CHAPTER 21
Oh crap!!
"I umm... I was—I was using the restroom but then I forgot where I came from so I think I got a little lost." I lie, giving him a sweet smile.
"You should have called me. I was waiting for you but you weren't showing."
"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. Let's go now."
Josh 'leads' me back to the living room showing me the way. He doesn't know that one of the qualifications to be an agent is to have a great memory, which I have. I nod my head as though I'm listening to him but my thoughts are elsewhere.
"Naise! Naise!! Are you even listening to me?" Josh stops talking and is looking at me worriedly.
"Huh?! Could you repeat that?" I say when I snap back to reality.
"I said that it's time I take you home. It's almost nine."
"Oh okay."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm peachy."
"Are you showing me sass young lady?"
"Who you calling young lady, old man?" I tease him.
"I'll show you who is old!" He reaches for me but I swerve, running towards the kitchen.
"Rosa! Josh wants to kill me." I run to hide behind Rosa gripping her shirt.
"Joshua Beau Carmichael! Why are you disturbing this poor girl?" She yells playfully at Josh.
Beau?! That's his middle name?! Hahahaha
"Beau?! That's your middle name?!"
"Yeah you got a problem with that Cassandra?" Josh is glaring at me and I glare back because he used my middle name.
"At least my middle name fits my face and character. You on the other hand has a middle name that literally means beautiful." I smirk.
"It doesn't mean beautiful." He rubs his neck.
"So what does it mean then? Huh?!"
"It's an old fashioned meaning awoman'smalelover." He mumbles the last few words.
"Come again?"
"A woman's male lover." He is beginning to turn pink. The tip of his ears are already pink.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!" I'm close to tears now.
"What the—! Your parents named you a woman's lover? Hilarious!"
"I'm never gonna live this down will I?"
"Nope." I say popping the p when my laughter turns to soft hiccups.
"You're a meanie." He pouts.
"Whateverrrr!!!" Just then my phone vibrates.
Janice Frowny😌:Yoooo! It's almost nine. Leave lover boy and get home now😏
Me:Hold your horses. We are leaving now🙄
"May we leave now? It's late." I ask.
"Yes let's go."
I say goodbye to Rosa, Susie, Susan,and Mr. Carmichael. It's nice to know that it's not your boyfriend's father that wants you dead. We drive back to my place, still talking about his name.
I think I'm going to store his name on my phone as Male lover.
Josh drives me to the front of the house.
"We have arrived at your destination m'lady."
"Why thank you!"
"No need. It was my pleasure." He looks so cute.
"I had a wonderful time. Thank you."
"Even I had a great time."
I lean in for a brief kiss. Sure sometimes we have a make out session, but I wasn't gonna do that in front the house. After a while, Josh pulls away.
"Good night babe."
"Good night my beau." I hear him laugh before I enter the house. I go up to the room to see Janice FaceTiming Dave.
"Hey Janice."
"Welcome back lover girl." She says smirking at me.
"Shut up PB shoe girl." She just rolls her eyes at me.
"Hey Dave."
"What's popping A?"
"Just got back from Josh's. I just found out something."
"About what?"
"Work related. Do you think you could excuse us?" I look at Janice.
"Oh hell no. I wanna know what is going on as well. And you ain't stopping me from listening. You had better call Dan and Ivy as well."
"You are so annoying!" I say in frustration.
"And you know you love me so I'm glad we are on the same page."
"Dave call Dan right now and Anaise call Ivy. I'm gonna get a snack."
"Hey who put you in charge? It's my mission."
"I put myself in charge. Now get moving." I look to Dave and he looks back at me. He shrugs at me. I shrug at him.
"Yo A what's happening?" Dan who just joined the video call asked.
"I'll tell you in a bit."
"Hi Ivy." We all said when Ivy joined the video call.
"Hi guys. What's the emergency?"
"Okay listen up. Earlier today, I got a call from Officer Ross. He said that the two thugs that attacked me some weeks ago have finally spoken up. They told me that the person that sent them is Brandon Carmichael."
"No way." From Dave
"Are you sure?" From Dan
"Josh's dad?" From Ivy
"That old sucker." From Janice.
I roll me eyes at Janice's comments.
"But the thing is that it isn't him. I searched his office today and I found nothing that shows he is in the drug business. Those morons were lying. But why?"
"I think they just wanted to frame someone you know to distract you." Dan says after a while.
"But how do they know that I know Mr. Carmichael? Do they have spies watching me? I haven't had any feeling of being watched though."
"This is strange." Ivy piped in.
"I've got something to tell you. Vivian escaped from prison. Again." Dave discloses.
"What the hell? Again? How did she escape this time?" I nearly scream.
"Someone helped her. A man. But his face wasn't shown." He says
"I guess it's Sylvester. That idiot!"
"No I don't think so. From the footage I was sent the person seems much older than Sylvester."
"So who could it be?" I'm getting very concerned now.
"Who knows what that psychopath planned. I think she is behind the drug dealings. What do you guys think?" Janice inputs
"You might be right. The only way we can know for sure is if I stop the deal on Friday and catch the culprit."
"Yeah." They all said.
"Hey guys I've gotta go now. Let's meet tomorrow."
"Yeah let's meet at our place." Dan suggests.
"Okay that's fine. Good night y'all." I say before disconnecting the call.
"Its gonna be okay. We will find those fools and kick some butts." After saying this she pulls me in for a hug.
"Thanks Janice, but im sorry you won't get to kick any butts."
"We will see about that." The glint in her eyes indicating that's she is planning something mischievous.
This girl will be the death of me! Literally, if she doesn't stop thinking what she is thinking.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight." I respond before shutting my eyes.