TAMING BECCA

TEN

TEN

The two spent the rest of the evening talking about nothing in particular but kept reminding themselves about the good old days when they were still in campus and most of the time they were growing together and moments when they started dating, their teenage years and their whole life as friends in general

“You know I should really get going” Becca said as she stood up from the couch, it was around 7.30 almost eight and she thought she had kept her friend company , she would be okay so she needed to go to her house

“Why don’t you just stay for tonight, we always did that when we were still in high school, we would sleep over at each other’s house and that was the best part about being friends with you but now that we are grown ass women, everyone has her own house and thinking about their future, I miss the good old days, the days we would hang out as friends, just spend the night today please” she said while half begging and Becca sighed, she had a lot of work to do that day and since it was on a Monday she didn’t think it was okay for her to sleep over, they always did that on weekends once in a while

“You do know that tomorrow is Tuesday and not on Saturday so sweetheart, I think you will have to bear with me today and wait for weekend, we both have paper works to do and in as much as I want the rest of the night here, do the night girl thing with you, which is always my best part too, we both have to head to work tomorrow morning and don’t forget about the undercover mission the boss just asked us to think about, I understand you wanted to see Michael tonight, he didn’t bring your car back and you having doubts but trust me, the guy loves you so just stop think too hard about it and try and get some sleep, I will make it up to come Friday, just trust me” she said and walked to where Joanna was standing, she pulled her into a hug and she smiled, that is how best friends should be

“Okay, you have yourself a goodnight and don’t oversleep, you will be my ride tomorrow” she said with a smile and Becca nodded in response

“Okay, see you tomorrow then” she said and started walking towards the door, just before she could unlock it, it was opened from outside and Michael entered the house, Joanna who was right behind her was surprised to see him, they were both not expecting to see him at her house that time, he greeted Becac and walked to where Joanna was standing still looking at him surprised he pulled her into a hug and kissed her right in front of Becca, at first she was disgusted but then taught that she had no right whatsoever to judge her friend, she was happy for her if she was happy with him, no judgment

“I think I am going to get pregnant, I will be on my way Joanna see you tomorrow” she said ad didn’t leave room for her to answer, she immediately left the house and closed the door behind her and walked straight to her car, there was no other car around and that only meant that Michael didn’t return her car back, she opened the driver’s side and slid in her car, she then drove off to her place

“Baby, I am sorry I didn’t text you as I promised but something came up, I lost my phone in the process but I had to see you before I sleep today, I wanted to make sure you are okay and was not mad at me, you know how much I hate when you are mad at me, I don’t always like that so I came to say sorry, I will make you your favorite dish just don’t be mad at me, I will make it up to you” he said after the kiss and the two of he were now seated in the living room, on the couch

“And exactly happened? Don’t tell me it is another d*******l Michael and let me hope you dint take my car with you, where is it? Did you come with it?” she asked and he sighed deeply which only meant that he had not come with his car

“I am sorry baby, I will have it brought to you early in the morning before you head to work and no id dint use it on my errands, I just ran across something and I lost my phone in the process but you car is at home, don’t worry it was not a d*******l, I was doing something for my papa and that was it, I have told you countless times that I don’t deal with drugs bit you would rather believe your friend over me, I know she hates my guts but don’t let her come in between us, don’t let her cloud your mind with her speculations and bull s**t, I told you and I tell you every day that I love you and I would like to spend the rest of my life with you, you are all that matters don’t let hr confuse you, I love you Joanna and only you, just give me some time I figure everything out, I want us to get married soon, trust me” he said soothingly and Joanna kind of believed his words, he always knew how to manipulate her , love can really make one so blind that he or she doesn’t even see the danger they are putting themselves into, Joanna was one of the victims, Michael had her wrapped around his finger and he could easily manipulate her into doing anything he wanted her to do

“And why should I trust you and not her? She is my best friend and friends look out for each other, which is what she is doing, looking out for me and making sure I am okay, so what really happened? and don’t lie to me, juts don’t forget that I am a detective and I will dig out the truth if I tell I want to know everything from you, it won’t take time, just a snap of a finger and boom I will be having everything about you here with me but that is not how I want to find out things about you, I want you to tell me by yourself and leave Becca out of this, she doesn’t hate you, she is just looking out for and don’t think of lying to me because I will find out everything you are trying to hide from me at the end of the day” she said and Michael exhaled deeply

“Well just like I told you, something came up and sorry for mentioning about your friend, but I think we should be focusing on s don’t you think so?” he asked and she nodded just to avoid the discussion but truth be told, Michael was honestly lying to her, he had slept over at her place ad realized that he was the for the mission his dad had sent him to go, he had at least thirty minutes before he could get home and that meant he could not call a cab since it would take a lot of time than he had estimated the an idea a came in his mind, he knew Joanna had a car and she would not deny him so he asked if he could take her car and she said yes, he drove home as fast as he could and he was only late by ten minutes, they were supposed to go with his elder brother Anthony for the shipment at the far end of the town so he left Joanna’s car and home and drove along with his brother, they were played so there was a shootout and some of their men were killed but his brother and him managed to escape and that is how his phone got lost in the process, he could not bring himself to tell her the truth and especially now that the truth will hurt her more than it already had, he passed by the mall and brought her, her strawberry flavored ice cream, he knew she liked it, he gave it to her

“I brought you your favorite flavor of ice cream by the way, I will make you dinner as you take, I hope I am forgiven because I don’t like you when you are and at me and when you stay mad at me, it kills me from the inside, please babe don’t be mad at me, I swear I will bring your car early tomorrow morning before you go to work” he said while looking keenly at her and she smiled, he knew she had forgiven him

Elsewhere as Becca approached her porch, she realized that there was someone else around since there was another car parked in the driveway, she closed the door behind her and walked straight to the front door and that is when she saw Anthony, she was not expecting to see him soon because she didn’t even call him as she had said she would and for the first time in her life, she regretted showing him to her place, she wished that they could have met somewhere else and not at her place, she had just dug her own grave by inviting him at her place and that was the beginning of her problems