I promise you I’m going to get him.
I’m going to kill every muthafucka that touched my brother,” Zelan yelled and got up and walked out the room.
Meek and Grams walked out behind him, and Ari was still holding my hand.
A knock came at the door and the doctor walked into the room.
“Welcome back Ms. Voss,” the doctor said.
“Hello,” I sighed. “Can you tell me what happened and how long I'm going to be here? Are my babies ok?” I asked.
“It seems as if you got a little stressed out and fainted. The babies are doing fine. I just need you to remain calm and stress free. I’m going to get your paperwork together and you will be free to leave.
Some police detectives would like to ask you some questions.
I nodded, and the doctor left the room, and Grams was walking back in.
“Ciera, we ain’t no damn snitches. Whatever they ask you, you don’t fucking know!
Me and Zelan gon’ handle this shit. You got it, play dumb as hell and being as though it’s you that's not hard to do. If I see yo ass about to start talking, I promise you, I’ma knock yo pregnant ass back out!
” Grams said, and the police knocked on the door.
“Hello, Ms. Voss, I’m Detective Avery, and this is Detective Shaw. We would like to ask you a few questions about the scene you’re were found at.
“Alright, what can I help you with?” I responded.
“Can you tell us what happened?” The detective asked, it seems that there was a massive shoot out. Can you give us your take on what happened out there?” He asked.
I gave him the rundown but told him I don’t know who was shooting at us or who took Juelz.
Grams told the detectives I needed to rest, and they advised me that they would be in touch if they had any more questions.
I’m glad they were releasing me, I needed to be home so that we could find my children’s father.
I pray that he is safe, I don’t know what I will do if anything happens to him.
DAMN! We just got back on track and now this shit.