100 Days With Mr Romero

Gideon walked into the office that morning smiling like a high school boy who had just fallen in love. He greeted everyone he came in contact with that morning which his members of staff found shocking.

During the usual weekly briefing they have in the office on mondays, Gideon kept smiling throughout the whole period and his staff wondered whether he had found new replacements for the business partners who pulled out.

While the weekly briefing was ongoing, Gideon kept thinking about his dance with Emma and the jokes they cracked last night. He was glad she had forgiven him.

After he returned back to his office, Gideon made up his mind to invite Emma for lunch in a restaurant of her choice. What if she thinks he was flirting with her? he thought but still decided to try his luck.

Meanwhike in the main head office of LIA’S bars, Emma was having goose bumps. She thought of how Gideon held her waist while they danced and she blushed.

She remembered resting her head on his shoulder as they swung from left to right. She recounted how they made fun of each other. She smiled and opened the file before her.

Emma’s phone began to ring. She smiled after seeing the phone screen. Before they parted ways from last nights event at the museum, they had exchange contacts and now, Gideon was calling her.

“Hello. ” she responded after picking the call.

“Hello ma’am. ” came Gideon’s voice.

“Ma’am? ” she asked.

“Yes. ” he replied and they bursted out laughing.

Gideon then cleared his throat and went straight to the point.

“Will you be free this afternoon? ” he demanded.

“I think so. ” Emma replied after glancing at her wristwatch.

“2pm precisely. ” Gideon stated.

“That’s lunch hour. I should be free by then. ” confirmed Emma while drawing circles with her fingers on the table.

“I will like you to have lunch with me? ” suggested Gideon.

“If you don’t mind. ” he quickly added.

Emma smiled.

“Sure. ” she replied.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“Take your time and pick an address then you text me the name of the spot you’ve picked. ” Gideon said.

“Okay then. ” Emma agreed.

Gideon ended the call and jumped out of his chair screaming “Yes! ”

Emma had some clients to meet with that afternoon by 12pm and when they came, her personal assistant ran to inform her.

During their meeting, Emma kept glancing at her wristwatch and wished she could rush thier presentations for them. The meeting seemed to be taking too long. It was twenty minutes to 2pm.

“Why don’t we pause and continue after lunch? ” suggested Emma.

“Sure. ” one of the clients agreed and the two others nodded in approval.

Emma hurried to her office and texted Gideon the spot she had chosen for the lunch.

‘Mel my driver will come pick you up shortly. ‘ Gideon texted her back.

Emma held her bag and kept observing her outlook. Is this outfit okay? She asked herself. Stop it Emma she told herself and smiled.

Ten minutes later, Emma’s assistant knocked on her door.

“Come in.” she invited him in.

“Someone by the name Mel came to pick you up. He said he was sent by Mr. Romero. ” said her personal assistant.

Emma nodded, grabbed her bag and left the office after locking her door. She stepped out and met Mel standing by Gideon’s car.

He waved at her and introduced himself as Mel. She entered the car and they zoomed off.

‘I’m on my way.’ Emma texted Gideonwho was already seated at the chosen restaurant.

Gideon smiled after reading the text and rested his back on the chair.

After driving for few minutes, Mel parked the car by the road side.

“I need to ease myself. ” he told Emma who nodded.

Mel came out of the car and went inside the shrubs nearby. Few seconds later, a police officer showed up.

“Hello Officer. ” Emma greeted him with a smile.

“Hi ma’am. Are you okay?” asked the officer.

“Yea my driver needed to ease himself. ” she explained pointing to the shrubs.

“Ok ma’am can I see your particulars? ” demanded the police officer.

Emma looked into the shrubs but Mel wasn’t coming out. How could she tell the officer that it wasn’t her car, that she was just picked and knew nothing about the particulars. Her attention quickly went to the drawer-like section of the car where she keeps her own particulars.

“Your particulars ma’am? ” said the impatient police officer.

“Just a minute. ” Emma told him and pulled out the particulars from the place she had assumed they will be.

“Here. ” she said handing it over to the officer who was standing by the window outside.

While pulling out the particulars, an envelop fell off.

“Here. ” the officer said handing back the documents to her. He left the spot.

Emma noticed the envelope while trying to return the particulars. she immediately took it and opened it.

Immediately Emma unwrapped the envelope, she went blank.

In the envelope where the compromising pictures of Gideon and Judy which was sent to her three years ago. She felt something inside the envelop and shook it. An empty pack of Triazolam fell off. Emma examined the empty satchet. The drug had expired three years ago. In between the pictures was a note.

Emma held her mouth after reading the note. The note states ‘The drug wasn’t suppose to last longer than it did. It was only meant for the purpose of taking the pictures. It’s unfortunate the baby died. ‘

Emma fell back on the chair and was shaking violently. What could Gideon’s driver be doing with the evidences that she just stumbled on.

She came to the realization that Gideon was drugged so that the pictures sent to her could be taken and her poor Ryan died as a result of that act.

She immediately began dailing Gideon’s number with her hands trembling. Someone suddenly appeared and tied a handkerchief across her mouth which he had dipped in a liquid to deepen her sleep. He drove with her to the outskirt of the city.