Chapter 28

Brains woke up after a little rest, he was able to open his eyes and could see the nurse and the Director clearly. He had eating the fruits and food brought by the nurse. He was still in pains. Parts of his hands and legs were stitched. He had bruises all over his body and wounds on his head. Although he was now seeing, moving his body was still difficult. The medical Director advised him to relax himself and take it one after the other, as he needed more rest to recover. He was asking too many questions, all he could remember was when he left the hotel and entered the car. Everything that happened later he couldn't recall. The hospital had done MRI and other scan awaiting results to ascertain the state of his brain and to know if there was internal bleeding anywhere. His speech was still slow and his voice very low. After checking him according to the usual routine, the director handed over to the nurse and left. The nurse made sure everywhere was ok and neat. She barely sat down when Mira walked in. Brains was surprised at the sight of her, he could not believe who he was seeing. He tried calling Olivia, but he couldn't as all that could come out of his mouth was like a whisper. Mira could see his difficulty in putting up a smile and talking. She told him to relax, that everything was going to be fine. Brains was looking at her without blinking, he was questioning the reason for her not seeing him all those while, only to appear in the hospital. She was still stunning as usual, he thought. If only he could talk, he would have asked her many questions. Mira was happy he was alive, she thanked the nurse for the care and told Brains she would still be checking on him regularly. She left the hospital to her office. 

Meanwhile at home, Olivia was not happy with what happened at the garden. She thought of confronting her friend but shrugged it off. She had never seen Nelly, how did she know about Mira and herself, how much does she know? Many questions were coming to her mind. She remembered her father's advice, she must be cautious. From the look of things, there were many Nellys around she thought. She had to find out whom she was and this she must do fast, she told herself. She felt Pat wasn't aware of that part, the woman chose to say that only to her. On a second thought she felt her friend could also be in danger, such women who could blackmail her into doing her bid, could be very dangerous. Moreover why was she bent on destroying her friends marriage just to be with her. She thought  of calling Chase, but remembered he was almost leaving town, Bruno was out of it, as he wasn't sure how secretive he would be. She has only one option, and that was her mom.

Nelly had waited for Pat to pull out of her marriage, she felt it was taking too long. The excuses she was giving her were not sinking into her. She had wanted her to move over almost immediately. She had what it takes to see their marriage through. Moreover she was the kind of woman she wanted for obvious reasons. Her beauty, charisma, eloquence and especially courage. She had tested her with business and she delivered. What else could she have asked for. She wouldn't want to waste time before she fall into another hand. She does not understand why the so called friend wouldn't jump into the opportunity of taking over the so called handsome husband. She also thought Pat may be the one delaying things, so she decided to take it upon herself to speak to Olivia herself. She never planned blackmailing her but her body gestures made her suspect she might pull a fast one on them. Having known the family for years, she has come so close to them, especially their father to know a lot about them. Nelly met with Olivia's father in France he first time, although they only communication between them was the greeting. He wasn't her target that day. It was in Bulgaria that they met the second time and that triggered their business relationship. She worked for Olivia's Dad for 6 years. Nelly was brought up by a single parent, her father who later died at the age of 50. He abused her sexually. Hence her hatred for the opposite sex. She took the job of undercover spy and informant for law enforcement agents as volunteers. Since then she was able to irk out a living for her self, high level contacts and connections, were also made. She made so much money and went into big time business, especially the supply business.   Her business cuts across countries and continents. It was one of such businesses that led to her meeting with Pat.She knew that the only way to persuade her into making haste and doing the needful, was by touching the sensitive part of her and her family. She wasn't sure of which amongst Mira and Olivia that was with Pat, hence her plan to see her. She was happy to see Olivia as Mira would have been a hard nut to crack. She was sure to get result in no distant time.

Brains was happy his Olivia visited, at least in his heart she came to see him. Every other thing was to remain pending until he had recovered. He wouldn't know why he was being confused with the name Mira, he wouldn't have been anything less than sure of whom he saw. His countenance changed when he remembered he was to stay in that hospital for weeks. They had told him he might be undergoing a surgery, though it was a minor one. His happiness was that he didn't sustain any head injury and the fatality did not lead to permanent or temporary disability. That might have thrown a spanner in the wheels o his journey with Olivia. He thought of Lucy again, she wasn't bad too, if Olivia does not come through, he wouldn't mind settling for her. He laughed at himself thinking in such a manner, he should concentrate on getting well and out of the sick bed first. 

Mike had booked Air France business class for his trip, he has packed feq things he would need while there. His happiness knew no bounds that his friend was alive. As the time approached, he was ready to go and while waiting for Philip whom he had planned will drop him at the airport, he and Pat chatted a little before Philip arrived. Pat saw him off to the car and they drove off. They had planned it in such a way that at the airport, Philip and himself would take some pictures and videos that he would show to Brains as Philip couldn't go with him. Philip had also collected the cards and other gifts of love from Brains office, which Mike was to hand over to him. It was a long ride from the city to the airport which was a distance outside the city. Upon arrival, at the airport, Philip saw Mike through to the departure gate and turned back after saying goodbye. 

It wasn't quite long that Mike left, that Pat went to Olivia and informed her that she was hanging out with her love and that she wouldn't be coming back. Olivia wasn't bothers, she was still engrossed in thought. She then recalled it as an opportunity to be left alone. She wished her well and Pat left for her room where she dressed up and left. Olivia was already stressed, she had thought alot and it had caused her headache. She picked her phone and dialled her mother's number. Her mother's voice came through, with excitement. They greeted and while they did that, her mom asked her if she was okay, she asked because she noticed her voice was not ok, she sounds dipressed or disturbed. Olivia took her time to tell her mother a story about a business she was working on getting, she then connected it to Nelly that threatened her. The mom was shocked, she asked the obvious which was if she knew the said Nelly. She told her she had never met her. The mom then asked if there was anything to give a clue, something like a picture, Olivia thought for a while, then she remembered that Pat got her card, also that she mentioned that she resides in the US. Olivia told the mom to hold on. She rushed to Pats room and luckily for her it wasn't lucked. She searched the entire room, from the wardrobe to the bed, under the pillow, even under the bed. She was about giving up when her instinct told her to check the books on the floor, she opened the first book and there they were many compliment cards, quickly, and as fast as she could, she rushed through them and at last she saw it. A white card, beautifully designed, ND boldly written on it NELLY PAGE. Olivia quickly took a picture of it and sent it to the mom, while she dropped it back how she saw it. She had also placed everyone the room the way she saw them. She left to her room. Her mom had seen the card and called back. She told her not to worry as she was sending to her Dad to run Nellys profile. She dropped the call, went to the sitting room,  took a bottle of whiskey and went back to the room to drink. She was actually thinking of the best possible way to ease off the stress. She took some cups of the drink, that wasn't enough, she poured herself more. She remembered she would have accepted the offer to go to Paris, she would have just stayed in the hotel room although, that would have been boring she thought, moreover, Mike would have wanted them to hang out and have fun. She remembered what she and Mike shared the last time, she felt Mike would have been the solution to her stress. His hands would have held her so tight and rubbed all over her. She remembered how he suckled at her breast the last time, this made her body shook. She needed that kind of touch and love. She had always believed that once she got a man of her own, she would do away with the girls thing and the toy sex. She had already overcame the girl to girl sex, its difficult to stop the use of toy as she hadn't any man to stand for her. All she needed was to ease of the stress and her body was already yearning for touch. She took another cup of drink and while with the cup in her hand, she walked to the mirror where she looked at herself. She was in her usual half top, without a bra, this time, she was wearing a pant. She looked at her body, raised her half top and took a look at her boobs, how she wished Mike was here she thought. She ran her finger on the tip of her left boob, the nipple grew strong sending chills all over her body. She gulped the last content in the cup and dropped the cup. By then she had hit the tipsy level. She was now at a point of no control over her body. Her body quivered at every touch. Her breathing became fast and she could hear herself moaning with pleasure. She was hitting the right note and producing the right tone at the same time. She felt she was going to explode, she then lay on the bed to feel more comfortable, that was when her phone rang. She looked at it, wrong timing she thought, why now? She asked, he would have allowed her reach cloud nine. It wasn't a call she would ignore, the name was clearly showing, she looked at the screen again it was Dad.

Nelly had gone back to her hotel, she was to wait for Pat who was to come over for the night. Pat told her Mike was travelled to France and she was very happy, at least their wouldn't be any reason to rush home in the night. They would have time enough for themselves. She made sure she reached out to her clients calling and discussing business, answering calls and emails. All these was to tidy up so as not to be disturbed when Pat arrived. She ended all her engagement and too her shower, she changed into something much casual and lay on the bed watching a soap opera. In a little while, she heard a knock on the door. She stood up went to the door and opened it. There she was standing, she welcomed her with a hug and a kiss as she stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. Both ladies sat on the bed together looking at each other and smiling affectionately. Pat dropped her hand bag, went to the fridge and took a bottle of water. Nelly was super happy that she was with her and that this time she would spend the night, so she needed not to rush things. She asked Pat what she felt like taking, and  they decided to hang out at the hotel bar for a fish. Pat changed into something casual to complement that of Nelly and both ladies went down to the bar. They ordered their fish and sat with their drink waiting. 

Dear, do you think she would do it, Nelly asked.

It's obvious, from the way they were getting attached, Pat replied.

They discussed at length stating their fears and their convictions. Nelly sounded more convinced, and Pat could see it from the way she sounded. Even though she couldn't tell what might have made her feel so. She was more of a patient type than Nelly, she had drawn her plan and so far so good the execution had been going on successful. All she was waiting for was the pregnancy. Olivia was to allow it happen, she had promised though she needed time and she believed her. She knew how difficult it was for her to get pregnant for a man just like that, but Nelly wouldn't understand all these, her insistence was on high level and all she wanted right now was a miracle. They expressed their love for each other and talked about what future held for them. The fish was brought to them and the did justice to it, while drinking, they decided they were going to club that night, so they rushed back to their room where they ended up having a quickef in the bathtub, before sleeping off.