Theodore III

***Present Day***

"Bitch wake the fuck up!"

I jolted out of my sleep and looked at Nicole, who was standing over me with a bucket of water in her hands. The water had smoke coming off of the top, so I couldn't tell if it was steam from the heat or frost from the coolness of the water. Luckily, she didn't throw it on me though. I was awake enough, especially after that last dream of being killed by the police.

I wanted to wake up, long before seeing myself get killed. I wanted to wake up when I saw myself killing Mama, or when I killed my Dad, even down to Grandpa killing my Dad. I know I've done a lot of crazy things in the past, but that was too gruesome for me but I couldn't wake up though. It's like I didn't have control over my body, so I don't know how long I've been out or why I was asleep for so long. It felt like I was asleep for years on end, and the tragic story of my life I was witnessing wasn't coming to an end until somebody woke me up out of my sleep. As much as I hate Nicole for everything she's done to me and Princess, I'm glad she woke me up before the dream continued.

I squinted my eyes and looked around the unfamiliar room. This has to be Cashmere's house since that's the last place I remember going to before Cashmere nearly choked me to death. I tried to move my arms so I could sit up in bed but I couldn't. I slightly turned around and looked behind myself at the ropes that were keeping my hands and feet tied to the ends of the bed so I couldn't go anywhere.

Fuck. This is just great. Now I'm stuck here with Nicole and whatever tricks she has up her sleeve. I swear, if she wasn't Princess' mother, she would've been killed a long time ago just like in my dream. But this time, I didn't want Aubrey and Jazmine to kill her, I wanted to kill this dumb broad myself.

"I hope you like the set up," Nicole smiled as she circled the bed I was in, still with the bucket of water in her hands. "I thought it was pretty nice for the love we made last night. I'm so glad you let me take control of you and be on top all night. It was truly a night to remember and I'll be sure to tell all of our future children the truth about how their Daddy got me pregnant for the second time."

I scrunched up my face. "W-What the fuck are you even talking about?" I asked as I cleared my throat. My mouth was hoarse and sore from being shut from so long, so it kind of hurt to talk since it was so dry. "What did you do to me?"

I'm more than sure I was out for awhile but I don't remember having sex with her. I definitely would've remembered if I had sex with her, because that would've been some time back in high school. Nicole was nasty back in high school but she's even worse now because I know she's sleeping around to make ends meet since I'm not supporting her anymore. I know she doesn't go to work since I stopped getting child support from her. I wouldn't touch Nicole with a ten foot pole.

See, back in high school, I was young, dumb, naive, and completely blind to what a good woman was because Nicole shouldn't have even been an option for me. Because looking back on my decisions now, I shouldn't have been dealing with her. I should've listened to Lindsey when she told me to stop messing around with her.

Nicole smirked. "Oh, nothing you didn't want to do."

"Which is?"

"We made sweet, sweet love last night."

I scrunched up my face. "How is that even possible? I was clearly knocked out."

"Oh, it's nothing to get you hard baby. You stayed hard the entire time I was on top of you. I think I rode you for a good hour, just to ensure you got me pregnant," she giggled but I didn't find being taken advantage of funny. Now I see how violated Lindsey felt when this same thing happened to her. "So, don't be surprised in 9 months when we have another bundle of joy."

"You'll be having that bundle of joy in a hospital ward in a prison when I'm done with you bitch," I spat. "I was hard because getting hard is involuntary. You think I can control that shit when I'm knocked out? You better believe, I can control it when I'm conscious. I'd never fuck you raw again."

She smirked. "Too bad, you did it last night and this morning. I'm gonna take this baby away from you like I'm gonna do to Princess. When I'm done with your ass, you'll be paying me child support for all of the children you got me pregnant with."

"You wish," I spat. "I'd never get you pregnant again. Princess was enough, you dirty, slimy whore."

Nicole laughed. "You know, that's no way to talk to the person that's in control of your life right now," she said as she stepped closer to me. By now,s he was standing on the side of the bed right beside me, dangling the bucket of water over me. Still, I didn't know if the water was hot or cold but if it was as hot as it looked, there's no way I'm going to be able to survive. "I should just dump this water all over you."

"And why would you do that? You're gonna run the risk of us not getting back together. Who's gonna be there to take care of you and the kids if you kill me off? Shit. If you kill me, I already know my family's gonna be after you and they're gonna kill you. So, who's going to be there to take care of the kids with both of their parents gone?" I asked her. "You gotta think like you were born with a brain Nicole."

She frowned. "I am. My brain is what got you in this bed in the first place! What?" she chuckled. "You think Cashmere's the brains behind this whole thing? News flash, I was the one who came up with this and Cashmere was just the front man in my entire scheme. That's why I couldn't kill him."

I scrunched up my face. "What the fuck do you mean you couldn't kill him?" I asked her.

When I broke into his house looking for Princess, he attacked me. His greasy ass almost took me down until Nicole shot him. I heard him shoot at him but I couldn't see it. As close as she was standing, I just assumed she killed him.

She slightly shrugged her shoulders. "I didn't kill him, because whether you realize it or not, he's in love with your sister. He didn't want anything to happen to her or the rest of y'all's family."

"So why did he beat my ass then?"

"Because you broke into his house, plus he wanted to rough you up a little bit," she laughed, "but he didn't want to kill you. He just wanted you to know that you can't always belittle him like you do to everybody. You treat everybody like they're beneath you because you got a little money. We're not below you. And eventually, that little bit of money you got is gonna run out."

I shook my head. My money isn't going to run out as long as I'm investing it properly. "Alright, whatever you say. I don't think you're below me," I said, just to feed her ego so she could let me out of here but I knew I was better than her. Nicole ain't shit and neither was I back in high school for even raw dogging this hoe. "Actually, I think you've grown the past few years and really matured."

She took a deep breath. "I know, I've been working on myself. I've been waiting on you to notice so I can get custody of Princess."

She must be out of her mind if she thinks I'm going to let her get custody of Princess. Just a few months ago, she couldn't even watch Princess without doing something stupid, so why would the courts give her full custody of an actual child? I knew I'd never give her full custody but I had to kiss her ass if I wanted to get out of here and I know exactly what to say to convince her to let me go. "You know, if you keep up with this good behavior then the courts might let you see Princess. But I don't even think we should go through the courts. I've seen a change in you so I can let you see Princess, you know, go back to our old schedule when you used to watch her at night while I went to work."

"Would I still be in my old condo then?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "Only if you want to be but I'm thinking you can be around Princess full time."

"How so?" she asked, finally lowering the bucket of water and putting it on the floor beside the bed.

"How about you move in with me and my family? That way, we won't have to go through the courts and you don't have to pay child support. You can just be around Princess 24/7. I know the two of us don't get along too well but I think we can just manage our relationship around Princess and be cordial. I really want Princess to grow up with two parents around. So, what do you say?"

She took a deep breath. "W-Wow. I-I don't know what to say. I'm actually kind of shocked you just said that to me. I thought you hated me for years."

Hell yeah I hate you, is what I wanted to say but I didn't. I'll tell her I hate her once I get out of here. "Nah, of course not. How could I hate you? You gave me the best thing in my life, so I could never hate you. I might not like some of the things you do, just like how you don't like some of the things I do but we don't have to hate each other. We never hated each other back in high school when we were smashing, so why should we hate each other now?"

"Because we aren't smashing now," she laughed. "There's so much sexual tension between the two of us. I probably shouldn't have taken advantage of you while you were knocked out but I couldn't help myself. You were so addicting back in high school and you look even better now baby. I just wanna be close to you again...for Princess. She needs to see her parents together."

"I agree," I smiled. Leave it to Nicole to justify her taking advantage of me while I'm knocked out as a means for us being together for Princess. It's bullshit. "You know, I noticed the sexual tension too. I thought it was just me so I never said anything. I should've said something sooner because we could've avoided all of the fights and arguments. You know I care about you a lot Nicole. Gimmie a kiss girl."

The smile on Nicole's face widened as she leaned forward to kiss me. I flinched a little when I felt her press her dry lips against mine because I felt throw up threatening to spew out of my mouth. I felt like I was kissing all of Georgia with my lips on hers right now. i honestly felt disgusting but I knew I had to play the role if I really wanted to get out of here, so I kissed her back and tried to pull away so the kiss would be quick but she grabbed the back of my head and held me down so we could tongue kiss. She had her long, slimy tongue sliding in and out of my mouth. At this point, I was swallowing the throw up that was brewing in the back of my throat. She quickly pulled away from me.

"Why does your breath taste like that?"

She must have tasted the throw up that I didn't swallow down quickly enough. "Like what?" I asked, confused.

"L-Like throw up," she scrunched up her face.

"Well, I have been tied up here for God knows how long. My mouth has been closed and I haven't been able to brush my teeth, so of course my breath tastes like all kinds of ass. It would be nice if I could brush my teeth though."

She slightly smiled. "You're right, I didn't even think about that. Hold on. I'll see if I can get you a toothbrush."

Without any hesitation, Nicole jumped off of the bed and raced out of the room to find me a toothbrush. Shit. Maybe I can get myself out of these ropes by the time she gets back. I know I'll only have a few seconds so I have to work quickly. I looked over at my right hand that was tied up. This rope wasn't as tight as the others so I twisted and turned my wrist around the rope, trying to loosen the knot but it wasn't budging. This shit looks easier on TV than it is now. Nonetheless, I still continued twisting my wrist around in the rope to let my hands free as I listened to Nicole ramble around in the bathroom for a toothbrush.

"Come on," I whispered, jerking my wrist forward but it didn't do anything but roughly rub against my wrist. My wrist wasn't bleeding but it was in pain. It felt like one of those Indian burns we used to do to each other when we were kids, but the pain was like ten times worse than that.

"I found one!" Nicole yelled from the bathroom and I immediately laid back down in the bed.

I don't want her to think I don't want to be with her so I laid still as if I had been waiting on her when she walked inside of the room, carrying a toothbrush and toothpaste.

"Where am I gonna spit?" I asked as she put toothpaste on to the toothbrush.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I guess you can swallow it."

"That's nasty," I scrunched up my face. "At least let me go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and take a leak, damn. I'm about to piss on myself Nicole and I don't think you wanna be cleaning up after me. I'm a grown man and a lot of pee comes out of me. I'm not like Princess when she was younger, so I suggest you let me go to the bathroom before I make a bigger mess for the two of us baby."

I had to throw in that 'baby' at the end or else Nicole wouldn't have went for it. Her smile grew even more as she leaned over to untie the ropes. "Alright but you can't run away if I let you go. It took a lot to drag you up the steps and I can't do it again. Please don't make this any harder on the two of us."

"Of course. I'd never run away from you baby."

"I figured you'd say that but I'm only letting you go under one condition."

"What's up?"

"I want some head right now."

I'm more than positive I would've thrown up if I even came near that fish tank she's calling a coochie, but I knew I needed to play along so I nodded my head. "Of course. Anything for you baby but I don't think you want me eating you out with my breath smelling like this. I'mma just brush my teeth and pee, and then we can go at it for as long as you want. A'ight?"

She nodded her head. "Cool. If it means anything, your clothes are at the end of the bed. Even though I'm sure you're not going to need think since we're gonna be up all night making more sweet, sweet love with each other."

Hesitantly, Nicole untied all of the ropes on my body and I finally felt free. I wanted to run out of here at top speed but I didn't need water being thrown at me and I don't know what she might be packing on her. I remember coming over here with a gun and I don't see it now, so she must have it. I have to play it cool if I'm trying to get out of here alive and with my clothes on. I have to keep kissing her ass.

"Alright, give me a second to freshen up but help me out of the bed baby." She reached across me and helped pull my weak body off of the bed. "How long was I laying there?"

"A little over 24 hours. You were unconscious for awhile. I guess me riding your face this morning finally woke you up."

I swallowed down more throw up as I smiled. That must be why my face is so itchy now. She must have infected me with something. "Yeah, that must be it beautiful."

Nicole helped me out of bed and walked me over to my pile of clothes that laid at the foot of the bed. She bent down and started helping me pull my clothes up since I was completely nude, thanks to her. Her hands purposely brushed against my limp manhood, I guess to get me excited for what she thought was about to happen between the two of us but there's no way she's going to get me hard. She's been butter ball naked since I woke up and I'm still not hard because I'm not attracted to her or what she's offering me.

Before I could even fully pull my pants up, she slid her hand down my abs and started stroking me. I guess she thought she was doing something because my d*ck was jumping in her hands but I was doing it on purpose. My manhood is a muscle so it can do anything I make it do, including jump for this fool that really thinks I'm attracted to her.

"Ohhh, you're getting so hard baby," she smiled but I don't know what she was talking about. I was as limp as cooked noodles.

I chuckled as I pushed her away from me. "I'm getting hard 'cause of you baby but let's save the excitement for when I get cleaned up. I want you to get on the bed for me though. Get in position."

She smirked. "Which one?"

"I've really been into S&M lately. I wanna tie you up on the bed and just fuck you relentlessly. I've never been able to find a chick that can go as long as I have, but since you were my first, I wanted to try it out with you. I know you'll be able to handle me. Right?"

"Of course," she smiled widely.

"Alright, go get on the bed baby so I can tie you up."

"Don't try no stupid shit on me Theodore. I'm not playing with you," she said as she walked over to my bed. I took a deep breath, knowing I'll regret this letter, but I leaned to the side and smacked her ass. I wanted to show her that I was serious about her. "You're so nasty," she laughed as she climbed on to the bed in the position I was previously in so I could tie her up. She laid back on the bed and I first tied her legs up to the body poles on the bed. "Whoa, those are a little tight baby."

I smirked. "Oh, don't worry about it. They'll loosen up the longer I fuck you. Your hands will slip right out of them within 10 minutes if I'm fucking you hard enough," I laughed as I eyed her keys on the nightstand beside me. I planned on going out of the bathroom and sneaking out of the window, but with her tied up and her keys right in plain sight, I won't need to run. I can casually walk out of here with her keys in my hand. "You ready for that?"

"Of course," she smirked as she watched me tightly tie up her arms.

Nicole's really dumb to let me tie her up like this, especially after she had kidnapped me and tied me up the exact same way. If she's going to be a criminal, she's gonna need to use the small brain she has and think more wisely. Her first mistake was untying me because now I have the upper hand on her. Once her entire body was tied and double knotted around the ropes, I leaned down to her ear.

"You made your first mistake when you untied me bitch," I whispered.

"H-Huh?"

"You fucking heard me! You know I don't fuck with you like that Nicole and you're stupid to think I ever would, especially after everything you've done to me and my daughter. I hope you have a good life here trying to get out of these ropes."

I snatched her keys off of the nightstand and darted out of the room as she screamed and yelled for me to come back. Downstairs wasn't a massacre like I thought it would be but I could still hear Nicole banging up against the headboard to be released from the ropes. As tight as I tied those knots, she won't be getting out any time soon.

Downstairs, was a different story though. I figured there would be blood from Cashmere and blood and body parts from Dylan's body but it wasn't. I was confused when I saw Cashmere, Dylan, and Tee Tee sitting on the couch in the living room casually watching TV as if I wasn't being held captive downstairs.

"I-I thought y'all were dead," I spoke up, tetting their attention.

I could've swore I killed Tee Tee when I went to her apartment, or was I dreaming? No. I couldn't have been dreaming. I remember running out of my house and going over to Tee Tee's place. She was there crying like a fool because Nicole stole her baby. I remember choking her and popping the blisters on her neck from where she claimed Nicole threw boiling hot soup on her. And when I got here that same night, Dylan's body parts were laying on the floor.

"Oh, you didn't kill me sweetie," Tee Tee smiled. "Baby, you'll never be able to get rid of me. Maybe you dreamed you did but you did come over my apartment last night acting a damn fool. You almost choked me half to death but you didn't kill me. You even pulled a gun on me but didn't have the balls to kill your first love. You did leave love marks around my neck."

I scrunched up my face as she pushed the collar of her shirt to the side so I could see the bruises I left around her neck from where I was chocking her. Maybe I was dreaming when I thought I shot her, but I'm more than positive I saw Dylan's body parts lying on the dining room floor. "What about Dylan? I saw his body parts ly--"

"Fake," Cashmere cut me off. "Look nigga, don't none of us have anything out for you, we're just tired of you disrespecting us. I knew putting fake doll parts on the ground would scare you and make you lose your focus so I could attack you."

My eyes widened. "But you almost killed me!"

"Scared you, didn't it?" Cashmere laughed but I shook my head.

"Hell yeah. I don't know why y'all tryna scare me when y'all could've just been real with me from the beginning."

Tee Tee scoffed. "As if you'd listen. You don't care about anything unless you're the main topic. If I even tried coming near you or Aubrey, both of you would start talking about me being a prostitute in the past when you never even gave me a chance to explain myself in high school. You completely turned your back on me and you and Aubrey humiliated me."

"Just because the story didn't come from out of your mouth, doesn't mean I don't know what you've been through. I know your mother was pimping you out to Mr. Curry and I felt bad about that years later. But I didn't feel bad about you messing around with two of my cousins and then pinning Willie's baby on me as if I got you pregnant. You lied about loving me and you lied about about being a virgin Tee Tee. I didn't break up with you because of what your mother was doing to you. I would've stayed with you if you had just been real. I broke up with you because you were a liar and a thief. You stole the gold chain my Grandma gave me for my birthday from out of my bedroom. I don't trust you."

She slightly shrugged her shoulders. "Well, that's understandable but I've changed. You've never given me a chance, because just like you changed, so did I."

"You and Nicole came into my club and you shot me."

"Daniel shot me!"

"You deserved it for starting with me and my employee. Look Tee Tee, any type of friendship we had is through. I'll attempt to be cordial with you but the two of us have been through too much shit to ever be friends again."

"So, being cordial means not outing me for what happened to me in the past whenever we're out in public. I can respect you if you can respect me."

"I can do that as long as you don't go pulling a gun on me, popping up at any of my clubs because you and Nicole are banned from any venue I own for as long as the both of you are alive, or harassing me and my family. I've stayed away from y'all long enough, but I'm about tired of y'all."

"The feeling is definitely mutual," Tee Tee rolled her eyes.

"What about me?" Cashmere spoke up.

"Don't ever put your hands on me, ever again nigga. You know I don't play that shit, especially since you're working for me. You're not like Tee Tee and Nicole, Cashmere. I'm giving them chances because they're family and I'm trying not to kill the two of them but you're different. You work for me."

"I can quit."

"Then walk away."

Cashmere chuckled. "Nigga, you know I'm playing. I need that money," he said in hit TiTi from Set it Off voice. "I'm tryna make shit right with the family, especially your sister, so I'm gonna work for you but I need you to show me some more respect too. I know I work with you and our relationship is different but we can't work together if we can't respect each other. I respect you for running King's business and taking care of your family but none of the guys will be willing to do anything for you if you keep treating us like shit. You can't just shoot me in the arm, your sister can't throw hot grease on me, and you can't talk to us like we don't mean shit and still expect us to respect you. I'm a person too."

I sucked my teeth. "You on some bullshit Cash." Part of me knew I should've respected him more but how can I when he treats my sister like shit and talks to me any kind of way? I can't take him seriously because he's a joke and he does clownish things. "I'll try to respect you more but you need to respect me, my business, most importantly my sister."

"THEODORE!" Nicole screamed from upstairs as Tee Tee scrunched up her face.

"What the hell did you do to my sister?"

"Nothing. She's just a little tied up but I didn't do shit," I said as I felt the keys in my hands. "I'm about to go though. Don't tell Nicole to look for me."

Before the two of them could even comprehend what I was saying, I raced out of Cashmere's house and hopped right into Nicole's car that was sitting in the driveway but I stopped myself before I did. I looked out at the street and saw my car sitting in front of the house. I frowned. I don't even remember driving over here. That was a blur. I patted the pockets of my pants and smiled when I felt my keys in my pocket, so I walked over to my car and climbed inside with Nicole's keys still in my hands. I don't care if I'm not taking her car, I'm going to take her keys so she can't go anywhere, just like how I couldn't go anywhere when she had me tied up.

I pulled off as quickly as I could from Cashmere's house and made my way across town to my house. I didn't have my phone, so I couldn't tell my family I was all right. I just hope they haven't completely flipped out now that I'm gone.

"Shit," I mumbled, thinking about the real reason why I got kidnapped.

I was out looking for Princess last night. In my dream, I remembered Aubrey and Jazmine taking her so that's where I'm going before I even go home. I need to find my daughter before I do anything else. She might not even be over there. My dream might not even be the truth but it doesn't hurt to try what I dreamed of.

Aubrey and Jazmine didn't live too far away from Cashmere, only a good 20 minutes, so I was over their house within no time. I took a deep breath when I saw both of their cars parked outside of their house. Good. They're home. I pulled my car in behind theirs in the driveway and climbed out of my car.

My heart was pounding as I banged on the front door. I really hope my dream was right and she's actually here, because if she's not, then I don't know where the hell to look for her. Tee Tee, Nicole, and Cashmere don't have her, none of my family has her, and she's not at my house, so this is the only other place she could be.

"Shit," I mumbled.

Unless my dream was right and Adonis and Danity are trying to take control of my empire. If that's the case, then they could have her. But as long as I was knocked out, there's no telling what's happened to her within all of this time. Damn. I really hope they didn't do anything to hurt my baby girl.

"Open the fuckin' door!" I yelled as I banged on the door harder. I know they're in here. Their cars are parked right outside so they're in here. I banged on the door again since they weren't coming quickly enough. "Come on, y'all! Stop playing around Aubrey!"

Seconds later, the door swung open, revealing Adonis who was covered in blood with a smile on his face. "You're right on time little cousin," he smirked.

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How was this chapter? Did y'all really think I was about to kill off ALL my characters? lmao Y'all should know me better than that. With everybody alive, who's to say there can't be another book? lol But how did you guys feel about Theodore dreaming all of that up? Was he wrong to trick Nicole into letting him go? Are Tee Tee and Cashmere lying about not having anything against him, only wanting to be cordial? Should Theodore sit down with Tee Tee and talk to her about what happened to them in high school? What is Adonis up to? Does he have Princess?