Chapter 8 - Maybes

Morning came too late for Juni Cartel that fateful Wednesday,always being the time catious guy he was,he had been up since 4am, leaving his peaceful sleeping wife in bed,he took a quick shower,dressed up in his best long sleeved casual shirt ,his least expensive watch and a little spray of his men's perfume so as not to inimidate the young author or ruin his first impression like his mother has always said "First impression determines your journey".

He brewed some coffee for himself and sat down a bit getting a bit impatient as his wrist watch displayed 4:38am.He heard the door to the bedroom where his wife was sleeping crack open and a sleepy Carmen walked down the stairs stretching like a cat,seeing him sitting down at the kitchen counter,she cracked a sleepy smile at him before saying "Good morning babe,Got work to do huh?" He smiled back and walked over to her , meeting her in the middle as she came towards him"Good morning to you too,sleepy head" ,he tried to lean in to.kiss her but was met by her finger resting on his lips ,a bit distance from her lips as she stated "Morning breath, sweetheart" and she started moving away ,he pouted and said "I don't care"

"Well ,I do" she replied vehemently and was moving up back towards the stairs before asking while turning back to eye his chosen outfit"Trying to look good for someone,I see"

He shook his head in a hurry trying to defend himself "babe, c'mon,you know-"

"I know babe,was just tryna tease you,you know?"she replied with a smile before disappearing up the stairs.

"No I don't know,you little dummy"

He walked back to the kitchen counter, grabbing his phone to call his almost to be ex secretary,he thought"the women in my life ,damn"

Stamping his leg constantly on his floor showed off his agitation while hearing the silent sound of water running upstairs as his wife bathed.exactly 4:52am,he heard the doorbell being rang and he muttered a "about time."under his breath as he took his briefcase and headed to the door opening his to face his now refreshed secretary

"Good morning boss.How's Mrs Cartel?"Mark said and quickly took his briefcase from him

"No time for courtesy, Beyonce.Five more minutes and you would have been jobless"his boss replied as he stepped out and close the door behind him

"Now ,that's no good morning"Mark said smiling as they got into Juni's car with Mark at the wheel

"Make it one by not denting my car on the 40mins ride"Juni offered

"Yes sir"Mark said enthusiastically as the car engine roared to life and they drove out of.the drive way.

The time screen in the car displayed 5:49am as they pulled parked in front of a certain house which Mark had gotten from his source that ,that was where the young author was currently ."Hope you got your information right?"Juni asked glaring at his secretary as they knocked on the front door .

The door was answered by a rather well built man who seemed like he just got up from bed and was annoyed by them as he asked bluntly "Who the hell are you? What do you want and why the hell are you on my property?"

Juni glanced in disbelief at Mark and Mark quickly said "Let me handle this boss" gulping a bit,he turned to the man who answered the door to ask "Good morning sir,sorry to disturb you but we seem to think this is the residence of Angela Mandela" he said totally ignoring the angry glare his boss was shooting at him at the moment

"You seem like a respectful guy so I'mma answer you quick,Ain't no Angela Mandela living here so please get the fuck off my property as soon as possible"the man grunted and went back in then closed the door behind him leaving them outside as Juni huffed angrily at Mark "Seem to think?!really? haven't I always told you to get your information right?damnit" as they walked back to the car with Mark head in his hands,he offered hastily "I can ..can.i can call my sources again"

"Fuck your sources,Beyonce!, Damnit,I gotta..I gotta calm down and think..and think rationally" and that was what Juni did as he sat down at the driver's seat of the car and soon enough he got a smile on his face as he looked up at his secretary who was still standing outside

"Are you getting in or not?"he asked

"Sure will boss,you got a plan,don't you?"Mark asked smiling at his boss as he fastened his seat belt on the passenger's seat

"Sure do,we are going to the airport,if my calculations are right,we should be there in the next 35mins,hang on tight"Juni advised

If there was anything that made Juni always punctual and on time,His driving skills were a bonus as he swerved through traffics and pressed moderately on the accelerator.

It was exactly 6:43am when they pulled into the parking lot of the airport as Juni rushed into the airport leaving Mark to take care of the car.

He went to the currently boarding section,it didn't take him time to catch a sight of the blonde writer dressed in boots,jeans and a v neck T-shirt with shades.He reached for her hand and dragged her out of the queue with her bag in tow as everyone watched

"Who the hell are you?"She asked

"Sorry but I'm someone whose life you are about to save, C'mon ma'am ,I will pay the expenses for you missing your flight"He said quickly as he dragged her to an airport restaurant ,luckily Mark had caught sight of them after taking care of loose ends,he tagged after them.

After he explained his mission and his reasons while she sat there staring at him while drinking a smoothie.she uttered a simple loud and vehement "No ".

Checking her phone ,she stood up to leave as Juni added "you will be seeing me again,Ms Angela and as for the flight expenses,please forward your-"

"Whatever. And no , nevermind ,Mr Cartel.You can't buy me"She said looking at him

"That's not it."he replied chuckling before adding "it was my fault you missed the flight so I thought-"

"Then it's fine,I can pay by myself"She said interrupting him

"So when are you are going to be back, should I tag along?"He asked smiling

"In two days and no ,how would you even tag along?"She asked with her eyebrows quirked up

He scratched his head nervously and tried to find an answer but Mark replied for him as he came into view and held up a plane ticket

"We have a plane ticket"he said smiling

"Ohh"she smiled for the first time and continued"nevermind that,I will be back in two days like I previously said and maybe when I do,I will contact you"

"I like maybes. thank you ma'am and it's such a pleasure meeting you"he reached his hand out for a hand shake but she just smiled and said "Okay" before turning and moving away from them to rebook her flight.

"Jeez,this is going to be a long two weeks" Juni muttered while Mark chuckled

Before Juni asked suddenly "Oh and Beyonce, is that plane ticket refundable?"

Mark laughed as he replied while they headed to the car "In some way, yes"

"Good".