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Episode 17

Joel had reported to Tiara about sister’s visit to the clinic and the ever curious Tiara had sent Sophia to get the information about Fiona’s visit.
Tiara stood in her sitting room waiting for Pedro. She became somewhat relieved when she saw Pedro walking into the sitting room
“What news do you have on Toby?”
“I gave him seven hours to respond”
“Is his time up?”
“Yeah,five minutes ago”
“Send the photos”
“Tiara,that is the only leverage we have”
“Do we have another entry point”
“We do but I think we should save it”
“What do we do?”
“Trust me,I will handle this”

Mr Toby’s house was no doubt big,’a mansion’ was the best description. It was their wedding present from Bertha’s dad. The walls were covered with marble, it has an indoor swimming pool which no one had ever never made use of,Bertha was too tired to swim and Toby was always out,Bertha believed Toby had never noticed the swimming pool.

Toby had never stepped out of his house ever since the episode at the gay club. Not that selling the shares would affect him but he refuse to give in to threats and that was why he would allow that son of a Dam at the gay club to send the pictures to Bertha and he would try his best to explain to her,after all Bertha loves him and he was almost sure she would even fight for him,the thought of that made him smile.

Toby was still daydreaming when Bertha walked in holding a package, at first, he thought it was nothing but when Bertha unwrapped it and exposed a big brown envelope like the one Pedro had shown him in the gay club,he came to sit at her side and saw the bold letters engrossed at the front of the envelope, it read; TOBY’S PARTNER FROM THE GAY CLUB TO BERTHA OBODO.
“Gay club?”,Bertha asked “I hate gays”
He became tensed
“Gays are human, Bertha”
“I didn’t say they aren’t humans but I hate them”
“Oh please”
“They irritate me and I could kill one when I see one. What do you have to do with a gay?”,she said opening it
“Don’t open it!”,he almost shouted but Bertha had already opened and found blank papers.

Sophia found herself standing with Tiara,she had to admit that she had seen things and had done many unpleasant things but she was scared of Tiara.
“What do you have for me?”,Tiara asked
“This is the file I stole from the clinic. It’s your sister’s file”
“That will be all”
“Yes ma’am”,Sophia left

When Pedro received the call from Tiara,he knew something was wrong,he had noticed how her voice had risen slightly and seeing her now,he could see the fire burning in her eyes,her hands were shaking slightly and he believed she noticed it too because she had put them in her pocket, she was tensed but she still maintained her coldness and he admired her for that.
“Send the letter, it’s time for Liza to come home”

“What is happening?”,Pedro asked
“I want Liza to come home”
“It was your word that what you’re doing would set a bad example for Liza,so what is happening?”
“Fiona’s pregnant”
“Are you alright?”
“Yes just send the letter”
Pedro reached for his phone and put a call through Joseph and instructed him to send the letter to Liza,when Tiara heard the instruction he was giving to Joseph, she came closer to him
“I sent you not Joseph”,Tiara said
Pedro spoke on the phone “Do it,Joseph, I’ll talk to you later”,he disconnected
“Come let’s sit”,he said urging her to the nearest sofa
“Why did you do that”,Tiara asked when they sat
“Do what?”
“Send Joseph”
“Because I can’t leave you alone with the way you are now”
“Hmmm”
“So tell me,how do you feel?”
“I feel nothing”,she lied
“You can’t lie to me. I can see right through you”
“I can’t believe Fiona is pregnant for the son of the man who murdered my father”,she blurted out without thinking.
Pedro brought her head to his shoulder and began cuddling her
Tiara said still retaining her current position—her head on Pedro’s shoulder “Just so you know,that kiss meant nothing to me”
Still cuddling her,he said “Shhh
.it meant something to me”
Silence but a fulfilling one
Pedro’s phone disrupted the satisfying silence
“Yes?”,it was Toby on the other end
“It’s Toby”
“You still not selling?”
“I am”
“Good. I’ll call you with a location”
“Okay”,the call ended
Tiara was already staring at him
“That was Toby,he wants to sell”
“Finally some good news”
“Yeah”,he held up her chin “You are coming with me”
“I’m not”
“You are and there’s no argument about that. I can’t leave you all alone and I’m serious, Tiara”,his voice had a tone of finality and she knew it was final but she also refused to be controlled by her employee. She would tell him to leave her alone. She however, found herself saying “Fine,I’ll go get my purse”

When Tiara entered into the car,she thought to herself that Pedro had power over her and that was something she didn’t like but she comforted herself with the lie that Pedro controlled her because she allowed him to
.No,Pedro didn’t control her at all or did he??
Pedro had called Toby to meet him at a small cafe where he just pulled over about two minutes ago waiting for any sign of Toby.
“I’ll handle this,Tiara. There’s nothing for you to worry about, okay?”,he said caressing her cheek
“Okay”
What the hell was wrong with her?,she asked herself, does she have to agree to everything Pedro says to her?—-No,she is the boss,she can’t let Pedro think he’s the boss
“That’s Mr Toby over there”,Pedro said pointing to where Toby stood “Wanna tag along?”
“Yes”
“C’mon,let’s go”
They choose a seat that was in open
“I brought the necessary document,you’ll just have to wire the money into this account. You sign,I sign,business done”
“That’s the problem”,Pedro said
“What problem?”
“We are no longer buying for twenty million”
“What?,how
how much are
you
you buying for?”,Toby stammered
“Ten million and you have until two hours to decide,a minute after that,it changes to five million. Tick-Tock”
Tiara smiled—-Pedro is the best


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