TOXIC ATTRACTION

TOXIC ATTRACTION EPISODE TWENTY FIVE

Richard and Santos eventually showed up at the hotel where Johannes and Lenny had been waiting. Santos helped push Richard's wheelchair and when they got to the table, Santos pushed away a chair to create Space for Richard then he sat close to him. Richard wanted him to be part of the meeting because so far he was his trusted employee who knew everything that had been going on in his business world. Johannes seemed uneasy given the fact that he was the one asking Lenny to compose himself as he spoke to Richard. He twitched his neck then leaned forwards with his fingers intertwined into each other as he introduced Lenny to both Santos and Richard.

Lenny kept a straight face, for the better part of that introduction he kept stealing glances at Richard as if he was trying to analyze and figure him out...

Johannes: I do believe Lenny here will do a good job helping you with the shipments more than I ever did. He is well connected and knows all the right people.

Richard: well then we will do business. I also hope you explained to him how you and I have been operating.

Johannes: he is aware. All you have to do is review his commission then once you sort him out he can always sort the guys at the port so that they can let your stuff pass through without raising an alarm.

Richard: you know how I roll. 50k to look the other way. You have been sorting out the guys plus it's always been that one guy. What has changed?

Lenny: new management. Everyone comes in with their rules and they know there's so much corruption at the port. It is normally simple, you satisfy the demands of the cartels or you don't do business at all.

Richard: I see. The shipment coming in, you and I were done, right?

Johannes: yes. I will organize with Lenny to let this one through then you start dealing with him as from the next shipment.

Santos was quiet through the meeting and it was as if he was not there. His silence was not because he had nothing to say but because he was being vigilant. He was listening to the conversation and studying the body language of both Lenny and Johannes. Something was off.

The four concluded the meeting and when it was time to go, they shook hands and the two left leaving Richard and Santos behind.

Santos: do you trust them?

He asked signaling the waiter to bring them the bill for whatever they had ordered.

Richard: I don't know. There's something that I didn't like about the Lenny guy. Did you find out anything?

Santos: not yet. I will by the end of the day. Do you think they are playing us and especially with the new management and cartel crap?.

Richard: there's only one way to find out. Find out who the new management is. Find me the name and the contact of the person in charge.

Santos: Okay.

That morning I did a bit of cleaning before I left the house to go look for some jobs that I could do so that I could start planning for the arrival of my baby. I needed to buy clothes for my unborn baby and not just that but everything I would need for that journey. This was my journey and my cross to carry. I had asked myself a lot of questions that resulted in me wanting to terminate the pregnancy and the fact that motherhood really scared the hell out of me. Maybe it is the stories I had heard about giving life, many women actually died in the process and so what if I died too and what if I survived and my baby died, it was twisted for me and I was scared but now, I was ready to meet a tiny Richard or Mark, whoever the father was.

I was done cleaning when I heard s knock on the door and when I opened it, it was Julia, not the face I wanted to see first that morning but she walked in like she owned the place. I closed the door and followed her inside and she looked around as if she was looking for Susan.

Me: she's not here.

I said getting back to my mopping of the floor.

Julia: I'm not here for her, I know she's gone to work.

Me: then why are you here?

She had a seat and I stood still for a minute waiting to hear what she had to say because according to me, we were done the previous night when she almost gave me up like some sacrificial lamb.

Julia: I'm here to apologize.

Me: for what part exactly?

Julia: everything. For badmouthing you to your mother, for taking you to some quack, and for the bad things I said about you at my place.

I continued mopping after I heard all that.

Julia: you are not going to say anything?

Me: no but I have a question.

Julia: ask.

Me: what were you going to get out of me terminating that baby? Why did it seem like you had some side deals with that woman?

Julia: I didn't. I've known the woman for a while and we were just chatting.

Me: okay. Whatever it was, after everything you told me at your place, we are not friends and we are not anything. I left your place and that's that. I will keep my baby and suggest that you stay away from me..you are not the friend I knew.

Julia: so you and Susan are what, best friends, is that what both of you have concluded, that you don't want anything to do with me?

Me: I don't know about Susan but I know I don't want to see you again.

Julia: mh! That's fine.. it is not like you added any value to my life anyway...

She got up and pushed me out of her way as she walked away.

Julia was roo kern about causing Robina pain and that she was not going to back out of her life as she had asked. She wanted everything Robina had, she wanted her man because he had money and she also wanted everyone to hate Robina became everywhere they went together people only recognized her and didn't care much for her presence.

Julia: damn fool, you are not any better than me, by the time I'm done with you, I'm the only one you will be begging for mercy to take you in.

She got in her car and drove off.

Mark and Diana got to his place. They shut the door behind them and they immediately started kissing and undressing each other. Mark lifted her to his waist and they kissed as they headed to the bedroom. They were breathing heavily and moaning as mark threw her on the bed and got on top of her. Diana was excited and she wanted to make every minute with Mark count because she knew that she only got that chance when Mark was in a good mood. The two had never slept together before but that day was different. Mark wanted to make Diana feel what she hadn't felt in a long time and Mark also was on some sort of a dry spell. He needed the s*x that he could not get from Robina the other night trying to prove that he was a gentleman and was going to wait until she was ready for him.

He kissed her neck and pushed both her hands on top of her head and kissed every inch of her body. He raised her leg to his hip and thrust onto her watching hers move her body like a snake. She was feeling him so badly she grabbed his butt and pushed him in grinding his butt and moaning with pleasure, and so was he.

Nerea had organized her stuff to be moved into the new apartment she had found. She wanted to get things back in line and the only thing she was going to do was get involved in Jesse's company which saw most of his associates dead. She didn't know much about Jesse's dealings but she saw some books that were stashed in a box in what used to be Jesse's office. She thought of getting help from Robert because he was the one person working hand in hand with Jesse..she grabbed a picture frame that had Jesse's photo in it and she looked at it. Jesse looked very innocent and Nerea thought the rumors she had heard about her husband being a criminal and a ruthless man were all lies.

She walked with the photo to her new bedroom and put it beside the bed on a lamp stand.

Nerea: I don't know what the family you entrusted me to have become. Richard is in his own world going his own things. He doesn't want to let anyone in and the fact that he cannot walk has got him thinking that he is not good enough for anything. Diana is one crazy nut head. She is uncontrollable and I do not know what to do with her. She's growing wild every day and asking too many questions I do not have answers to Joram is touring the world, he didn't care about continuing your legacy and he watched the company shut down and declared bankrupt. Sam is almost done with school, I wonder what route he will take. Why did you leave me with this burden?

She took the photo again and hugged it then lay back on the bed.

Mark and Diana both lay on the bed tired. Mark stared into the empty ceiling as Daina playfully traced her finger on his ear. She smiled to herself and he turned to look at her but did not smile back. He sat up in the middle of the bed and she did too.

Diana: why don't you like me, Mark, why are you blind when it comes to me compared to other women?

Mark: what other women?

Diana: I don't know, whoever you are screwing.

He made a sigh and tried to get out of bed but Diana grabbed his arm.

Diana: please talk to me. It really hurts when you decide to avoid me. I just want to be in your space.

Mark: you can't. You know why.

Diana: no I don't...

Mark: you are Richard's sister, how do you think he will feel when he knows I'm screwing his little sister?

Diana: I'm twenty two.

Mark: it doesn't matter.

Diana: so why did you bring me here then?

Mark: because I wanted to have s*x and I believe that's what you wanted as well.

He said looking at her meaning every word he said. He didn't care about how it sounded or how she felt. She was the one throwing herself at him.

Diana: wow!

She got out of bed and hurried to the bathroom... Mark laid back on his back waiting for his turn to clean up.

Robert after meeting up with Nerea the previous night and having the discussion they had, he knew things were just about to get as complicated as him giving out his daughter to a marriage he knew would never work. He and Nerea had been involved years back and they f****d up. If he didn't clean the mess, things were going to get ugly and costly secrets were going to be exposed. Cleopatra was already asking questions and if she only knew half the things that happened between him and Jesse's family and especially Nerea, he was going to remain a bachelor at sixty years.

He called up Nerea but the phone went unanswered then he left her a message to call him back.

Tosh was back at the Muthaiga house doing some exercises to help him get in shape because just like he had promised Richard, he wanted to get moving again so that he could make his millions but had he entirely put what he saw that night to rest?

He did a few sit ups then eventually gave up and remained lying on the floor helpless and worried that he was not going to be able to walk soon enough. He reminisced on the way the cop pulled a gun on him and asked him to remain silent or he would be the one to kill him, he thought Richard was not capable of doing some things but he had money and cops had money. In a world of power, drugs, and guns, money bent rules and money could buy anything. He wanted that, he wanted to be able to make things go his way or maybe he was just tired of pushing Richard around in a wheelchair and driving his expensive car. Richard had lied to a lot of people and he was going to be the one righting those wrongs but first, he needed to be just as powerful as Richard. He heard a car drive into the compound and he knew that Richard and Santos were already back from their meeting. He tried to do a few more sit ups and leg lifts so that Richard could see how serious he was.

Richard and Santos had bought Tosh some food from the restaurant and Richard was the one who took it to him as Santos say in the computer room to check on a few things regarding Lenny.

Richard opened the door to Tosh's room and he was surprised that he didn't attempt to run.

Tosh: I don't know if I'll ever get used to the fact that you can actually walk so well.

Richard: yeah I know. It's an act I have to continue putting on and it has to remain that way, do you understand?

Tosh: yeah.

He tried getting up and Richard helped him to his feet and he sat at the edge of the bed and he handed him the packed food.

Richard: now that you are on your good behavior you can go home to your girlfriend and she'll take better care of you. We have business going down in two weeks and you need to help Santos distribute the guns. That's beside the mission that will earn you your first million clean cash.

Tosh smiled. He loved the sound of his first mullion but did he know what the mission was going to be? He had no idea what Richard had in store for him.

As Richard was talking to Tosh, a text came through his phone. It was a w******p message followed by a photo of Robina lying on some bed in a hospital with a woman wearing a white dust coat not so far away from her in the photo Robina looked very scared and it was followed by a message that said.. " Do you know how many babies your wife had aborted before she came to your house playing saints, with the number of men she has been sleeping with, I doubt if she's carrying your son or just another bastard she's trying to get rid of."

He immediately got up, left the room for his office, and tried to call the number but it was blocked. Juliana had started her game and she started it by playing dirty, what was her endgame plan?..