Chapter 11

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You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can close your heart from the things you don't want to feel.

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Megan's POV

"Wake up Paul, wake up”I screamed into my coworker's ear but it was as he was dead yet breathing, how can someone be so deep in sleep at 10 in the morning It’s madness especially if you're at work.

"This doesn't seem to be working”I mutter to myself as I look around for another way to wake up this sleeping Pooh bear.

I spotted a paper and immediately an idea struck me like thunder. I picked up the paper, rolled it up like cigarette, took out a lighter from the stove and set fire on one end of the rolled up paper.

I couldn't help but laugh at what I was about to do, it is so evil and dubious, only the twins could muster up something so evil. I ones saw them do this to the night watchman at the park when he was sleeping on duty, if this doesn't work then nothing will. We will just have to go bury Paul six feet below.

I carried the other end that wasn't on fire and inserted into the little gap left open by Paul in his mouth. I moved back, and held a bowl of water in my hand.

One, two...... Three!

Paul inhaled the smoke and gradually opened his eyes, he could feel the heat and then his eyes opened wide in fear and shock when he saw the fire. He went hysterical, it didn't even occur to him to spit out the paper. He was just ohhing and ahhing, while trying to put off the fire.

After I have had my own share of healthy laughter, which was in less than a minute, I baptized him with my bowl of water, drenching him from head to toe. Oh God am too evil.

He was just looking at me dumbstruck and paralyzed where he stood.

"Hi Paul, I need you to be awake am going out now, I'll be back in less than half hour, bye”I said dropping back the bowl and going out.

"This is why I love you, my bad bad princess”Paul shouted as I exited the store.

Reaching out the store I took out my phone and read for the third time.

Meg, meet me at pizza perfect palace. I've got something I need to tell you.

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Samuel.

I clutched my phone as I headed straight to P3, it wasn't very far from here. I ran there with lightening speed, Sam wanted to see me.

I opened the glass door and it made It’s usual jiggle announcing people that someone else has entered and attracting the poor unfortunate person that was made to wear a pizza costume and welcome costumers.

"Hello welcome to pizza perfect, we_”his rambling was cut short when I interrupted by showing him my palm indicating stop or speak to the hand, in this case I mean the first one.

My eyes wandered about until it landed on just the man I was looking for, his perfect hazel eyes met mine as he gave me the most Prince charming smile ever, he got up and waved at me.

He wore shredded jeans with a blue shirt peeking under his grey sweatshirt hoodie. He looked divine. His brown locks as scattered at usual strands poking everywhere. As I stood staring at him he ran his fingers through his hair making me give a small smile and getting all emotional as I ran to him and enveloped him a hug, he hugged me back and I could tell he missed me as much as I do.

"I missed you Meg, I missed you so much"

Meg do not cry.

Now people these are the kind of things that makes you never forget your first love, never.

"How have you been Samie”I asked as he broke apart from our hug, people were beginning to whisper and we can't hug forever right? I wish.

He doesn't like me calling him Samie, according to him__ It’s girly.

He smiled "am fine Meg, am doing pretty great, I mean life been hard a bit but am happy, I've seen worst situations right?"

I nodded, I don't think I can form any coherent word now, am far too mesmerized to be human.

"Meg how are you, Rita and the twins, I went to the house today and unfortunately I didn't meet them”he said.

"Yea they are in school now”I said, then I finally understood the rest of the things he said, "wait, you went to the house?"

"Yea I needed to see mum and clarify things, Meg we are danger”he said looking serious.

"What? What do you mean danger?"

"I didn't know he was going to get my family and friends involved in this”he said running his hands through his hair again. That's his frustrated \worked up sign.

"Sam calm down, what's the matter?”I asked grabbing his hand and sending butterflies and sparrows into my tummy.

He let out a breath, "Javier"

What? Did he just say Javier as in THE Javier? Pretty boy?

I gave him a confused look, I can't betray the fact that I might know who he is talking about.

"Mum was rambling about a friend who came to visit, has the perfect gentleman manners, handsome to the Core and nice as an angel, she says his name is Javier Altamira, I have no friend called Javier Meg, It’s Kristen's ex"

"Ex?”I asked confused.

"Yea a rich guy who was engaged to Kristen by their parents”he explained.

"Was?”I'm getting more confused.

"Yea according to Kristen her parents called off the engagement through a letter, but the guy wants her back”he explained.

"Oh she shouldn't have broken up with him through a letter that's just mean”I blunted out without thinking, poor Javier.

"That's not the point, the point is that he doesn't love her and he is dangerous”he said.

"How do you know he doesn't love her and what makes him so dangerous”I asked, getting all defensive. Why? I don't know.

"Kristen told me herself and everybody knows he is dangerous he is a freaking Altamira”he said.

"Well maybe Kristen doesn't know what she is talking about, maybe she misunderstood him, and I don't think he is as dangerous as you are making him out to be, yea he could kill you but for a good reason”I stated, wait am I making sense?

"Meg I know you hate Kristen but you can't side with the enemy, Javier is the enemy”he said.

Oh boy you make your own enemies, I make mine.

"OK OK, I'll keep an eye on Susan and I'll alert everyone about Javier”I said not wanting to argue with Sam and become suspicious.

"Thanks Meg, this means a lot, am also going to be showing up more often now, now I and Kristen are going to Rico's resort to look for a job for her”he said getting up.

"OK no problem. Take care”I said giving a last hug as he left.

I ordered a smoothie and trekked my way back to my chicken shop, filled with different thoughts.

OK when I left the shop this morning they was only one costumer feeding on a plate of soup, so imagine my shock when I come now and meet the place packed, some people didn't even have space to come in again and were outside in a long crowd that even blocked the road.

Oh my God, what happened? Did Paul spread some voodoo jazz on the shop.

"Excuse me, excuse me I work here”I said while I squeezed myself in. I searched the crowd for Paul and I saw him serving someone a tray of chicken wings.

I dragged him by his collar to a place where I can speak to him.

"What's going on here?”I asked.

"I don't know, some rich guy came here looking for you, then he took a photo of himself standing near our store and posted it on Instagram, twinkle twinkle little star our shop was filled like no other”he said a big grin on his face as he disappeared into the crowd again.

Something didn't feel right.

I maneuvered through the crowd and ended in the center where people were taking pictures of the man who caused this whole thing.

A man who looked the most gorgeous while eating drumsticks, a man who for some alternative universe reason had my heart, head and whole system smiling like a dummy, a man who had an ego the size of mount Everest.

Pretty boy.

He looked up from his chicken at hand and when his eyes fell on mine, he gave a matching smile.

He dropped his chicken and got up giving me a full view of his strickenly gorgeous body. He wore a caramel chinos, white fitting shirt, caramel overcoat and a big scarf that his his neck.

"Hi Megan what took you so long”he said standing close to me.

"You did all this?”I asked unable to wipe the smile off my face.

"Uh I guess so”he said pretending to be modest, I laughed.

"How did you manage all these? Are you a human magnet and why?”I asked.

He shrugged, "Paul over there said the more costumers you have the higher your pay, you want money right?"

I nodded blushing slightly, a small pause "so what now?"

"We go out”he said grabbing my hand out of my pocket and pulling me.

But I stood still, my senses gradually coming back "go where? I can't the place is packed I have to help Paul"

"No this is important, your boss gives her permission”he said pointing to my drooling boss who was sitting at a corner and dreamily looking at pretty boy and waving at us.

"See let's go”he said and finally I agreed as we left together.

"So where are we going?”I asked when we escaped the shop through the back door.

"Some cheap place called Rico's Resort”he said.

"Ah Sam is there right now, he and Kristen are searching for a job”I said, then he let go of my hand.

"How do you know that?”He said leading us to his BMW i8.

"I met him at P3 half hour ago”I said opening the car and sitting comfortably in the sweat smelling leather chair.

He nodded.

"How did you know?”I asked.

"George my P.A told me”he said as I relaxed my head on the chair and thought about how much money I may make today.

We arrived the mini resort in no less time and entered, pretty boy was just staring at the place like he was in an alien planet.

"What?”I asked poking his ribs.

"This place is a pitiful excuse for a resort, why didn't they just go to World Casino”he said a little too loudly for my liking a staff might hear and hate us immediately.

"Shussh let's go, they want to hide out, many people go to World casino, they might notice the great Kristen Sullivan”I said dragging us in.

We had to change into swimming clothes to blend with the crowd, nobody was swimming just sitting around and talking. We spotted Rich bimbo and Sam talking to the manager.

"So what's the plan?”I asked trying to adjust the short transparent yellow swimming suit especially since pretty boy couldn't stop giving me glances.

"Umm we just make sure Kristen doesn't get the job, when poverty hIt’s her hard she'll come running back home”he said looking straight ahead.

"Do I have something on my face?”I asked, since he wouldn't look at me.

"Nope, I just think your swimming suit is too transparent ' he stated, shamelessly might I add.

“OK straight ahead captain”I said pushing him forward a bit as he smiled my cheeks burning red by now.

Mistaken he bumped into a child who spilled a drink on his foot, I don't know if it was hot or cold but he gave out an exaggerated shout attracting unwanted attention of everyone, including Sam and bimbo.

I don't know how it happened but I panicked and held pretty boy's hand as I pulled us right into the swimming pool that was perfectly behind us. If Sam or Kristen saw us it could be bad.

OK in case you don't know am a terrible swimmer and given that the water was cold, you'll figure out I didn't think this idea through. Pretty boy was holding on very well, hiding both of us inside the water and away from prying eyes, but I was not.

Am going to die, I can't breath, It’s so cold.

My eyes were already closing up, then pretty boy grabbed my shoulders and shook me firmly, waking me up again. He was about to pull us back up but I saw a black vision of someone peering down the pool.

I held his hand and shook my head negative. Let's stay just a little bit longer, I won't die right?. Drowning is better than Sam finding out that am working with him enemy.

Pretty boy must have seen the possible future of me drowning_ then he did the most unthinkable__

He kissed me, right there in the water and all thoughts of drowning and during flew right out the window as my eyes opened wide at the reality of what was happening.

Javier freaking Altamira is kissing me.

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