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CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT :
THE JOB IS DONE

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KINGSLEY

NEXT DAY

Lucious wanted Kingsley to get rid of his biggest enemy right now which is Angelo Dubois, so that's what he was going to do. He even heard that Angelo and Cookie were engaged now which wasn't right. Cookie belongs to Lucious, so Kingsley really needed to get Angelo out of the picture.

Lucious has been to Angelo's house before, so he told Kingsley the address. He also told Kingsley that he caught Cookie at Angelo's house a while back and she told him that they were business partners, which was a lie. And Kingsley hated liars. Like Andre.

So Kingsley knew he might have to handle Cookie when this is all said and done. She did Lucious dirty and she can't get away with that.

He was at Angelo's house now. He knocked on the door and made sure his gun was concealed. He didn't want to scare the guy too quickly. He wanted to talk to him first.

Angelo opened the door with furrowed eyebrows when his eyes landed on the man in front of him. "Kingsley?"

"Hello Angelo. Or should I say Cookie's fiancé?"

"Just Angelo is fine," Angelo stated before looking around outside. "Um, what are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you. May I come in?"

"Uh, sure."

Angelo moved out of the way and opened the door wider. Kingsley walked in and looked around the house. He liked what he saw. "This is a nice place you have."

"Thank you," Angelo said kindly, but he really didn't care about Kingsley's praises. He knew something was up. "So what do we need to talk about? Because you and I have never had a conversation before."

"We need to talk about you and Cookie actually," Kingsley told him as he turned around.

Angelo was right all along. Something was up. "Why do I feel like Lucious told you to come here? I mean, how else would you know where I live?"

Kingsley took a step forward. "Listen, Lucious is not okay with your engagement."

"And like I told him, it's none of his damn business. Cookie and I love each other, so we're taking the next step in our relationship."

Kingsley laughed angrily. "I'm sorry, but I can't let that happen."

"Well I don't care. It's none of your business either."

"That's where you're wrong. Anything that has to do with my father is my business because I'm a daddy's boy if you couldn't tell. I'll do anything for him, so if you're his enemy, then you're my enemy too. And our enemies get dealt with," Kingsley hissed. "You don't want that, do you Angelo?"

Angelo crossed his arms as he answered. "Depends on what you mean by dealt with."

"That's easy. Death."

Angelo wasn't even surprised. "Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Your father is the devil."

"Yeah, he's El Diablo and I'm El Diablo Jr. So I'm gonna give you one last chance to...live basically." Kingsley began spewing out orders. "So what you're going to do is pull out your phone, call Cookie, and break up with her. Then you're never going to see her again. You're gonna let her be happy with Lucious."

Angelo snorted. "Cookie will never be happy with Lucious, so no I'm not doing that."

Kingsley hastily took out his gun and pointed it at him. "Do you think this is a joke?! I will kill you!"

Angelo put his hands up so Kingsley wouldn't shoot. He wasn't trembling or anything though. He didn't look scared at all. "You know what? Fine. I'll call Cookie right now."

Kingsley looked at him suspiciously. "Yeah?"

"Yeah." Angelo took out his phone and called somebody, but Kingsley had trust issues thanks to Andre. He felt like Angelo was pulling an Andre move right now and calling the cops on him. So he told him to put it on speaker.

"Put it on speaker!"

Angelo had no choice but to obey. He didn't want to get shot. When he put the phone on speaker, Kingsley heard someone say, "911, what's your emergency?" And at that moment, Angelo knew he fucked up.

Meanwhile, Kingsley smirked maliciously because Angelo was such a fool and fools deserve to die. So he shot Angelo in the head and then quickly hung up his phone. Then he took a step back and put his hands on my hips as he looked around the crime scene. There was blood everywhere and Kingsley knew he had to dispose of the body, which made him huff.

He had a lot of work to do.

LUCIOUS

There's a performance night going on at Club Leviticus, so Hakeem and Tiana needed a babysitter, aka Lucious. He was heading to Cookie's house to pick Bella up.

As soon as he walked in the house, Cookie started shit with him. Lucious didn't even want to hear her damn mouth. She was a traitor. "What the hell are you doing here again, Lucious?!"

Lucious caught an attitude with her. "Oh calm your ass down. I'm not here for you. We ain't cool after what you did."

"What did I do?! Kick you out the funeral?!"

"You got engaged to another man! That's what you did!" Lucious was never getting over that betrayal. He couldn't wait for Kingsley to handle Angelo.

Cookie really didn't understand why he was angry. They weren't together! "Am I supposed to stay stuck on you forever, Lucious?!"

"Yes you are because I'm stuck on you! Because I'm loyal."

Cookie flicked her wrist dismissively. "Oh bye! You ain't loyal to nothing but your guns!"

"And you ain't loyal to nobody but Angelo!"

"You know what?! Yes I am loyal to him Lucious, because I love him!"

Lucious was having a hard time fathoming that. "But why?! What does he have that I don't?!"

"Respect," Cookie said without hesitation. "Because did you or did you not threaten to kill Hakeem?! Did you or did you not almost kill Jamal?! I can't be with a man who harms my kids!"

Lucious' tone softened. "But I'll never harm you. You know that right?"

She didn't give a damn. "It doesn't matter! You're a killer and you give this family a bad rep! But you don't care, do you?"

"I cared enough to leave Empire," Lucious pointed out. "And I did it for you because I love you! So please take that stupid ring off!"

Lucious forcefully tried to remove her engagement ring, but Cookie fought him off and moved far away from his crazy ass. "No Lucious! I'm marrying Angelo and that's final! So if you love me as much as you say you do, then let me be happy with him!"

That made him suck his teeth. "I hate when people say that shit! If I love you, why the hell would I want you to be happy with someone else?!"

"Because I'm not happy with you! That's why!" Cookie shouted. "And I never will be, so you need to move on because I have!"

See? She's a damn traitor! They had four kids together, they built an Empire together, and she's forgetting about all of that for Angelo?! Lucious was so done. "You know what? Whatever. You ain't loyal like I said." Then he yelled, "Where's my granddaughter?!"

Bella came running at the sound of his voice. "I'm here, grandpa!"

"Hey baby girl. You ready to spend the day with me?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's go."

Nu uh, Cookie didn't like him being alone with Bella. Who knows what he'd do? "Why is she staying with you?"

"I'm Bella's babysitter for the night since y'all are going to Club Leviticus."

Cookie had a displeased look on her face. "I really wish you'd stay the hell away from my grandbaby!"

"And I really wish you'd shut the hell up talking to me!" Lucious snapped. "Stop worrying about what I'm doing! Worry about Angelo!"

"Stop being so damn bitter, Lucious!"

"Yeah whatever!" Then he walked out with Bella because he didn't have time for traitors. He believed he and Cookie could go back to how they used to be after Angelo's out of the picture though. But he's not out of the picture yet. What's taking Kingsley so long to kill him?!

Lucious put Bella in the car and was about to get in, but his phone went off. Kingsley just texted him. 

Kingsley : T.J.I.D

And Lucious smirked because he knew what that meant. The job is done.

Oh don't worry, Kingsley's actions are gonna catch up to him. Who do you think's gonna put an end to him?