Binded by friendship - Episode 15

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Tamara's POV
I knocked at Mom Rebecca's door and pushed it open the moment she said come in...

I don't know why I was freaking out....Would she hate me or just dislike me for the fact that I am investigating her daughter's husband???

Will I look ungrateful????She took me in when my mom died,offered to pay my remaining  tuition fee, took care of me and gave me guidance like a mother would and here I was stabbing Eve on the back...

"Mom Rebecca, I want to talk to you about something????" I stammered,playing with my fingers which were now sweaty...

"Good morning to you too Dear...." She beamed...
"I am sorry...Good morning..." I strained a smile..

" You look bothered...Is everything okay????" 

She sat on her bed and tapped on the left side signaling me to sit...

I sat down perching on the edge of the bed, regretting the talking to Mom Rebecca about The fraudbusters association job idea...

"What's wrong?????" Her tone was filled with worry and fear...

I grabbed both her hands and squeezed them,"I want you to know that I didn't mean to hurt you or Eve...I just couldn't say no but if it means losing the both of you I will quit...."

"You are scaring me Tamara..What's going on????" She was getting restless...

I sucked in a heavy breath,trying to ease the heaviness in my heart....

"There is this new organization called The Fraudbusters association that wants to work with journalists to investigate and expose firms,establishments ,companies, high end hotels and the likes that are involved with Fraud...."

"Okay...." 
That was an indication I should go on...

"And I am one of the journalists...." 

"That's good news, we should celebrate...." She said excitedly....

"That's not all mom," I bent my head down in shame and fear...

"Are they blackmailing you???Were you conned????Did someone threaten you????" She threw thousands of questions my way...

"They choose what firm,company or high end hotel to investigate and the first one on the list is MAVENA hotel and residences...It belongs to Nicholas Kame...." I pushed my voice to sound firm and calm...

"So you are investigating Eve's husband?????"
"Yes....." I shut my eyes close ready to receive a heavy smack on the face...

"That's good news...Atleast we will know if that Nicholas is as hard working as he claims. Albert Kame may have taken him from the streets and treated him like a son but he will never be a Kame...I am not surprised he is involved in fraud...." I snapped my head up in surprise ,releasing a relieved breath...

"So you aren't mad???" I was still shocked...

"I never liked Nicholas from the beginning and why would I be mad at you for doing your job????"

"But Eve would never forgive me....Nicholas Kame is her life..."I stuttered, my vision blur with tears...

"Dear would you rather Eve stays married to a fraudster and her life gets ruin in the future or you expose him and save Eve the humiliation????"She arched me a perfect eyebrow...

"To expose him and saveEve
 the humiliation..."

"Good...Then do you job and after the investigation is over, fill me in on everything so as I can tell Eve....."

"Thank you so much for understanding...."

"You are welcome...." She pulled one of her hands from my hold and placed it on my cheek,"Never feel guilty for doing the right thing..."

"I just don't wanna betray Eve...."

"I have seen you work so hard to get to where you are and I won't let you destroy that just because of mere emotions..." The pad of her thumb rubbed against my cheek softly...

"They are not mere emotions,she is like my sister...."

"Sometimes the ones we love have to get hurt for us to achieve what we want or don't you want to work with those fraudbusters people????"

"I do...."
"Then stop getting too emotional and show those fraudbusters that you are the perfect reporter for the job..."

"Thank you Mom Rebecca...." I threw my arms around her and hugged her..
"Anytime...I will handle Eve,you just focus on being the best investigative reporter the world has ever seen..."

"Okay..I will leave now,I don't want to be late for work..."

Exactly that's  not how I had seen this conversation end in my head...

I stood from the bed and walked to the door feeling motivated and ready to get the dice rolling on the MAVENA case.

"Tamara????"
"Yes???" I paused and turned around...

"How is my baby girl???I am worried...."

"She will be okay, she will get through this...."

"Okay...Have a lovely day dear.."

"You too..." 

As I walked into the kitchen to have some breakfast, I was surprised to see Eve setting the table...
"Eve did you fall and hit your head???"

"Why???Do I have a bruise on my head????"She began touching her face...

"No, you barely step your feet in the kitchen and now you are setting the table..."

The Raines have decided to surprise me this morning...

"Nanny Naina and Linda were teaching me how to make coffee..." She replied excitedly...

"But you can't even boil water...." I teased...

"Hahahaha!!!!Very funny...."

Mom Rebecca walked into the Kitchen and her jaw was somewhere on the floor...

She couldn't believe what she was seeing too.

You know seeing Eve do something apart from eat and give orders in the kitchen is like expecting floods in the desert...

"Eve dear, are you okay????" Mom Rebecca stammered still recovering from the shock...

"Why does everyone act surprised to see me in the kitchen setting the table????"Eve threw her hands in the air in frustration...

"Because I have never see you do it...." Mom Rebecca replied truthfully...

"Then get used to it because Nanny Naina is teaching me to cook...." Eve replied dryly...

"I pity you Nanny Naina, Eve can't even chop an onion...." I sent Nanny Naina a pretentious innocent look and the whole room was filled laughter...

"It's a beautiful morning and I don't want it to be ruined with negativity...Have a lovely day guys, let me go for a morning run...."

"Are you not joining us for breakfast????" Mom Rebecca raised her eyebrows questiongly...

"I am not hungry mom plus I have just had a glass of juice..." 

"But you didn't eat yesterday...."
"I am fine..." Eve replied Icily, placing the apron on the counter...

"See you later guys...." She added and walked out of the kitchen...

"She is starting not to eat again...." Mom Rebecca breathed out, afraid of speaking too loud...

"She is heartbroken and hurting...Its normal to have a low appetite...." I beamed, freaking from the inside too...

" I hope you are right...."

******
As I walked into the conference room, I found everyone seated waiting for me...
"Sorry guys,the traffic was crazy..."

"We weren't even sure you would join us..." Caleb replied arrogantly....

Jerk!!!!!

"Miss Tamara we are glad you could join us, we were just starting...."Garry said in his sexy authoritative voice...

"Thank you...." 

He looked so damn handsome making me thirst for him...

"It's bigger than we thought guys...."Garry stated...

"Why????" We all asked in unison....

"It's more of an international money laundering syndicate that involves the Chinese nationals...." Garry replied, shoving his hands into his pockets...

"That's risky...We should report this to the police...." Caleb stammered....

"It's either you are crazy or incredibly stupid..." Garry shook his head in disgust and I had to tuck in my lips not to laugh...

"I am fearing for my life...

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. I don't want to end up dead in some forest...." Caleb cried out like a little girl. I wouldn't be surprised if he wears diapers...

"We have done risky investigations before...." Luwi, my partner tried to talk sense into him...

"But not the one that involves syndicates...No story is worth drying for...." 

I was done with this guy acting like a little girl who had lost her doll...How did he end up been an investigative reporter anyway???And come to think I almost dated him....Good riddance!!!!

"Caleb why don't you pass on this one and let the big girls and the big boys handle the risky job...."

"Gladly...." He stood from his chair and walked out of the conference room angrily....

"Is anyone else chickening out????" My face became serious almost displeased...

I looked at each and every person in the room and they all shook their heads...

"Good... Mr Garry Arara so what are we dealing with?????"
Garry widened his eyes in surprise when I said his name with so much formality....

"Miss Tamara,Garry is just fine...." I could feel his eyes on me,stripping me bare...

"Anyway, A Chinese lands into the country with multiple credit cards and then gets to do volume transactions through establishments, high-hotels and luxury resorts...."

"Let me guess, the scam involves credit cards....." Liz stated confidently.

But wasn't that obvious from Garry's statement.... I have seen how she looks at him like she wants to eat him full on that table...

"Correct Liz....As you all know MAVENA hotel and residences holds an auction after every three months since May last year...."

"But the money from the auction goes to the Kame's charity foundation..."

"That's what they want us to believe...."His eyes locked with mine for a while, a hot consuming stare that made me look away shyly...

"I went through their annual financial report and nothing seems off. Everything seems to balance leaving me with the question where are you going with this???" Luwi was so good with numbers  that he would detect a tiny error from a distance...

"Picture this, a desperate artist wants a name for themselves and so they get approached sell their amazing paintings at a lower price and they get sold at the auction for a crazy high price...." Garry explained...

"That's sick...." Luwi commented.

"That's not all my people, after a week the money gets withdrawn and the Chinese fools get their share..."

"How do they get these credit cards???Its either they are stolen or dirty money...." I bit my thumbnail anxiously...

"The credit cards are believed to be stolen or cloned from leading companies in China and so the transactions has to be done fast...."

"But I thought one is suppose to report when one million and above hits the account????" Liz wore a confused look...

"MAVENA is a high-end hotel. It makes more than a million in a day plus the foundation gets huge donations every single day, nothing can be suspected...." Garry explained in emphasis...

I was hypnotized with the way Garry conducted the meeting... He was confident  and sure of what he was saying and doing...

"And even if it didn't make more than a million in a day, there is nothing a bribe can't do...."Luwi said frustratingly....

"Fuck broken systems....When are we exposing this assholes???"Liz sneered...

"Easy woman!!!The second group of Chinese is getting into the country in three weeks time. By then we should have found a way to watch the transaction from the inside and not from the outside...."Garry let out a soft exhale as he spoke.

"Why don't we try to be the clients ourselves????" I suggested, feeling excited of how dangerous exposing the MAVENA sounded.

"I am listening!!!!!" Garry sat down and looked at me attentively...

"We contact whoever is in charge of the transaction and tell him we have a job for him. That we are working with some Chinese and they don't want to get their hands dirty so we do the dirty work for them. All they want is their share of the money...."

"That's sounds like a good plan but where will we find one million for the transaction????" Liz arched her fine eyebrow at me...

Ooooh!!!!I didn't think of that....

"Good thinking but I had a better idea in mind...."Garry flashed me a heartwarming smile as if that would make me feel better for having my plan turned down...

"We will go as clients yes but we will pretend to be upcoming drug dealers that need their money cleaned...."

"And how are we pulling this off????" Liz asked in a sweet pathetic voice.

"I will contact the boss' little puppet and arrange a meeting. If he believes us then we will go on with my crazy plan...."

"What if the plan fails???" Luwi asked...

"We will come up with plan B,C until Z if necessary...." 

Garry exuding control without looking brute...

"The fraudsters people are paying us well Garry, you better not blow this up...." Luwi warned.

"I will try my best...." Garry flashed him a strained smile.

"So the meeting is over???I have to get back to  another case I am working on...." Liz confirmed.

"Yes Liz until next thursday....." Garry replied, typing vigorously on his phone...

"Garry I would like a pair of fresh eyes in the case am working on..."

"Okay but not today, I have a very busy day ahead of me..." He pushed away from his seat and strolled out of the conference room....

"Garry Arara is so handsome, I should definitely make a move on him...." Liz danced on her seat excitedly....

"Guys love to do the chase Liz!!!!Plus he doesn't look like he is into you..."Luwi pointed out and walked out of the conference room.

"What do you think Tamara???Should I make a move on him or not?????" 

"I am having sex with him and it would be better if you don't get ideas on your head because I will pluck those eyes out of their sockets if I have too..Have a good day...." Her mouth dropped open and I just stared at her, my eyes spitting fury before leaving the conference room too...

When I entered my office, I found Garry seated in my chair as usual...
"I thought you had a busy day...."

"I didn't wanna leave without seeing you...."

"But you saw me in the conference room...."

"It's feels different seeing you alone...." He stood from the chair and walked to where I was...

"You have seen me now go!!!!!"

"Easy love!!!" He stepped closer, his eyes locked with mine.
"Did you think kicking me out of your house after making love to you is going to make me go away???Pathetic plan" Without hesitation, he settled Infront of me with both hands in the pockets...

I could feel lightning bolts surging through my body...

"Good idea in the conference room Miss Tamara...." The way he pronounced my name was like a  sweet prayer to my ears.
"Thank you..." I breathed out...

"I can't get you out of my head...." He placed his forehead on top of mine, releasing a hot breath...

"Just go!!!!!" My voice trembled not loving how weak he made me feel...

"Okay...." He placed his arm on my waist and crushed me against his chest,"But not without a goodbye kiss..."

He pressed a soft kiss on my lips and stepped back,"Lovely day Miss Tamara...." 

He turned ready to go, leaving my body shaking of unquenched thirst...

I don't know where my sanity goes every time I am close to him.
"Don't go yet..." I grabbed his arm.
"Why????" He turned around to face me,"say it Miss Tamara.."

"I have never had s*x in the office, my friends tell me it's fun and I wanna try it like right now..."

"You never seize to surprise me..." In seconds I am off the floor and seated on the table with Garry rewarding me with his mouth and consuming me like fire...

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