Last Train For Paris

by Ebony Garris

  Jihad exited his flight and made his way out to meet Sean. He didn’t even bother trying to track down his luggage or switch it over from his previous flight. He was ready to get to work. Sean picked Jihad up and the two went to a little coffee shop to discuss the details of the master plan. Jihad told Sean the plan would work best when Miles was alone and not with anyone else. Sean told Jihad that he would be meeting with Miles personally for dinner next Tuesday and it would just be them. Jihad thought the opportunity would be perfect. Knowing Miles he would drive himself to dinner because shortly after he would probably be going home and in those cases normally didn’t use his driver. Miles was the type of man to floss when eyes were watching and since Sean wasn’t super major he wouldn’t be putting on a show. Jihad explained to Sean that he would follow Miles until they reached a point where no one was visible and proceed with the assassination from there. Sean was all for it and was impressed by how professional Jihad was. He knew Miles ins and outs almost as if he knew him for years. Jihad explained Miles’ day to day patterns and revealed that he had done extensive research on him for this special case. Little did Sean know Jihad knew Miles ins and outs because the two had actually known each other for years. After the plan was set in motion and Sean gave the down deposit to get the job started Jihad left to go buy the equipment he would need to get the job done. Paris and Miles made their way to their NYC home and got settled in after a grueling day of appearances and radio air spots promoting Paris’ upcoming album. After showering Miles informed Paris he had a meeting with Sean tomorrow night and Paris was happy she wouldn’t be around so that she wouldn’t have to go with him. That would just be more stress than she could handle. After finding out she was pregnant Paris was trying weign herself off coke but going cold turkey came at a major price. She was cutting her use down but couldn’t kick it completely. She didn’t want to harm the unborn baby but like the Price of Fame the coke was taking its toll on her and she felt herself getting lost in between it all. If you asked Paris who was the person she looked at in the mirror everyday she wouldn’t be able to tell you. Sad but true. She took a line quickly in the bathroom and headed out to meet Kim at Serafinia’s. Hopefully this talk would help to clear her mind and put things into perspective.

  Kim sat at a table off to the left so that Paris could see her as soon as she walked in. As Kim sat in anticipation she thought about how bad she felt for Paris. Being pregnant at this point in her career was either a hit or miss depending on how she bounced back. If anything she would need some sound advice on how to handle this situation career wise. She remembered having this exact talk with Tammy right before she left for St. Barts. She missed her dear friend and truly wanted to get to the bottom of how she disappeared. Hopefully this talk with Paris would give her some answers. Paris entered the restaurant and immediately saw Kim waiting for her. The two women embraced and hugged one another. Kim and Paris had small talk for a while and finally Kim broke the ice. “So Paris have you given any thought to how you’ll tell Miles, you know he isn’t too fond of children.” Kim said to feel out Paris’ expression. “Girl I’ve been contemplating on how to do that for the past week or so, I just don’t know, aside from the business aspect I think he would be happy with us getting married it would be great timing publically for us to come out with everything.” Paris said shoving a piece of chicken into her mouth, her appetite and increased significantly in the past weeks. “Well I ask that because your former stylist Tammy strong was pregnant with his child and he didn’t take it too well.” Kim said waiting to see Paris reaction to the new information. Paris had never heard anything of Tamara and all she did know was what she overheard from Golden Boy employee chit chat or from Kim. “I never knew of her and I damn sure didn’t know her and Miles were expecting.” Paris said feeling betrayed that Miles never told her about this. The more she thought about it she begin to put two and two together. From her first trip in LA she saw the manila folder that had the sonogram in it but she never heard Tamyra’s name before until later on. “Well, what happened?” Paris asked Kim wanting to know the whole truth and nothing but. Kim looked at Paris and could tell from the look in her face and the tear ducts building up in her eyes that this was the first time she heard of this situation. She also could tell that Paris was hurt because this was the first time she could say that Miles had lied. If only she knew Kim thought to herself. “Well I can tell you everything but are you sure you’re ready.” Kim asked. “I need to know everything now.” Paris replied ready to get to the bottom of what she knew was something terrible.

  Chapter 17

  Who Can I Run To?

  Miles was excited about meeting Sean and was anticipating giving him an offer he could not refuse. Miles just hoped he was worth it. There was a lot of hype around his name and from what he heard on mixtapes Sean was a great lyricist. He just hoped he lived up the hype you could never be too sure. Miles quickly valet parked his Aston Martin as normal. He made his way into Nello’s and saw that Sean was there front row center waiting on him.

  Whiles Miles was out to dinner with Sean Paris decided to take some time out to herself. After finding out that Miles had a serious relationship with Tamara shortly before she came into the picture and that Tamara was pregnant she didn’t know what to think. Was she still pregnant? Where did she disappear to? Why didn’t Miles tell her? There were way too many questions going on in Paris mind and she couldn’t even think. She had to figure out how to confront Miles about these allegations so he wouldn’t feel attacked yet she needed to be stern enough to get some answers. After calling around to a couple people that she came into contact with at parties and close industry circles she got the MO on Tamara Strong and just as Kim said she was involved with Miles and was indeed a stylist for Golden Boy artists. Kim revealed that she had been searching for Tammy since she left for St. Barts and never returned but reports circulated that she was dead. Paris decided she needed to get answers and decided to help Kim figure this thing out. Kim was more than happy to get some help and even befriended Paris. At the end of the day finding out what happened to Tammy was all Kim wanted and if Paris could help her do that she was on board. Miles wrapped up his meeting with Sean feeling successful as he opened his car door he was ecstatic. He seemed really interested and happy about making the move to Golden Boy. Miles got into his car and made his way home, he was sure Paris would be happy to hear about her hometown friend being closer. As he parked he went to the trunk to get his briefcase. He found more than that when Jihad jumped out with a .32 millimeter steel barrow and shoved it to the back of his throat. “I need to know where Tammy is now or else I will splatter your mutherfuckin brains on the concrete.” Jihad said feeling slight revenge just from seeing Miles nearly shit his pants. Miles was speechless he had nowhere to run nowhere to go. Shit… Jihad told Miles to get in the trunk and stuck a motion censor to his body. The equipment allowed Jihad to track Miles ever move in case he tried to get crafty on their ride to the location.

  Meanwhile Sean made his way to Miles and Paris home. He knew that Jihad was handling Miles by now and it was perfect timing for him to scoop Paris up and talk about where they stood. He knew she would change with Miles being out of the picture. The knock on the door alarmed Kim and Paris who were sitting in the living room trying to piece things together. Paris went to open the door and was startled to see Sean. “What the hell are you doing here Sean I have nothing to say to you Paris said as she opened the door. Sean walked in and was surprised to see Kim there. The two of them had talked briefly about Paris and Miles relationship and feed each other information. Kim would tell Sean about Miles sneaky caniving ways while Sean would tell Kim about Paris. The two had been using each other for info but never knew what the other was using it for until now. “Hey Sean what are you doing here?” Kim also asked. Paris was completely confused, how did Kim and Sean know each other and more importantly why the hell was he here. “Hey.” Sean responded not knowing which woman to answer first. “Well Paris
I’m here because I need to talk to you about Miles.” Paris and Kim were all ears. Kim filled Paris in on how her and Sean met at her kick off party a couple months back after her opening performance introducing her to the music execs. After the two caught up on how they all were connected Sean proceeded to tell Paris just how much he loved her. Paris was still unmoved. Sean was heartbroken, he realized that no matter what he did Paris was no longer interested in him. Hell he had the man who was taking his place killed and she still didn’t want him. He felt helpless and pathetic that he stooped so low for a woman. “Well just so you know Paris the man you are deeply in love with will be dead in a matter of hours.” Sean said getting up to walk out the door. Both Paris and Kim screamed “NO.” “Listen Sean we have a lot of information that we need from Miles he could be the prime suspect in a murder case with one of my friends, it’s imperative that you take us to him and give us whatever information you have on him before it’s too late.” Kim said her voice trembling as she fought back tears. Kim filled Sean in on Tammy’s murder and he wasn’t sympathetic to the fact that Miles needed to rot in hell but wanted to help Kim take him down for any role he played in killing an innocent woman. Time was running out and Sean had no idea where Jihad was killing Miles at but he did know part of the plan was to follow Miles so if they could track Miles car they could find out where they were going. Sean grabbed both ladies as they made their way to NYPD, it was about time they started thinking smart and tactical, something neither of them did this whole time. Time was of the essence.

  Chapter 18

  No Time

  Miles was thrown into what smelt like a urinal that hadn’t been cleaned for weeks. It was damp and cold. He had finally gotten himself into a situation that his fame wouldn’t be able to get him out of. Between his money and his fame he believed there was nothing in the world that could take him, he was sadly mistaken here. Jihad hit the side of Miles jaw with the butt of the gun knocking out what seemed to be two teeth. “Now I need to know where the fuck Tamara is, I know you hired another hitman to take both of us out and they have her.” Jihad said. “If you kill me you’ll never find her and where would that leave you? The assassin is waiting for my call to go ahead and kill the bitch.” Miles said as Jihad kicked the shit out of the other side of his jaw damn near knocking him out. “Watch your mouth the only bitch I see in the room is your ass, who the fuck hires men to do boys work?” Jihad continued “Get yourself together call your man and tell him to hold off.” As jihad looked in Miles phone he was instructed to dial a number to put him in contact with the hitman. “Hey Raul hold off on killing off Tammy I want to personally see this take place myself and I’m on the way.” Miles said hanging up the phone and following Jihads instructions. Just that quick they were on their way and Jihads heart began to race as he thought about being reunited with the love of his life.

  After explaining to the NYPD about Tammy’s disappearance and Miles being a suspect in her killing the police got their task force on it and tracked down Miles license plate which led them to a location in South Jersey. Kim Paris and Sean followed behind the NYPD. They had specific instructions to let them handle it but the three of them planned on staking out to make sure things were handled. The NYPD was there to simply finish off the plan. Once they pulled up Paris and Kim immediately spotted Miles Aston Martin. Paris saw an unknown man exit the car and go to the passenger side. Jihad went around to get Miles out they had an agreement that Miles would lead to not cause suspicion and Jihad would bumrush whoever the door man was shortly after he opened the door. With a 32 milli pressed in his spine Miles had no choice but to comply. This big burly white Italian dude answered the door and yelled down to Raul to let him know who was here. As the guard looked behind to alert Raul that Miles was coming downstairs Jihad hit him with a bullet to the dome. The silencer on his gun made it impossible for Raul or anyone else in the home to be alerted. After seeing Jihad kill off a doorman Miles knew he didn’t stand a chance and was scared for his life. Jihad could hear Raul and held his ground until he caught a week moment when Raul was off guard and had his back turned. Raul who was on the phone was startled when he felt heat run through his chest. Not only did Jihad shoot him but he made sure he didn’t kill him so he could suffer and tell him where the fuck his girl was. “Where the fuck is Tammy?” Jihad asked pissed and seeking revenge. He noticed Raul was the same man who was tailing them the whole time. Raul looked at mile clueless and angry that he allowed this to happen. Jihad went to the basement where he found Tammy taped to chair and blindfolded. She looked famished and distraught. Jihad rushed to her never taking his eyes off Miles who was too scared to try anything at this moment. Jihad hugged Tammy never letting her go he whispered in her ear “Baby I am so sorry for this I’m never going to let anything like this happen to you again let’s go.” Tammy was relived and once her eyes were fixed on Miles she almost fainted. She wanted to know why they were together and immediately wanted answers. It was like she was living a nightmare that just wouldn’t end. Just as Jihad and Tammy were making their way out Jihad and Miles were tackled down as a squad of officers bombarded the home yelling ‘FBI put your hands up.”

  Chapter 19

  Last Call

  Miles and Jihad were taken in for questioning. The FBI took over the case and after pulling up Jihads extensive record they decided to detain both him and Miles for questioning in the Tamyra Strong kidnapping case. Tammy was finally reunited with Kim and met Paris officially for the first time. Sean decided that he had done enough and made his way back to Chicago. Not only was he heartbroken but he was fearful that Paris had let this thing called fame eat her alive she wasn’t the same woman he knew for years from Chicago with a prayer and a dream to make it. She had changed and he wasn’t happy about it. He wanted nothing to do with her or this life she was living especially after she still wanted to be with Miles. Kim had filled Sean in on Paris nasty drug habit months ago and now he could see that she was completely caught up. He was disgusted.

  Tammy and Paris looked at each other both realizing that the man they once had grown to love wasn’t really the person they though he was. Tammy and Paris were both pregnant and carrying the children of a soon to be felon that was facing some hard time. With everything going on Paris had no idea of how to tell Sean or Miles the news about her pregnancy. All she could think about was her future and right now even with Miles being in custody he could provide a better life for her. The detective made his way to Tammy Kim and Paris to fill them in on the current status of Miles and Jihad. “As of now both men are facing some hard time if proven guilty for the charges on the table, there will be a court date pending but until then we will be holding them in custody, the detective continued, as of right now Ms Strong you are free to leave, Ms. Hamilton at this time you are being held under arrest for the involvement in the kidnapping of Tamyra Strong and have the right to remain silent” the detective words were mumbled to her and she couldn’t understand what was going on . He continued to read Paris her Miranda Rights as she was detained and put into handcuffs. “What the fuck is going on?” Paris yelled as she fought off the guards and was being wrestled to the ground. The detective continued “Anything you say or do could be held against you in the court of law.” Paris began to sob uncontrollably as she was detained, she was sure that she was being set up and had no idea what was going on. One thing was for sure she knew Miles Crawford was to blame and she was going to get to the bottom of it if it was the last thing she did. And you could bet on that.

  To be continued…

  Epilogue

  Miles paced his cell in anticipation. His court date was tomorrow and he would finally be able to tell his crafted side of the story. After Miles tried to pin the whole kidnapping and planned murder of Tammy on Paris he was sure that the jury would see things his way. His story was so convincing that he actually believed it was Paris’ fault for him wanting to kill Tammy. The case which was pending for the past year had him more than sick. He missed
everything including the first months of his daughter’s life and his career which went haywire after everything hit the press. There was much talk about Paris giving birth to a baby which she claimed was Miles and he had yet to address that either. The way he saw it he was the victim in this situation and he had to tell his story. His life seemed to be a mess but Miles being the powerful man he was wouldn’t allow anyone to see his sweat he had it all under control and would see to it that things worked out perfectly. He was confident that with his legal team and convincing story he would be able to beat anything that was thrown his way, and Paris drug habit just added validaty to his claim. He had to get out there was no other option. Spending all that time in prison he realized that he wanted to make things right with Tammy and start a family and he was willing to get that family at any cost, with Jihad being locked behind bars for the murders of many his chances of getting out were slim to none and he knew Tamara would need his support. In questioning he thought out the perfect plan that would erase the current relationship he had with Paris by keeping her locked up allowing him to freely be with Tammy. Now all he had to do was follow his plans much like before but this time with no mistakes. It was finally time for Miles to face his fears and regain back his life, but at what price would it cost him this time…