Chapter 86 - Unedited The Devil In The Background 2

Chapter 86: The devil in the background 2

"How I wish I could talk to him the way you just did!" Mckenna said and touched her face.

"Don't be too hard on yourself" Elixir told her.

Kara took off her handset. "I wanted to talk to grandpa Jackson"

"You can talk to him next time, baby" 

When Mckenna, Elixir and Kara entered the mansion, Jason was outside waiting for them. He had a look on his face like he was disgusted about something.

"Daddy" Kara ran to him before the rest of the family came close.

"I take it you saw the news, child" Elixir asked him but Jason blinked.

"I saw more than the news mom, I saw Andrew Spencer in his underwear. Why the hell didn't you tell me that he was in town and in your room!" Jason spoke to his mother like he was on the verge of throwing up.

"Don't take that tone with me, boy. I told you that Andrew came to Nigeria two days after you were shot to see us because he cares but you excused all the whole excuse in the book to avoid seeing him" Elixir told him.

"I was shot almost a month ago, why is he still here?" Jason asked her.

"We enjoy each other's company. He listens to me instead of ambushing me in my house to bombard me with questions like I was under interrogation" Elixir said and pressed her lips together.

"Hmm! Excuse me" Mckenna yelled at both of them and they turned to look at her "Can we take a second to talk about my life that just imploded?" 

Jason touched her "Sure. I just have one more question for my mother. Are you planning on marrying Andrew Spencer?"

"That is none of your business" Andrew Spencer said from the door way he stood.

"I am sorry. This is a family matter, mind your business, Mr. Spencer" Jason turned to tell him.

"Kara, go to your room" Elixir ordered her granddaughter.

"But I don't want to" Kara protested.

"Don't talk back to her grandmother, go…now!" Jason pointed at the door and the little girl reluctantly left.

"I would apologize to you for seeing me barely naked but I won't. You should have knocked" Andrew told the young man glaring at him.

"And you should go back to your country and stay away from my mother!" Jason yelled back at him.

"Both of you, shut up!" Elixir yelled at them "you are both behaving like hormonal teenagers"

"My life just literally exploded but nobody wants to talk about me" Mckenna reminded them but they were already preoccupied in another argument.

"Jason, you should have knocked before entering. I taught you that much and Andrew, it won't take a thing to say sorry for scarring my son" Elixir Yagazie cautioned both of them.

"Sorry, Jason...next time, knock like a normal human being" Andrew Spencer said to his girlfriend's son.

"Yeah, right... because telling me you are sorry makes me forget that you are trying to get inside my mother's pants! Jason said because he could stop him.

"Okay" Elixir pointed at her son "that's enough you. I don't know where this is coming from but I told you that I was going to live my life the way I see fit. I told you I was going to date Andrew Spencer, you gave your blessing. You said you wanted me to be happy" 

"I do want you to be happy" Jason interrupted her by saying.

"Andrew makes me happy" Elixir turned to her boyfriend "maybe not this moment but he does"

"Well you don't have a good track record with men the last time you were in love and found someone who makes you happy he ended up breaking My arms in three ways from from here let's visit mum you don't always make the right choice when it comes to men and I have to protect you"

Elixir didn't realize she was about to slap her son until Andrew Spencer held her hand firmly to prevent it.

"Well, you have this man you so despise to thank for not feeling the sting of my palm as it connects to your face, Jason" 

Elixir turned around and walked away. Jason followed her right behind.

"Mom!" 

"What?! Do you still need the slap to reset your head and give you back manners I spent most of my youth teaching you!"

"I am sorry, Mom. I had no business talking to you that way….no business" Jason's apology was sincere.

"But can you at least tell me you don't see where my feelings are coming from? I worry that since I am not here, he may treat you badly and I won't be able to stop it"

Jason told her.

Elixir was quiet for a minute.

"First of all, he is not James, he is not your father, Jason. And even when I was still married to your father, he was a womanizing son of a bitch but he knew better than to hit me. I am sorry I didn't realize it on time that he was hurting and as soon as I did, I put a stop to it, didn't I?" Elixir asked him.

"You did"

Elixir touched his face tenderly.

"I don't need you to protect me, Son. I just need your support, okay?"

"Alright...but don't expect me to be best friends with him" Jason told her and tilted his head to the side.

"I am not delusional but at least tolerate him Jason. Now, go to your wife and let her vent about her life that is all over the news and stop fussing about me like an old lady" Elixir tapped his face twice and walked away.

Mckenna stared out at empty space when Jason came back to her.

"I see the secret is out of the bag. How are you coping?" 

"Oh, now you realize you have a wife" Mckenna tried to walk out but Jason grabbed and started kissing her.

"I am sorry baby" Jason apologized to her.

Mckenna relaxed further into his arms.

"What am I going to do now that the world knows that I am a Donna? Do I have to attend Jackson's ridiculous dinner parties and pose for a family portrait with that man?" Mckenna asked him.

"I don't know but you won't do it alone, I promise. But isn't part of you relieved that everyone knows?" Jason asked her

Mckenna was quiet for a while before she answered again.

"Maybe...I don't know. But it wasn't my decision either to let the cat out of the bag" 

Mckenna hated that her life was now open for public consumption. Her humiliations and things she fought so hard to keep from coming to the light, was now everybody's business. She knew it won't be long before she would have to appear in public with Jackson Donna, hug him and pretend she didn't secretly want him to be kidnapped by Aliens

She would have to be happy for his successes and be sad for his losses. She hated that she had to pretend. She would have to do it if her mother in law has any chance of taking office.

"Who the hell blew up my life?" Mckenna asked no one in particular.

"Daddy! Umma!" 

Kara's voice made them turn around. She was holding her phone and it was a call from Naya.

Jason took the phone from his daughter and asked her to go back into the house.

"Hey, Naya. This is not a good time"

"I found out how Kane found Kara and I in Malawi" Naya ignored Jason's statement as she went ahead to say.

It made Jason and Mckenna attentive.

"How?"

"Anna went viral on YouTube after she painted a lifelike image of a celebrity. She was interviewed and she named me as one of her earliest influences. She also showed a picture of both of us. It was only a matter of time before Kane tracked her down and found us" Naya explained further.

"Even thinking about that gives me goosebumps. He is like a demon from hell!" Mckenna chipped in.

"Mckenna, are you okay?" Naya asked her. "You don't sound like yourself"

Mckenna exhaled. There was no point in hiding the mess she called her life from Naya.

"Someone told the media that I was Jackson's daughter. And now, reporters and gossip bloggers won't let me be. I am going mad" Mckenna said and closed her eyes briefly to gather her thoughts.

"That makes sense, now" Naya surprised them by saying.

"What makes sense?" Jason asked her.

"The other day, I ran into Kane and by run in I mean, I stalked him and disrupted his date by telling the woman he was out with that he was a psychopath who kidnapped my daughter…"

*Naya, are you insane?" Mckenna asked her.

"Possibly...but like I was saying, Kane told me to call home that he was going to turn one of the lives I cared about upside down. I guess he was talking about you, Mckenna" 

Mckenna opened her mouth to talk but she closed it. She was speechless.

"Mckenna, I am sorry…"

"Don't be! It means Kane is feeling the heat. He should know that he can't come after this family without consequences!" Mckenna's answer surprised everyone. Jason didn't agree.

"Hmmm…..I just... Naya, just stay away from him, okay?" Jason advised her.

"I can't do that" Naya answered back 

"Why not?" Jason asked her.

"Oh, did I forget to mention that Kane framed me and I am currently in jail?"