31. Kira and Drake work together.
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Stella was doing her yoga practice. A soccer ball bounced into her open doorway.
She went to throw it back, limping toward the ball.
The little boy with the crutch saw her.
He noticed her bad leg.
He smiled and hit the ball back to the other boys with his crutch.
Stella went out to watch him. She was fascinated by his ability to run.
The boy ran to the edge of the forrest, looking for a long thick stick. He found the one he wanted and brought it to her. His English was very broken.
" You walk, this." He nodded.
She smiled, he was adorable.
He showed her to use it to walk with. She stood up and walked around, using it to hold onto.
It's sharp edges hurt her hand.
The boy took it from her. He said," I make smooth for you."
He ran away.
Stella breathed in the clean mountain air.
She hadn't taken any of her pills since she left.
She was learning to relax from nature. She thought about Cash then. He was up to something. She just knew it.
Kira and Drake...
"Damn it Drake, why are you following me. She doesn't want you, she just needs to be left alone!" She said firmly.
Drake smiled," Scotch love?"
She nodded. He ordered them each a double.
" Seems like we both need me to straightened out Stella, she is quite susceptible to any man that might show her attention, fancying herself smitten with them.
She did it with my cousin Sam, hell he fell for her too, just as cousin Cash has done by now.
We need to work together Kira."
He held up his drink, " Cheers." he said and drank his scotch.
Kira and Drake landed in New Dehli, she took her own cab, refusing to work with Drake.
She went to meet Cash at the hotel. She knocked on his door.
He answered and let her inside.
She went into the kitchen, looking for Stella.
" I'm alone, she went with Teddy, her uh...dad. To see a doctor about her leg. She won't be back for a few hours."
He lied knowing she would be gone for a week.
" Why does she call Teddy her dad, he's not her father. Her real father is in Egypt." She asked.
" It's what Stella likes to do, so we play along with her." He smiled.
" Are you...in love with her?" She asked him.
" I think I could be, she is quite a lovely girl." He walked over and poured her a glass of wine.
" I spoke with my father about us." She said, looking away and trying not to cry.
Cash looked in her eyes to see if she was lying to him.
" What did the supreme bank ruler say about me?"
" He told me I needed to break it off with you. I told him I would only do that in person, so I flew here to break it off with....you. I can't believe my father." She had tears in her eyes.
He frowned."You mean, you want to be with me, even if daddy doesn't like it?"
She nodded. "I can't seem to be able to quit you Cash."
He nodded. " It's over then, you know my terms Kira, I'm not hiding my relationship any more".
" Cash, you slept with Stella then, you f*** her damn you?" She was livid. She stood up and hit his chest.
" Technically we slept together. but did we have s*x, no. She said she would only make love to me if I officially broke up with you Kira. She has integrity that one."
Kira said," I hate stupid Stella."
Cash frowned. " You did this, not Stella."
She said,"My career means nothing to you, you're not willing to sacrifice for me?" She raised her voice to a high pitch now.
He said,"You've made the decision for us."
" Cash, Drake followed me to Switzerland. He was also on the flight here.
I think he's going to try to get Stella back, you might end up losing both of us, is that what you want, you dumb prick?
She won't be happy with a man like you, she needs someone that is white collar, not a damn mechanic!"
He saw she was spitting mad, her Irish temper.
He knew Stella didn't care about collar colors.
There was a loud, disturbing knock on the door then.
" Stella, Stella open this door right now!" Drake yelled as he slammed his fist down.
Cash sighed and got up from the chair.
He opened the door.
" What the hell is all of this fuss Drake?" He shouted.
Drake took a step back.
" I'm here for my fiancé!" He yelled.
" You mean my fiance don't you?" Cash asked.
Kira heard Cash call her his fiance, she didn't like hearing that, even if it was fake.
Drake said," That's all a farce, Kira told me so, I just need to talk to her, that's all." He said.
" Stella!" He yelled in the doorway.
Cash let him in the room.
He stormed to the bed rooms, not finding her.
He saw her new dresses and several bottles of medications with her name on them, narcotics.
He thought, she's still having leg pain. He read the bottles, eye brows down.
Cash stood in the doorway watching Drake. " Is there...a problem rake, I mean Drake?"
" Where did she go?" He sounded disappointed.
" She left with Teddy. She's seeing a local doctor, she's hoping to find a cure for her leg.
The doctor in Switzerland recommended.... amputation of the leg." Cash fiercely refused to go that route.
" I never told Stella that part, I thought she would just give up hope." He said softly.
Drake frowned," Is she...having much pain then?" He asked.
He nodded. "She tried to hide it, but I see it. Of course I know her pretty well now."
Drake put the bottle of pills down. " I bet you do!" He seethed.
" I need to see her when she returns, I want her back." He announced.
Cash shook his head,"What's the use, you will only cause her more pain.
If you would have only said yes when she asked you to come with her, she would be yours now.
But you...like everyone else in her life told her no."
Cash had recently done the same to her. He knew that Stella and his relationship was still new, fragile.
Drake walked out. " I just need to see her."
He went to the lobby and got himself a room.
Kira ran after him.
" He loves her, he told me. Drake you have to set her straight. Make her want you."
She checked into his room with him. " I'm not leaving until you get back engaged with her!" She demanded.
This firey brunette was something. If he wasn't trying to be the man Stella wanted, he would make a pass at her.
She looked at him. " I see you Drake, you can't even think like a faithful, married man. We are doomed."
He looked away. "It was hard for me, I've never been good at monogamy, I loved women, and they loved me. Stella knows this." He said flatly.
" Then how the hell do you plan to win her back?" She shouted.
Mmm... he was feeling anxious now..
" I'm simply going to be there for her, easy." He smiled.
Kira tested him. She walked up to him and put her tongue into his mouth. She grabbed his pants and pulled him to her.
Drake shoved her onto the bed and looked at her, angry now.
He suddenly smiled. "It's easy for me, she's all I want now."
She laughed. "You are lying!" She got up and moved away.
He wasn't lying.
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