TAMING BECCA

SIXTEEN

SIXTEEN

To Becca and James, there was something between them that was just unexplainable, the two clicked on the first and even though Becca was not ready to admit it, she knew there was something special about him that made her feel connected to him, there was just something that kept pushing her to him and she was yet to find out, to James, it felt like a fantasy or just a dream that he wished never to wake up from, the first time his eyes set on her, his heart beat raced, he didn’t know what that mean but what he knew was that he wanted to see her often and maybe stare in her eyes forever if given a chance, she had those dreamy eyes that could make you get lost in them for a while, Becca was an epitome of beauty and it was not just he was attracted to her from the outside, the feeling he felt when their eyes met for the first time, was a feeling he felt years back when he met his first girlfriend Georgina who cheated on him with one of his friends back in college and that was the end of him dating, he wanted nothing to do with girls or dating, he just wanted to focus on the store that his father left him and taking care of his remaining family member, his mom and sister Sophia, dating was never on his mind since that fateful night he found Georgina and his friend red handed on his bed, that tore him apart and he swore never to forgive her and never to date again, until his eye landed on the beautiful detective Becca, she made him change the perspective and from the moment she walked out of the door, h already knew what he wanted, having her in his life and he was willing to do anything for as long as he had her, that was the promise he made to himself

When Becca met Anthony, she thought she had seen it all, Anthony was a man who had everything a woman could look for in a man, he had money, he lived a lavish life from the type of clothes he wore and the model of the cars he drove every time the two met, he would come with a different model of a car and body wise, he was like a walking god, and like I said before Anthony wasn’t a male model but he should have been, he had everything that could make him one, but the moment Becca’s eyes met James’ she was lost in them for a while, he was so simple compared to Anthony and yet so attractive and so handsome, the man she met at the jewelry store was a whole lot of a man with perfection, his hair was dark black and coiffed to perfection, his eyes were chocolate like that shone bright as the startling clarity as the mountain stream and the lineaments of his face were in perfect proportion to each other, to her, he seemed to have been molded from a different cast because he had this androgynous look uncommon to most men she had met, not even her ex Jimmy could be compared to what James was to her, lacquered and enameled by the sun, he radiated energy and brio and from the short time they were at his store, she realized that he was an open minded man, very social with a flamboyant personality, she had not known him for long but no doubt to her, James was a different kind from the type of men she had met earlier, not even Anthony could be compared to him, because despite the fact that Anthony had the looks at everything almost the same as James, unlike him, James didn’t talk much, he seemed to be the quiet person that only talked when it mattered and when it was necessary, that was very rare to find, her friend knew that the two were stealing glances at each other the whole time they were at the store and no doubt, her friend liked the James guy, it was even clear from her facial expression when his name was mentioned

“But James, I saw the way you were looking at her and she was looking at you with the same intensity, do you two happen to know each other?” Cynthia, one of the two girls that he had employed asked, the two were from the same neighborhood and were used to each other, they could literally talk about anything, the other girl was still new and James told her to go home and have a rest as the investigate don the case, which she agreed since she was only doing the morning shift and would take a cab to school, she was still in college so in the store they were just the two of them, Cynthia and James, the two had been talking since the detectives left, James called his mother and told her about the incident, he didn’t go into a lot of details but only told her that the police were investigating on the case and that he would get his things back before the end of the day, Cynthia used to stay alone, her parents died in a greasily fatal road accident and since she knew no relative, she was just staying alone and taking care of the bills, so she decided to stay with Jams until they found out the culprit which she highly hoped they do because she had no other place to go, the jewelry store was the only place she would spend time with the two friends she had made in the neighborhood and not only that, working at the store always made it easy for her to cater for her bills and pay for her part time course she was taking at the university

“And why would you think so? She was here only doing her work as a detective, I don’t see where we were staring at each other like you claiming, she spent most of the time in the other room with the other male detectives and the other female detective was the one doing the interrogation, so I dot really get the point that you are trying so hard to prove, sp kindly fill me in” he said obliviously and she just smiled, she knew her friend liked the female detective but she thought not of probing the matter further, she knew James was stressed and she was just trying to make him feel better

“I won’t probe further into the matter, anyway I have not heard from Bill since he left yesterday and that is unlike him, do you think he could do that to you? I mean plan a robbery? Because all the evidences are lying on him but I still think maybe he did not do it and something else tells me maybe h didn’t do it maybe someone else did it on his behalf you know? I just don’t understand why would someone break into your store, or maybe you made some enemies that are trying to get back at you?” she asked and he shook his head in denial, he didn’t remember making any enemies, he was always working and spending the free time with his mother and sister and didn’t have any enemies, however robbed his store was probably in need of money because there were no damages at the store, just the few necklaces, bracelets, watch bracelets, rings and other small things, and maybe whoever robbed him knew him, knew everything about him, because of the key sketching they found in the trash can, so it was just between the four of them so the culprit was just among them , the only hard thing was identifying his/her

“No I don’t think it is any of my enemies, despite I don’t remember making any enemies I don’t get time for that, you know how busy I am Cynthia so that is ruled out and for Bill I don’t know what to say because honestly something tells me that maybe it is not him or maybe someone is trying to set him up or maybe he was doing this for someone who had threatened him because on any other circumstance, Bill would never betray me like that, he is someone I have knows my whole life and I don’t think he can do that to me, he knows how much this store means to me, I just don’t know what to say, what to believe and what not to believe because honestly, we are only the four of us and from the sketch of the key on the paper that was retrieved from the trash can, I think the culprit is just in here, I don’t know what to say and what to think of right now, I am just disappointed” he said as he buried his head in his hands, it was when that reality was hitting him so hard, f the years he had started working in that store, long even before his father passed on, there was no such case until that day and he thought that maybe it was just fate but he dint want to believe in it because he knew he had done nothing wrong, the only thing he prayed was that the goods stolen to be retrieved because it was a big loss to the store and especially to him because he knew his had failed his father

“And by the way Bill mentioned something to do with visiting their small cabin in Los Angeles after visiting his mom in the hospital, he said he will call after he arrived and he hasn’t until now, maybe something is wrong somewhere, I should call him and confirm if he is okay and arrived safely” Cynthia said and Jams turned to look at her, she didn’t mention it when she was being interrogated and that made him a little bit more curious and disappointed at the same time, she could have said that to the detectives but instead just stood there and watched him give the detectives, Bill’s address and the hospital name

“And why didn’t you say that to the detectives who were here? But you instead let me give them Bill’s address when you all along knew his whereabouts? I am disappointed in you Cynthia and I am starting to think that maybe you happen to know something that I don’t and I don’t understand why you haven’t told me yet, I think I should just call her, they haven’t gone far but as for you I think I deserve more than an apology and an explanation, I can’t believe you withheld such an important information from me!” he said as he retrieved his phone from his pocket and dialed Becca’s number from the card that she had given her few minutes earlier, Cynthia was still in shock, she tried talking but could not get the right words to explain to her friend about what happened, she didn’t do it intentionally but it had just happened to skip her mind, and it was at that minute that she hated herself for talking about it, she wished she had just kept quiet, she wouldn’t be in the trouble she was in at the moment and that was not what she was prepared for