TOXIC ATTRACTION

TOXIC ATTRACTION EPISODE TWENTY EIGHT

Robert got back and set the plates on the table then put the takeaway food on the table. Nerea watched him without a word and seeing Robert act all romantic and stuff got her thinking of what she had been missing all along..was it even right the he was storing the long gone feelings because the last time she ever felt loved was this one time on valentine day when Jesse took her out on a date and they had the best time in a long time. Jesse wasn't romantic and besides that, he was too busy for family time. He was never present for any of his children's birthday's and he forgot important events like their wedding anniversary.

Robert: what are you thinking about, you seem lost.

He said ushering her to the table and pulling a chair for her.

Nerea: are you usually this romantic or it's just this one time?.

Robert: well, it depends. If i want to impress I could be.

Nerea sat and he sat on the other side of the table. She looked at the food and smiled as she took a fork and poked the beef then had a bite as Robert waited to see if she was going to enjoy the meal.

Nerea: this is nice, you have never forgotten what i liked.

Robert: when someone is important to you, everything about them becomes important..

They talked and laughed as they ate that if anyone didn't know Robert, he wouldn't know that he was married or that he is the harsh unapproachable man that his wife can't even hold a decent conversation with before being warned harshly or beaten. Cleopatra lived like a slave but she tolerated him because to her, she had never known another man or even thought of cheating on Robert in all those years they had been married.

While in the car with Davis, i noticed that he was not happy, his mood had switched from the happy guy who wanted to drop me home to this guy who was driving in silence and not saying a word to me through our the drive. For a minute i had assumed that it was because i had turned down his offer but on second thought, i decided to ask why. Davis was not the type to be that silent . He was always jovial and talkative. Susan had heard about what had happened to me and because she couldn't show up at the hospital, she called to check if she could pick me up and take me to her place but i told her Davis was dropping me. She said she would have prepared donner by the time we got home.. i finished up on the phone with Susan and shifted my attention back to Davis.

Me: you are quiet...are you okay?.

He looked at me briefly then focused on the road again.

Davis: I'm i pushing you too hard?..

Me: why would you think that?.

Davis: i know you are really trying to gauge whether or not what I'm feeling for you is genuine, i mean who would blame you. You spent your time loving me and i was out there chasing other women.

I did not say anything to that because i had bo idea why he brought that up. If he chose other women over me that was on him, why was he even feeling guilty about it?..

Davis: i need to tell you something..

He pulled over by the side of the road and switched off the engine. I was hoping he was not going to say something like he had some incurable disease from his running around.

Davis: it was selfish of me to ask you or rather force you to go out with me. I know you are married but to me, that man does not exist Robina, a man has to try shooting hos shots even if he seem to be making a fool of himself.

He turned to me and took my hand and wrapped it into his.

Davis: i love you. You were the one woman i loved despite fooling around, i always wanted to be alone with you, take you places, make love to you...

Me: but I wasn't enough Davis i had already accepted that.

Davis: you shouldn't have.

Me: so what, i should have chased after you as you chased after other women?.

Davis: that's not it either. They said you don't know a good thing until you loose it. I realized that but I won't accept defeat. I will fight for you and show you that you made the wrong choice, i only hate it when you push me away...like you did back at the hospital. I'm trying to fix everything i did wrong..

He lightly brushed my face with his finger and kissed my hand.

Me: I can't give you what you are asking for..

Davis: I'm not asking you to give anything. Just give me a chance to show you that I can be a better man.

He moved even closer and now he was staring into my face and his eyes dropped to my lips and he moved in ever closer like he was inviting me for a kiss and he waited for me to kiss him this time round. I felt butterflies in my tummy and his eyes on my lips turned me on. I know is sounds stupid but i really wanted to kiss him. I understood where Davis was coming from, despite being a man of many women, he loved me and i know he did. We were ripped apart and before he knew it I was gone. This was like those rare moments when you keep postponing check up on someone even though you have a bad feeling that something was bound to happen and in a blink of an eye they are gone.

I kissed him willingly, partly because i missed kissing him but the other part did it because i felt bad for him. We kissed for a long a while and that was cut short a ringing phone, it was Davis' phone and after looking at the screen, he ended it and dropped the phone on the dashboard..

Davis: spoiling a good moment. He cursed and started the car again and drove off. This time he was in a better mood.

Me: last time we were together, your mum was coming back from France did she make it into the country?..

Davis: not immediately but she came on Friday and on Saturday was the day you were getting married. She found me dying of heartbreak.

Me: did you attempt to look for me when i went missing?.

Davis: I did. Nobody had an idea of where you had gone. I called your phone i was even taken to your place by Julia. No one knew your whereabouts. I got sick thinking that something could have happened to you. The next time i hear about you, you were getting married. I couldn't handle it.

Me: I'm sorry. Everything happened so fast.

Davis: you didn't report the incident to the Police?

Me: I couldn't. It was all my dad's plan and when they set me free, it was already too late.

Davis: what was the deal with that though?.

Me: it's complicated. I will talk to you about it but not today.

Davis: take your time. I will be waiting.

"I have something on the Lenny guy."

Santos said after they had finished discussing Robina's issues. He excused himself for a minute and came back with his laptop and showed him Lenny's profile. There was so much that the profile wasn't saying but Richard thought that there ought to have been something that made Johannes pick him over all the other corrupt people there were to deal with.

Richard: we can't judge him based on the information we have here. We have to dig deeper.

Santos: how, carry an investigation, we can't do it but the cop can.

Richard: no. That's not necessary. We test him. Let's see how this first shipment goes with him. Meanwhile we look for someone else like we had discussed. Between the two we will see who is more trustworthy.

Santos: you know to buy someone's trust and especially someone who will allow your illegal stuff to come into the country without involving the police can be quite costly.

Richard: money is not the problem, they are the ones who should be afraid because if you are doing business with me, you have to know that i own everyone that's around you and anytime they can act as collateral damage. We have two weeks to find someone. Meanwhile, i have not heard from Rafael in a while. What's cooking at the boarder?.

Santos: the boys are on to it..they have been sniffing around but after the dead body he has toned down. I think he knows the boundary by now. Rafael is a coward and he knows he can't stand up against you.

Richard: what if we throw him off the market, we are not limited tp smuggling guns, we get the best products from the best distributer maybe even the person who distributes coke and weed for him..we rebrand then we start small, with the people we sell the guns to only that we make it a few coins less that what Rafael is offering..before he knows it, out s**t is in his territory and because we know he will wage war on us, we prepare for it.

Santos: you are joking.

Richard: this is my business face. I'm thinking we jump a few of their boys, we steal the coke and weed. We look for the supplier we give a better offer and stay vigilant. Rafael does not think like we think meaning it will take a while before he realizes what we are trying to do. When the time comes, we burn down his warehouse and cheap drugs will have gone with it.

Santos: sounds like a plan but we have to think through it, get our supplier team in order and make it as discrete as possible. If this blows before the actual plan Rafael will retaliate in a not so calm way.

Richard: we get the guns next week we start working on that. I Richard have no tim to waste on business opportunities. We grab and deal with the aftermath of whatever decision we make. How is our prisoner?.

Santo: freaking out about his first mission. You told him he will be making his first million?

Richard: that's the rule of the game. You want to be like us, you have to earn your spot. We need leverage over him.

Santos: a kill job?..

Richard: yeah. That way he won't go running his mouth to anyone. He plays the game first then know the rule later.

Santos smiled. He knew what Richard meant but Tosh had no idea what he was signing up for. While the two were busy chatting, Tosh was busy flipping through the stuff Santos had been notting down. He saw Johannes and a few details about him snd he also saw a few details about Lenny. He quickly took out his phone and snapped the information and quickly left the computer room for his room..

He closed the door and sat on his bed then started searching the names..

Davis and I got to Susan's place and he walked me to the door and stood there to make sure i got in safe. Susan opened the door and just as i was about to get in, we heard Julia's voice as she came up the stairs and she met Davis with a "hi babe". She had only seen Davis at the edge of the staircase so Susan and i remained by the door to confirm that it was really her Hi" babing" Davis. She hurried up the steps and threw her arms around him and Davis pushed her back.

Davis: what are you doing?..

She looked at the door and saw us.

Julia: oh.. hi girls..

She said completely ignorant of the fact that we had heard what she had said. Davis excused himself and left them to square it out on their own.

Me: babe, what you are screwing him now?.

She finished the steps and came closer to the door.

Julia: Davis is not my type. And you should know he was my friend before he met you.

Susan: stop it Julia...

Julia: I'm not here for a fight anyway. Looks like I'm not wanted here so let me go. Susan i will call you tomorrow..

I walked in and susan followed me.

Julia got down and found Davis getting in the car and she ran up to him and shut the door before he could get in..

Julia: what was that act, back there?

She asked pressing herself against him and he pushed her off.

Davis: I'm not doing this with you, not right here..

Julia: somewhere else?.

Davis: I'm not interested on what this is. You know that..

Julia: you didn't stop when you were banging me in the back of your car the other day. How will your little miss Robina feel about us.

Davis: don't you dare pull that card on me. Don't you dare start threatening me.

Julia: or what?..

Davis did not respond. He opened the door to his car and before he got in, Julia tore her top and started screaming calling Davis a r****t she threw her bag down and fell to the ground calling for help. People started approaching and Davis was stopped from getting into his car. Julia looked at her and smiled then got back to crying..