Chapter 88

Time seemed to be running so fast, there was need for engagement with the constituents, and there was no better time for this than now, senator who was the incumbent and a force on the way had been sidelined. The news flying around was that he has declined his interest to keep representing his people. A lot of people began to shift towards Olivia. This was the reason why Ben had to call the daughter and advised her to plan her return to Paris immediately so as to deepen the gains they have made already. Olivia had given all that her Dad said a deep thought, and finally saw reason why she should be fully involved at this stage. She has wanted Mira to continue with the process, but she had a better role to play if their Dad was to emerge as the number one citizen of their country. She took her pocket diary, began scribbling down her pending both in the US and in Africa. After that, she read them over again, the only one that needed her attention most was the reconciliation between Mike, Pat and herself. She would have to do something fast about it, before leaving for Paris. She knew her father too well, he wouldn't mind sending a private jet to move her from the US when he felt she had delayed so much. 

She took her phone and called the procurement director of LOGISTICS, she told him that they have limited time and would love to finalize whatever that was needed on their next visit, so shipment would commence. The director did not argue with her, he promised to do exactly the way she wanted it. Then she called Lucy and told her to be prepared as their next visit to the company would be the last for shipment to commence. She would tick off whatever she had treated in her diary and take the next one. Each time she thought of calling Pat or sending a message to Mike, she would fight the thought and push it aside, she wanted to see if Mike would come after her, so this time, she made up her mind to only send him a message when she was about leaving for Paris. She had just dropped her phone to rest her head a bit, when she had a message alert on her phone, she took it up, opened it and there were about three to four messages that came in. When she checked, they all came from one person, Mike. She wondered why he would send three different messages at once, to confirm her curiosity, she checked the date. She found out that the message had been sent to her for days now, but it seemed something happened, possibly network issues that brought about a delay, hence their coming in at once. Olivia took her time to go through the messages, she even had to read them more than once, she needed to understand exactly what was written. There were three messages, one was straight to the point, in that Mike was asking what he did wrong that would make her desert him the way she did. She was able to identify with whatever feeling he was expressing. The other two messages, were very long and not straight, she couldn't understand of he was angry and calling their relationship off or he was cautioning and threatened her. She decided that she would respond to the one she understood and this she would do when she was in a very good mood. 

At the exact time the messages dropped in Olivia's phone, Mike's phone also got a beep, he took it and checked, it was a message from the network provider. He was told his message to Olivia had just been delivered. Mike couldn't understand why, he had been angry with Olivia for refusing to respond to his messages. He wouldn't have sent her the other two messages, had it been he got a reply from the first one. He never knew that it wasn't her fault. He knew that the tone he used in the other two meals were not good, he thought of how he would remedy the situation. He had already made up his mind not to show he could talk, if not he would call her and talk to her. The only way out he felt would be to send another message , countering the other two. Buy how sure was he that this time around, the message wouldn't be delayed again. He decided to let everything be in the hands of fate. There were a lot of things he couldn't understand not to talk of explaining them, for him, it was a trial time, a test of their love. Except for Pat, he knew he had no one he was seeing or dating as the case may be, if not Olivia. He had built his world around her already. Whatever it would take for him not to throw away such a long time spent in building the love and relationship they shared, he was ready to do it. He wouldn't love to go same route of separation that he was with Pat, not minding she had been around him this time. He had wasted up to eight years with her, and now that he found a genuine and trustworthy lady, why wouldn't he bear whatever that came through and make it work. 

Brains lay on his bed, he was thinking of what to do concerning Olivia, should he open up to her?, Or continue following her up the way he wants going? What if he was delaying and something happened along the line? These and many more kept popping up in his mind. His heart still beats for her, but she knew it not. He made up his mind that he would confront her, of it works it for his good, he would be happy and enjoy the rest with her, but if it turns out the other way round, he would leave her and continue his life, or possibly see if Lucymang would work out. He thought of the best time to speak with her, and felt it would be better after their visit to the LOGISTICS, as the outcome of their discussion before the visit might affect him or her. He shifted his mind towards Lucy, he wished she wouldn't be around when he would discuss with Olivia. He could not tell her level of influence on Olivia, even though he knew Olivia to take decisions devoid of anyone's input. He made up his mind that he would tell Olivia to come out alone for their meeting as he wouldn't want a third-party. 

When Ben Hart got Chase' reply, he was happy that things were okay, but the message seemed to have come at the right time. He had been thinking of how to reach out to Olivia for her return, and the most sensitive part was that of security for her. So when the message came in, he remembered he had a capable hand. He waited for the meeting he was in to end before calling Chase. When Chase saw his call, he wondered what may have happened, he knew Ben never called him direct unless there was something serious that needed to be handled urgently. He picked the call, greeted him, then came that baritone voice that he was used to. He listened attentively without interruption. It took over 20 minutes before he acknowledged that he understood all that he had spoken. Then the call was ended. Chase sat down there contemplating on how he would go about the entire thing. He wasn't sure of the team in Paris as he was with those in Africa. Moreover, it would have been easier for him if Alicia was to be around, as she knew virtually all the agents on town. He would have to call her for help, at least she would mention one or two names that would be useful, then he would take it up from there. That settled, he was now faced with Olivia. Her Dad had already told him it wouldn't be an easy one, but that he had to find a way around it. He mentioned that he wouldn't want to get involved. He thought of where and how to start, would he reach out to Olivia first and see what her reaction would be, he thought. He shrugged off the idea and called Alicia. Her phone rang twice, but she didn't pick, so he sent her a message. He dropped the phone and lay his head on the pillow trying to cool off his brain. He always preferred to work for Hart through the director, every time Hart came direct to him, he doesn't have rest until he got result and throughout the time between when he called to when he got the result, his head would be hot. Brenda walked in from her room, saw how he was laying, she had heard him answer a phone call, and by the time he spent on that call, she knew it was an official one. When she saw him lay that way, she knew that there was either an emergency or a serious issue. She had seen him lay that way many times, and it was always at some critical moments in their job. She wondered what it would be this time, so she slowly walked up to him, she didn't want to startle him. She sat down beside himself, but he didn't notice she was there, she stayed for a few seconds, stood up to walk away, that was when he turned his head and held her hand, asking her not to leave. He understood why she wanted to leave, she was a smart girl, who knew that whatever had kept him that way was serious and wouldn't want to be a distraction. He drew her close to himself, and planted a kiss on her forehead. He told her to stay, as he needed her that very moment to cool down his head. When Brenda asked what it was about that would make him think that much, he told her he needed to hear from Alicia, so he was waiting for her reply to his message or a return call. Brenda knew he was waving off details, but she didn't prove the more, rather she concentrated on massaging his shoulders to make him feel good. She reminded him Alicia's question '...hope Brenda isn't pregnant yet' this made Chase laugh again, forgetting what he was thinking, he took the pillow to hit her, Brenda ran out of the room while he pursued her all around the sitting room with the pillow. His mood was lightened with that playful time and it didn't take much time for him to sleep off.

Chase woke up to see several missed calls from Alicia, then she saw her message. He read it and his worries left. He wanted to make sure he understood the message, so he called her back. Alicia picked the call this time, she informed Chase that she got his message, and that before his message came in, Director had already informed her that she was going back to Paris on a special assignment. She was not told what the assignment was, but she was only asked to meet with Chase. Chase' message didn't include what the job was all about too so she took it as one of those top secret jobs they assigned to them. Having been told she would be arriving first thing tomorrow morning, Chase had no Need calling Olivia, he would wait for Alicia to arrive and strategies put in place before the call. He informed Brenda of Alicia's return, she was happy especially for Chase as that would bring relief to him on the assignment. But one thing would be affected, that being their freedom when making out, so she looked at Chase and smiled, Chase also understood what the smile meant, he walked up to her, cuddled her and kissed her. Brenda wore a hot mini skirt and a bra, so when Chase fondled her buttocks, he felt her bare, so he lifted her to the bed, then raised the skirt up, Brenda raised her legs and spread them wide making her pussy conspicuous and available for him. They didn't bother to go through the routine of romance, kissing, touching and all the rest of them, all they wanted was to have one more crazy kind of sex before Alicia arrives. So with her position Chase who wore his condom, slides his dick inside of her and they made love with the usual shouts and moans that accompanied it. It didn't take long this time around for them to climax together. 

Mira was the first to reach out to her sister, she called her to find out when she would be come back. Olivia told her the things  she was trying to tidy up before taking off. Mira understood her, but informed her how curious she was to see her back. She had missed her a lot, she also informed her of the high expectations in the house for those who have heard the news. Olivia knew where all that was coming from, she knew that their Dad was behind the call, and that their Mom was in the knowing. She understood her dad's mode of operations, he wouldn't want to have argument with her, so before he would get involved, he would have satisfied his conscience by sending few people to follow up on her. When she was through with Mira's call, she expected the next call to come from her mom too, but she was disappointed on that. She wondered why that didn't happen, and felt possibly her Mom had either changed or Dad didn't want her involved. Be it as it may, she had to hasting up whatever she was planning to do and meet up with the deadline of her trip. So she hurriedly took her bath, dressed up, and called Brains to know if he was ready, Brains who woke up early that morning was already dressed, he was actually waiting for her call. She was happy and told him she would be with him soon, with that, Brains had to move down to the ground floor lobby where he sat down waiting for them. Lucy had finished dressing up, so the both of them checked each other out to certify their appearance okay. Then they stepped out, locked the door and proceeded to meet with Brains. When they came down, the driver was already waiting, so the three of them walked up to where the car was parked, Brains took the front seat, while the ladies sat at the rear seats. The driver was the one that took them there he last time, and Olivia was comfortable with the way he drove, so she didn't bother watching him drive, rather she continued with what she was doing on her iPad. They had to stop over at the eatery and bought some food being that they couldn't have their breakfast in the hotel, they had to eat in the car to avoid getting there late if they ate in the eatery. Though the driver drove without much speed, they were at the company in the exact time. This made Olivia happy with the driver as she asked him to wait for them, no matter how long they would stay.