Eighty four

CHAPTER 84

GLENN

"Thank you very much for your patronage shop with us next time." I gave the couple my brightest smile and watched as they left the counter.

I was still there watching them walk hand in hand and imagining that it was Santiago and I when she walked up to me.

She had a smirk on her face and I tried to imagine what it was for when she slide the phone toward where I was—

"No excuses, make the fucking call!"

It had been two days since she had been trying to get me to do that but I was still right there at the counter still deciding if I should do that all or not, as it turned out it was the stupidest thing anyone could ever do, thinking about it again reminded me of how crazy it was.

"I don't think this is a good idea." I hollered pointing to how serious it was getting involved in what I would term as a risk.

"Do you have anything else planned?" She asked and I shook my head .

"Or would you rather face Santiago yourself and come out to tell him what you did?"

I could tell that she was trying to pull my legs, she was teasing me and the truth was I was falling right into it.

"Stop all of this, you know how difficult making this call is." I grimaced.

"Well that is the only option except you have a better plan. "

Talking about the plan, it had been Anna's idea that It was better for us to bait Martha, it looked like the most absurd thing when she had said it but after listening to her speak it felt like a good idea right until this moment.

"What if this goes wrong?" I asked again, wanting to be sure.

"It won't go wrong." She said for the time.

I ran through it again in my mind, at the moment I was faced with the hardest part of the plan which was inviting her over .

Then the distraction, I had to think of a way to distract her then the rest was all Anna.

"I don't feel right… "

She hands the phone to me after putting the call through and I was caught right there unaware.

I took the phone from her hands while making faces at her.

"Hello." Martha's voice sounded from the other end.

I wondered if she could recognize my voice from the other side.

"Hello… " she called out again.

I hesitated for a minute before answering her. "Am I on to Martha."

"Yes you are, how may I help you."

I went on and on about having information for her about Santiago and another lover, while making the call I was hoping she didn't by any way accuse him first as that would ruin the plan.

As it turned out, she couldn't recognize my voice just as planned —

"Are you sure of what you are saying?" She asked.

" Yes, I am… "I hesitated for a while. " I can speak to you in person if you may. "

" That would be fine text the address. "

After dropping the call I breathed a huge sigh of relief, some part of my mind was amused that she didn't recognize my voice, if I had an adversary that was a mistake I wouldn't make.

" Done… Are you happy now?" I turned to Anna and asked.

"Come on, stop sulking, you wanted this as much as I did." She replies.

" Come to think of it, what if she is in on us? "

She shrugged. " We would have to find out. "

****

I was doing exactly what Ann had said I was trying to find out how serious this was about to get.

At some stage I wanted back out as my mind kept on racing through what could possibly go wrong.

She was running late and already I was starting to think that perhaps it was nature's way of telling me to stay out of this as much as I could.

The truth was I still had a bad feeling about all of this and couldn't help it.

This pub had been Anna's idea as well, as a matter of fact all of this had been her idea and I was just tagging along.

I looked around the room one more time hoping that I would catch the glimpse of her, I looked sideways at the clock as it struck seven with my heart skidding.

She was an hour late already, leaving me with a feeling of frustration and anxiety.

At that moment, my pulse drifted between my heart and lungs as they forcefully thudded through my soul till they filled it with adrenaline.

I wasn’t usually one that would have loved to predict stuff but something told me she might show up with her.

I looked over at where Ann was again and she waves at me, I strolled over to where she was.

"Are you ready to call this craziness quit, I can put all of my gains on the idea that this plan would go wrong…What if she recognizes you."

Ann looked confident and in control like she got it all.

She remained silent for a while as the emotion she had on her face faded into

an unreadable expression.

Earlier, she was certain she got this planned but during the long hour of waiting I could guess she was wondering how so easily all of this could go wrong.

She hardly said a word to me, all through the silence, I wanted to pretty much know what the next course of action was so we could get away as fast as we could.

There were whole sentences , many scenario of what could happen if all this …

"She is here." Ann said all of a sudden.

I couldn’t and wouldn’t analyze why my heart beat quickly, I turned and could see her still looking around the pub.

That quietness filled the room again and started to build as I walked away, hiding my face as I walked past her.

She stops and turns to look, before shrugging and making way to Ann's table.