Rolling his shoulder back, Nixon stood up from the desk. He had spend four hours finalizing everything and checking it. Who know that everyone complete their tasks within twenty fucking four hours specially the twins. Well Nixon did not expected that but his hissing phone every one or two minutes of interval told him about the notifications of debited amount from his bank account.
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After third time, he stopped checking his phone. The emails are piling up in inbox are orders confirmations, from the carters, waiters, wine shop, electrician and lighting planners, DJ and sound organizer. The cleaning crew had already reached the yacht with some maids supervising over them. Dammit, here goes his plan of China trip. Nixon made a face looking at the plane tickets, he is about to book for both. Sighing in longing, Nixon closed that tab. May be next time.
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Natalie and Margret had done their part of work so had Dee. Running hand through hair Nixon rubbed his jaw, after attack on Elliot it is huge risk to be in open. He didn't want to take any chance that's why all the guests had been hand picked by him and Brad together. Only issue will be the open waters.
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A knock on his door snap his chain of thoughts.
" Come in."
" Sir, Everyone had gathered as you requested."
Brad stepped in the room. Nixon nodded, collecting his laptop.
The head butler is confused by the order of Nixon but he shrugged before muttered in agreement. Nixon took his time to walk out of his room down to the ground floor where his father's office is located. Usually, he never step foot there unless called by his father which was rare but today the room is needed. In the entire Blood mansion, his father's office is the only room that is perfect for this meeting.
Office
Opening the wooden door of his father's office, Nixon step inside before locking it. His green eyes roam to each and every face, mentally placing name to each working human and their area in mind. All are present. Good. He nodded.
" After Elliot attack that was fully planned, we can not risk to be caught off guard. So i had planned it all and you all will be very important part of security."
Margret and Brad both looked at each other in understanding while other members nodded their heads. All the staff had been informed by the head butler about the incident. Some even took time and visit the youngest child of the household.
" I can't say no to brats. . . ."
Every staff member grin at the statement because it was something they all had witnessed. Nixon adored his younger siblings. Anyone who was working more than a year had aware of the stained relationship between the parents and children of Blood family. Nixon had unknowingly had became their parental figure in absence of Mr. and Mrs. Blood. They knew about the heir of Blood family has its own way of showing care and love which not something that many can see but the staff members including siblings aware of Nixon's rude and harsh behavior also the affection hiding in it.
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Nixon shake his head at the grinning faces while scowling at them that made all stiffen and serious.
" Your all are going to do one more task other than your assigned jobs. . . . . . you all will be my eyes and ears."
Opening his laptop, Nixon clicked few buttons to make the digital blue print of yacht pop up.
" This is where the actual party would be but that doesn't mean that guests will stay lingering there all the time, they will move and try to explore which will be fine. I don't trust any of them . The cameras are there but not everywhere so that's where you will come at front."
Explaining the plan is a quick. Nixon pointed out the main hall of the yacht. The plan is simple, all staff members going to be assigned with a guest to keep eyes on while doing their duties. Doesn't matter who they are or what their relationship with them. He assigned staff members on his siblings and friends much to shocker of the all the members. Brad wanted to argue but held his mouth shut seeing the fierce look on Nixon's face. George along with his team will keep track of all the guest through cameras while the staff will personally keep eyes on the guests. They all will be communicating through Bluetooth devices along with Nixon. Everyone will be interconnected with each other and will able to hear all of them. Nixon along with Brad and Dee will also be in contact. Dee will divert twins and grandma if something goes wrong, he can take them out to some safe place. Brad will be responsible for the guests and the staff members' safe escaping while George and his security team will be capturing the suspected culprit or culprits.
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" Do you all understand. . . i want no mistakes there."
Everyone murmured with words of agreement after accepting the devices and name of the guest they will spy through out the party. All the staff members can feel the weight of the responsibility given to them. Nixon sighed in exhaustion, it is not even dinner time but he is ready to drop and sleep for a year.
" Dear, come eat something. . . .i made mango smoothie for you to enjoy till dinner get served."
Margret give him a smile, holding a glass for him. Margret is sure if she blinked than she had missed the sparkle in the green eyes. It is there for a nano second but gone so fast that she confused it with reflection of lights if not had seen Nixon since he was born. She is now used to the tiny actions that truly make her day than bunch of compliments she receive throughout the day for her cooking.
The smoothie lifted some of the stress of Nixon and rest was done by Elliot's silly jokes. After dinner time, Nixon basically knocked out cold as soon as his body fell on bed. Who would have thought that organizing and planning a birthday party can be this draining. Gosh, he will never going to celebrate birthdays.
The sun comes too early for Nixon's liking. Grunting, he drag himself out of the warm cocoon of his hibernation. He has lot to check and most important thing that Nixon did not able to find is gift. What a old woman must want? Sighing, he rolled his eyes. Usually, his mother's secretary, Joanna help him it with something like this. Nixon doesn't get what so special about birthdays, it is the same day as other day. He never understood the concept of giving or receiving gifts. To him, if someone spend few hours rather than giving an expensive gift on his birthday, Nixon appreciates the few hours and in his eyes they held more worth than a thousand dollar gift.
Joanna was nice to say atlest and knew when to interrupt Mrs. Blood and his conversations which results into a fight. She was a smart female in Nixon's eyes until, he heard news of her being dead because of drug overdose a year ago.
He can take help of maids but they all are too afraid of him to gave their actual feedback. Margret and Brad will be too busy overseeing everything and they agreed to whatever he say, Lia is not an option, Elliot is on bed-rest. Dee will not be out of his room till noon. Frowning, he picked out clothes after towel drying his body from shower. Today is not that cold to wear warm clothes, the sun is bright and up. Tugging his clothes and tying his shoes, Nixon walk out of his room to go and wander around in mall. Maybe something stick him out to get the idea what to get for Catherine. Just because he prefer spending time over a gift that doesn't mean other does too.
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Luckily, Nixon able to get a parking near to the exit point of the mall. After mindlessly wandering for nearly an hour from store to store Nixon groaned in irritation. Nothing catch his eye or more like he himself doesn't know what he is looking for. Somehow, Nixon find himself in a grocery store how he was here not a question he can answer. Rolling eyes at his foolishness, Nixon turn on his heels to find an exit but something from corner of his made him stop.
In middle of Walmart, Nixon find two humans; a boy and a girl particularly saying. Boy is wearing a big furry white bunny head and pushing cart with girl sitting inside the cart, wearing furry shark head. They both are giggling and running around or more like boy his running right and left in between shelves, pushing the cart with a girl inside both are making airplane noises. Nixon narrowed his green eyes at the boy whose laugh sound similar to him. As he trying to mulling over about the familiar looking male while following both. The bunny head twisted and jerked upward revealing Jack.
What they look like( ignore the gender)
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Of course, he should have known, rolling his eyes and if Nixon take a guess then the girl in cart is none other than Storm.
" What are you doing??"
Nixon cocked his head with amusement and humor filled in his eyes when Jack and Storm skid stop in front of him. Both too busy in making crushing and booming noises to notice Nixon until he speak. He bite inside of cheek to suppress his laughter by their frozen state. Getting caught red handed in fooling act. Embarrassment is at the peak for Jack who throw bunny behind and trying to be sneaky in it but not so much as the head roll back and halted near Jack's feet. Nixon rolled his eyes, snorting.
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" Seriously, dude."
Jack's whole face turn red but of course Nixon underestimated Storm. She jumped on him making Nixon catch her in reflex, wrapping his arms around her body while her arms circled around his neck and legs around his waist. The force which she used to launch her body at Nixon has him stumbling back in shock and to his astonishment she did made a roar like noise before dashing off faster then a bullet, dragging a gaping Jack with her by arm and bunny head in her other hand.
" What the actual fuck. . . ??"
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Nixon blinked once, twice before shaking his head. He doesn't know what he is feeling. Confused? yeah. Shocked? yup , a tonne of it. Clearing of throat has Nixon turn to find a couple giving weird looks. Their looks screaming 'crazy'. Oh, so they think that he is also with those two cartoons well not technically but never mind. Cursing under his breath at Jack, Nixon walk out of the store. He wasted thirty minutes just silently observing and chasing two stupids. God, he is seriously loosing his mind since that girl came. Son of a bitch, he is once again thinking about her.
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" Hey, Nix."
Jack greeted him and the cause of Nixon's mind malfunctioning waved too. She waved at him as if a minute ago she didn't jumped at him. The girl is seriously nuts.
" What was that back in the store?"
Nixon asked. His question is directed to Storm and Nixon knew about her aware of his glare but she neglected it totally, doing something in the carry on bag hanging on her shoulder that Nixon didn't noticed until right now. See, this is what he is talking about. Usually, his eyes never miss anything but since Storm came, he is loosing his damn mind. His mind focus nothing other than her. Fuck, it sound like he is obsessed with her.
" Distraction."
Storm answered before her fucking unique eyes connected with Nixon's. Jack nodded with enthusiasm. Nixon cocked his head in question.
" Plus it was fun. Gowd, people's reaction was hilarious . . .Babe you are going to be my best girl friend, i can see it. I am hungry by all of work so i am off to. . . . . ."
Jerking his thumb randomly at some direction Jack took off leaving Storm and Nixon alone.
" Why you did that. . . ?"
He had to asked her because that sudden action of her did not made any sense. He watch her shrugging before zipping up the bag which is overflowing with food packets.
" I told you already distraction. . . ."
" From. . . ??"
" Why are you here??"
Instead of giving him answer, Storm throw question back at him putting a baseball cap over her head. Her eyes constantly searching the surrounding as if looking for something before she halted that made Nixon stop short too.
" Wha. . . ."
" Any good at running, tiger??"
Storm's question made Nixon frown in confusion.
" I will divert them and you run. . . "
Pointing at the mall security guards, Storm throw bag at Nixon which he able to catch in time before getting smacked on the face. The bag is kinda stuffed and heavy for Storm to carry without any effort, Nixon noticed. He watch Storm sliding on floor and came to halt near a security man. Nixon chuckled when she tab man on arm before taking off again but this time successfully gaining attention of all eight.
" There, catch the girl."
" Her partner is there. . . . on the fifth floor"
A man pointed his finger at Nixon while yelling in his walkie talkie making Nixon's eyes widen before he too turn and run. Cursing Storm and Jack both for dragging him into their stupidity. Elliot will never let it pass if find about this. Irritation filled his body due to their level of action.
" Hey, stop. . ."
The guards chasing him continue to yell and shout at Nixon. Sliding over the railing, he did a flip over a toddler standing in the middle, making her clap with a squeal with awe face at Nixon's flip over her head while her mother is not so impressed by her screeching making him roll his eyes. It's not like he crushed the little pink tutu wearing human, his eyes work perfectly well and fine to see her. Other than some mother that thought it was safe for two year old to walk in the middle of crowded mall, he mentally scoffed. Landing on his feet gracefully, Nixon continue to pushed past the crowd before turning right and left to get guards loose his trail. Ignoring the tiny human screeching 'spiderman' to him. Panting, he about to get inside men's restroom before Storm appear out of nowhere with a out of breath Jack. She is not even breathing hard. Damn, he is getting fat.
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" Come. . . "
She dragged both Jack and him in female's restroom, surprisingly firm grip. Nixon is too shocked by her hand holding his to react and the warm feeling by the contact. Till his mind find his logic and cooperate, his hand was no more in Storm's hold.
"NO!!!"
It's Jack who cried with horrified look of his face.
" Oh come on, the window lead directly to parking lot. At this time all the exits must have been blocked."
" I do not even know why i am even here with you, fools."
Nixon shake his head huffing but following Storm with a hesitant Jack behind them.
" You did good, Tiger."
Storm looked at him before bumping her shoulder with his with a smirk on her face. That smirk irked Nixon. He watched her standing there looking at the window which is too high to reach, now its his turn to smirk at Storm. Nixon narrowed his eyes in suspicion when she smirked back. Taking few steps back, she winked at him in mocking way. Nixon watched in awe as she run straight to the last door to the corner of wall before jumping on the knob of the door to the side using it as a leverage, launching her body high enough and twist upper body to grab the edge of the window. Opening the window, she sit there for a second and jumped out, leaving Nixon along with Jack and a bag stuffed up with food packets that both Storm and Jack stole from the stores.
" HOLY COW. . . . Nix, i can not do that."
Jack croaked still freaking out Storm's jumping trick. Nixon himself kind of in awe by her presence of her mind and feline grace to jump like that. Sighing, Nixon pull straps of bag over his head to left shoulder as a side sling bag. The distance is not that much for him, might be because of 6'6 standing height. Storm is lot smaller than him only reaching to his neck which is something Nixon had picked out when he and she almost hugged the day of paint prank. She had to step on his feet to reach his face, Nixon had noticed that too. Biting corner of his lower lip, Nixon calculated his or Jack's height and the difference between the floor and window. Jack is shorter than him but taller than Storm so might be 5'11 or 6'0. Hmm. They can get out of it easily.
" Come on, i give you a hand."
Nixon drag the Cartoon number one aka Jack to the wall. Needless to say, it took Jack five try to get hold of grill with the help of Nixon after grunting and moaning for ten minutes to pull himself up. Let's not forget about the curses that continue to flew from his mouth. Nixon doesn't need to do ninja jumping like Storm just a power jump and his hands able to grab the grill. Though it take three times of kangaroo hopping from him to escape. As soon as, Nixon pulled his body out the door of restroom burst open by security.
A close call.
" Fast, tiger."
Storm petted Nixon's chest when he jumped out of the little opening. Before her walk out again Nixon grabbed Storm's wrist. A sneer of his face as he glared at her confused face that staring back Nixon. He is beyond angry at all this fuss that both Jack and Storm pulled.
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" Are you stupid, if you need money than you should had asked me, i give it to you. . . . ."
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" Money. . . "
A dry chuckle escaped her mouth, her grey orbs darkened to the point they look black, her features somehow turn harsher and cold. The way she said 'money' in a mocking way and other emotion which Nixon failed to pick out. Snatching bag from his hold, she stomp away.
" You are a jerk."
Jack huffed making Nixon almost hit him.
" What did you expect. . .. "
" You, prick. She did not steal for herself."
Nixon snorted. Yeah, right. All that running around was just for fun.
" Yesterday, we went to a cafe but a little girl no more than six was there hidden beside a trash bin. She was scrawny and clearly poor. Storm did not asked any question, she gave all money on her without even counting. I thought that she was an idiot but the tiny human was more than Storm. She told that she did not need money because other stole it from her or would beat her till she gave them money. The shop owners never let her in even if she had money with her. All she need was food for her younger siblings. Storm did buy her all from the menu and even three take out packets for girl's family."
Jack shake his head in disbelief with a soft smile on his face instead of his usually grin. Chuckling, he looked at Nixon with a look of respect for Storm.
" When we dropped the girl to her house. Several other kids similar in condition like Luna, the tiny girl. All innocent pairs of eyes looked at us with hope filled gaze almost begging. I never felt so helpless in my life, Nix."
" What. .?"
Guilt. It slammed in Nixon so hard that he almost lost his breathing.
" I knew that there was no way that we able to. . . . .buy hundred something kids food. I joked if could just raid a food store but Storm took it literally. So, here we are. You are always been an asshole and I know it. Hell, everyone around you knew it but this is not your level, Nix. The Nixon Blood that i knew and my friend is not one to judge others."
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