Jerome saw them drive in and got off the car to meet them. This is private property, you are trespassing, Steve said before Jerome could speak. Relax, I’m here to get Az and I will be out of here, he said arrogantly. What makes you think she wants you to get her? Steve asked coldly unable to shake the feeling that something was wrong. Coming to his house was too bold even for Jerome. He is not who he claims to be Az. He is either trying to compensate for his family’s sins or taking you for a fool. His grandfather was the police captain that arrested fifty black people and burned them alive. Their sin was being born black. He was hailed as a hero for that. Look at this, he even made headlines, he said giving her the newspaper article. On any other day,

The following months, Steve’s task force on non racial society was making big strides. Big businesses and schools all came aboard. The country saw a massive change of policies but not everyone was happy with this. There were groups on both sides that strongly believed that races are better left divided with extreme groups gathering more to brain storm ideas to prevent extinction of beliefs they held so dear. Aziza was happy to go back to work as the six months suspension on her practice license had now lapsed. Steve soon learned just how on demand his girlfriend was as she traveled throughout the country to represent clients that wouldn’t take no for an answer no matter how tight her schedule was. Mostly it was old man who had either dealt with her father or she had attended to when they were injured during the regime. They wanted Mike Grey’s daughter to represent them. She was now getting used to listening to

Aziza was surprised to see Steve back few hours later. She had assumed that he would be gone until very late. She was still upset with him for snapping at her and decided to ignore him and focus on her laptop. Az, I’m sorry for snapping at you earlier, I just needed some time away. She shrugged her shoulders and continued focusing on her laptop. Babe, he said pulling her chin to face him. I know about the dark web chat. Why didn’t you tell me?She exhaled, Jay was starting to get to her nerves, he just didn’t know how to keep his mouth shut around Steve. I didn’t want you to worry. It will all die off after the trial when the truth is exposed.When this is over we really have to work on our communication Az, I can’t always find out all the important stuff about us from Jay.

Steve and Aziza arrived few minutes late at the dinner holding hands. They had to go to Steve’s house first for him to get dressed. Steve was relieved to see Jay and James there. Aziza’s friends were surprisingly very friendly and welcoming to Steve. She had never spoken to him about them, he just assumed that maybe she kept him a secret or they did not approve of their relationship. He felt warm inside when he discovered that they knew a lot about him. Az was not ashamed of their relationship after all. Besides Jay and James, Az other friends were Lizzy, Pam, Linda and Lewis. Steve discovered that Lizzy was her neighbour and playmate growing up before their lives were torn apart by the regime. She was initially reserved around him, he suspected that the two shared similar horrific past experiences. Pam and Linda are medical doctors she met her in medical school and Lewis is her law firm partner. They were still chatting happily when Aziza noticed a change in Steve&rsquo

Steve let go of Natasha and ran after Aziza but she drove off before he caught up with her. She did not want to talk to Steve until she knew exactly what was going on. She decided to go back to her firm and spend the rest of the afternoon doing her research about Natasha and Paul. When she got off her car, a suspicious figure approached her. She was about to alert security when he introduced himself as Paul. What do you want? She was uneasy, Steve told her that Paul was aggressive and tried strangling a woman. Sensing her discomfort, he smiled and kept a distance between them. I want what you want. What’s that? Somehow she knew Paul would not try anything stupid with her. He looked too sad, almost defeated. She started wandering if he was the same Paul Steve told her about.&nb