Chapter 3 - A Well Deserved Break.

Kaia reluctantly trailed behind her boss who'd left a few minutes ago. She was unnerved, feeling scared, and a bit overwhelmed about the situation. 'Was she going to lose her internship' she thought to herself.

Her thoughts were cut off by the appearance of Mr. Stone's electric transparent office door. From where she stood she could see his silhouette as he pressed onto the button that would give her access to enter inside.

Immediately the door dinged, she entered the office.

Upon entering the office, she was met with her boss sitting in his usual chair behind his masive desk and his daughter, who's also her best friend sitting on one of the couches in the office with a goofy smile on her face.

"I'm here sir." She announced her presence fiddling with her fingers with her gaze fixed on the floor.

Mr. Stone stood up walking around his desk towards her. "What you did back there at the court, was very perilous," He began, staring straight at her then continued, "But how you handled everything makes me proud, You are like a daughter to me, and seeing you succeed is a win for me as well." He gave her a fatherly smile, "Congratulations on your first case, keep up the good work."

Kaia was caught off guard, she anticipated getting fired or a scolding of some sort from him, and not this, not these praises. Her heart swelled with joy and pride, she finally looked up, staring straight in his eyes. "Thank you, sir, for a moment there I thought I was gonna lose my internship." She forthrightly let out feeling more relaxed than before.

"There's no way you would have lost your internship, the situation wasn't in your hands and you had no fault in it, the one to blame is Jenifer, she needs to be taught a lesson regardless of her father being a shareholder." Mr. Stone reassured Kaia putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Thank you so much. " Kaia said.

Mr. Stone opened his mouth to say something but Cleopatra beat him to it, "Now that all has been settled, can I steal my bestie from here for the rest of the day?" She asked, giving him puppy dog eyes and a pouty face.

He melted at that, whenever she did this there was no way he'd ever say no to her. "Of course my love, you two can run along and go wherever you'd like to."

Cleopatra's eyes immediately lit up like a child that had been offered a lifetime of candy. She ran to her father throwing her hands around him, "Thank yoouuuu Daddy." She slurred kissing his cheeks.

She eventually pulled away beaming like a little sunshine, "We'll get going now, see you later Daddy." Cleopatra chimed grabbing Kaia's hand.

"Before you leave, do you by any chance need a credit card for your spending ?" Mr. Stone inquired of.

"Thank you, but I've got it all covered, bye-bye Daddy." Cleo kindly declined dragging Kaia away.

But before they fully exited the office Kaia yelled a 'Goodbye Sir.'

They headed to Kaia's workspace where everyone busied themselves with pending work.

Mr. Martin was the first to notice the both of them. "Thank goodness you're back Kaia, for a second there I was starting to get worried." He conveyed releasing a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Thank you for your concern, I really appreciate it." Kaia responded flashing him a warm smile.

Before Martin could respond Mrs. Knights also known as Jennifer cut in, "So did you get fired? Are you here to clear your desk?"

Cleopatra scoffed at that, "That's probably what you were hoping for, but unfortunately for you, my home girl isn't going anywhere so stop hoping for that." She sounded off crossing her hands over her chest.

"Aiding your best friend with some backup, how cute." Jenifer teased going back to whatever she was doing.

To break the tension and enmity flowing in, Kaia quickly took her belongings and grabbed her best friend's hand, "We'll be off now, see you all tomorrow. " She voiced out heading for the exit.

Cleopatra struggled against Kaia's hold as she was dragged out of the premises, "Hey!" She protested, "You shouldn't have let me give her a piece of my mind."

Kaia stopped in her tracks giving Cleopatra a 'Seriously' look, "The last thing I needed was more drama and you know Jenifer, she's an attention seeker, she would have just escalated the matter more and ruined our mood." She reasoned with her friend who came to an understanding.

"You're right, now let's go enjoy this day!" Cleopatra cheered.

***

They both entered one of the biggest spars in town, S&S, which stood for serenity and style. It was a three-story structure, painted peach on the outside, and had an upper parking lot rather than an underground one. The front yard had hard gray pavements with floral patterns branded on them, in between two guards was a revolving door, many people went in and came out of the building through it, this spar was mostly busy.

They both entered through the revolving doors and headed to the receptionist, "How may I help you?" The receptionist inquired, she was a petite woman with freckles and brown eyes, her hair was dyed red and cut into a bob, and she flashed them a welcoming smile that made her eyes twinkle.

Cleopatra flashed her a VIP card for S&S, and the receptionist understood. She pressed a button and one of the doors opened up, after saying thank you, Kaia and Cleopatra headed towards the open door.

It led them to their usual room, S&S had exceptional rooms for VIPs, they had rooms they'd access whenever they wanted and were given extra special services.

It was a large enclosure, four beds where situated at the far end near the window for massages, chairs opposite a huge mirror for manicures, pedicures, and facial treatment, and a large Jacuzzi, there was another door that led to the steam room and lastly, lockers where they could put their clothes, find towels and robes.

"It's been a while since we came here. " Cleopatra commented taking in the place that was so familiar to them.

"Yeah, I can't wait to relax. " Kaia summed up walking towards the lockers to change into a robe.

After they both changed the doors opened revealing two staff, Amanda and Sylvia, these were the ones who'd regularly attend to them, tho they didn't come alone they were with four other ladies, two, whom they recognized as Tessa and Rachel while the other two were unfamiliar.

"Hi ladies! good to have you here." Amanda Chimed as she strode in swaying her hips to the sides, she was a curvy short brunette about 5'3 feet tall, with a hyper vibe, same as Tessa, tho she was a redhead, while Rachel and Sylvia were blondes and more reserved.

"So ladies here for a full treatment?" Amanda asked getting the needed items ready.

"You know it!" Cleopatra cheered already enthusiastic about it.

They assumed their seats including the two unfamiliar ladies who were later introduced as Camille and Betty.

They had their manicures and pedicures together, all four of them, and were getting along well, like they'd known each other forever. Camille and Betty decided to go for massages so they left for the beds leaving the two friends alone.

They had facials on, their feet were being given pedicures and they relaxed catching up on many things when suddenly Betty and Camille's conversation caught Kaia's attention and her ears perked up.

"Did you hear? There's gonna be a big deal going down between Alphonso Romero and some Italian mob boss, Fabian." Betty whispered to her friend.

"Really? When, I thought Alphonso hated dealing with Italians?" Camille answered back wondering why the two drug lords would work together.

"Yes, but Fabian has the money and you know Alphonso loves the big bucks." Betty further elaborated.

"Wow, and where will all this happen, I don't want George to be there and wanna warn him, it might turn into a blood bath?" Camille asked with concern laced in her voice.

"At the party that'll be thrown by El Salvador this Saturday." Betty told on.

"Darn, I so wanted to attend it, I guess we won't be there." Camille expressed disappointment that she had to miss it.

"We can go play poker instead at the Velvet Dragon." Betty suggested.

"Sounds like a plan." Kaia decided to tune out of their conversation before she got caught and paid attention to her friend who was beside her.

"So where to after this?" Kaia inquired enjoying the massage being done to her feet.

"Shopping at Maggie's." Cleopatra informed her.

Kaia sighed in relief, "I am so loving today." She remarked feeling blissful and euphoric.

Cleopatra giggled when Amanda tickled her feet, "Not cool Amy, don't make me pee my pants."

"That would be interesting to watch." Amanda remarked, grinning as she tickled her again.