CHAPTER 5

"Did you discuss with him about marriage?" Sam asked loud enough that the mandem heard what we were talking about. Everyone looked at us as if they too wanted to know the full details about my marriage.

"Sh!" I shushed her looking away.

"You are getting married?" Neal asked surprised.

"Not in a million years." I stated as a hint of embarrassment flushed my face, dager eyes fixed on Sam afterwards. She was the one who started this whole discussion.

"Great. I was a little worried that my pal here won't have someone to spend his life with." Neal spoke looking past me to the dangerous stranger who had caught my eye.

For a second there our eyes met. What felt like an eternity was swap in just mere seconds before he broke the contant getting back to his half filled glass of whisky.

That might have bunned since he gulped it down dry, but to my surprise he had no expression at all. In fact he poured another glass for himself and drank the same way as the first time. I might have expected him to be drank by now but nope, he was the same as I saw him. Hard facial expression to read. Calm that I started to doubt he was even a person. His eyes fixed at his phone. Neal spoke to him once in a while and he responded with just a simple answer.

"Oh shit!" I cursed once my eyes laid sight of Harvey straight ahead past our booth.

"What is it?" Sam asked when I hid my face down the table dragging hers too.

"We are toast." I whispered.

"Why?" she whispered back.

"It's Harvey." I pointed down the table signalling the front direction.

"Where?" she asked peeping past the table to the front. "I can't see him."

"Huh," I spoke peeping too.

There was no one there. We both sat straight up as I tried looking to other directions.

"Looking for someone?" We heard a familiar voice behind us.

"Harvey." Sam pretended to be happy to see him.

"Long time no see." I added salt to injury.

"Young missy. You and I in private." he spoke in a friendly manner that I thought he was all cool seeing me here.

"Okay." I sheepishly agreed.

"You too missy." He directed it to Sam who was about to drink the content remaining in her glass before Harvey took it away.

"Why me...?" she asked in a dragging tone indicating she was already drunk.

"I bet you know why." Harvey spoke before walking away.

Both Sam and I said our goodbyes as we struggled to take our jackets and bags. My heels were killing me since I was already tipsy enough to sway me over left to right while walking.

"What the heck are you two doing here?" He asked angrily once we were a step or two away from the booth.

Oh oh. we were in for a lecture now. He was just saving us face the first time.

"Fun." Sam spoke while leaning his head on my shoulder.

"Fun. Seriously." he got annoyed.

"Yeah fun." I said

"Don't even get me started young lady" He yelled at me making the guys to murmur something to each other.

"Stop. It's embarrassing." I raised my concern as I whispered.

"Ha! Now you know it's embarrassing. Do you know how I  felt, being called in that my girl was having company with strangers, far from home and I didn't know anything about it."

"I meant to tell you." I lied.

"Bel, don't you dare lie to me. What happened? I clearly gave you to Ten to drive you back home. Now am seeing you in a fancy night club miles away from home dressed like a whore knowing clear you said you were tired the last time I saw you." he paused. "What does that make you look like?"

"What the heck... A whore..." I yelled.

Sam pinched me on my arm signalling me to stop. This could be a lot worse if I didn't calm down.

For a second he eyed us in anger. "I expected you to be more responsible than this."

With that he walked away. I felt my eyes become watery as a tear drop escape from my right. I was so hurt that I didn't look back. Making my way to the stairs, I felt Sam taking pace behind me. My mind was foggy and the only thing I wanted to do was lie down and cry my heart out.

"Bel wait for me." she shouted.

I ignored her and followed Harvey outside knowing clear she'd soon follow back.

"Get in." Harvey commanded the both of us to enter his black Chevrolet Suv which was parked at the entrance.

Soon we hit the road in silence before Harvey decided to break the deafening silence. Sam was already past asleep on my lap while I struggled to keep myself awake. I was more angrier that I didn't try to fall asleep.

"What hell were you thinking, Bel." he asked his eyes on me while seated besides me.

"I didn't mean to..." I dragged.

"Mean what! Bel, you are not getting the point here."

"Seriously what do you want me to say, sorry that I wanted to have some alone time and fun and not have you around, mmh," I whispered angrily in order not to wake Sam who was deep in sleep.

"You bitch. Am done." He paused. "Ten stop the car." he ordered.

He alighted after giving ten clear instructions to get us to the helipad and then home safely. I tried apologising but it turned on a deaf ear. He was already gone by the time I wanted to sincerely apologize.

"So niosy." Sam complained half asleep.

"Go back to sleep." I said to her tapping her back to sleep.

My mind roamed thinking of every possibile way I made the whole situation worse. I could have just apologised from the beginning then things wouldn't have turned out this way.

"We are here." Ten said.

Slowly I woke up Sam.

"Mis..." Ten called once I had put Sam back to sleep in the chopper.