100 Days With Mr Romero

Gideon sprawled on his large couch in the living room. Beside him was a bottle of Vodka. He had already consumed half of its content.

Gideon’s eyes were sore and weary. He hardly shut his eyes throughout last night. He had been thinking about Emma ever since thier encounter at the auditorium.

After Gideon and Judy left the auditorium last night, he stepped into the car and didn’t utter a word to Judy nor the driver and Judy on the other hand said nothing to him.

After dropping Judy in her home, Gideon went to into his mansion and the first thing he did was dismiss Frankie.

“Take two weeks off. ” he had instructed Frankie who didn’t really know why but left reluctantly.

Gideon went to his room that night and fell on his bed. He didn’t take a bath since last night and was still wearing the trousers he wore to the meeting that night. He only took off his neck tie and jacket then flung it in frustration. He then began recounting how Emma declared to ruin him and he could recall how vengeful she was towards him.

Gideon sat up on his couch and gulped more vodka directly from the bottle. He maintained his former position, still sprawled on the couch thinking and continued thinking about Emma.

He remembered how dashing Emma looked and he wondered where she had been all this while. He recalled how stern her look was towards him last night and he was convinced she hated him with so much passion.

He pondered on the fact that Emma being the owner of LIA’S had snatched almost all his partners and investors and he was sure that her hatred towards him was justified. He thought about her desire to make him go bankrupt and he shut his eyes feeling miserable. He was broken.

Gideon decided to see Emma from another dimension. The soft spoken Emma who always smiled suddenly transformed into this bossy audacious being he couldn’t understand. She had really changed Gideon thought.

Gideon remembered the Emma he always knew. His Emma wouldn’t hurt a fly: Gideon was sure. He remembered how Emma will break down at the slightest arguments and make up for her mistakes quickly.

Emma would advise him to smile more often, pay more attention to the welfare of his staff and flee from brute business rivals.

Gideon recalled Emma telling him to pull away from investors engaging from shaddy deals and build his empire on the fabric of honestly.

“What happened? ” Gideon muttered to his almost drunk self and immediately stood up.

He began strolling round the living room aimlessly.

When Gideon saw Emma last night, he felt weak. He could barely speak to her and never took his eyes off her. She had awakened a part of him that he had buried a long time ago. Last night, Emma stirred the calm waters of his emotions and kept his heart racing.

He fought so hard to speak to her but the words weren’t coming. He wasn’t only mesmerized by her sudden transformation, he was caught off balance by her sudden show up in town as the owner of the brand pulling his hard earned company to the ground.

Meanwhile, Judy was yet to recover from last night’s shock. She tried to figure out how Emma turned out to be the brand owner she had been trying to uncover and all her efforts were futile. The least person she had expected to own LIA’S was Emma.

Judy didn’t only felt surprised last night but she felt weak too. After she was dropped at home by Gideon’s driver, she spent the whole night recalling the encounter. She barely slept.

When Judy learnt that Gideon didn’t show up at work that morning, she decided to go check up on him at his house. She left the office and headed to his home.

When Judy reached Gideon’s home. She noticed how quiet the whole place was. It was as silent as a grave yard. She wasn’t sure whether Gideon was really inside but after spotting all his cars parked in the garage, she knew he was in. The entrance to his mansion was left wide opened.

Judy entered the living room and called out to Gideon but there was no reply. She hurried to the kitchen hoping to inquire from Frankie where his boss was but there was no one there.

She made her way to his room upstairs but he wasn’t inside. She finally saw him at his balcony staring idly at the view. He was lost.

Judy went towards Gideon and hugged him from behind without him realizing. He quickly turned around drifting father away from her detaching himself from her. Gideon immediately glared at her.

“What’s wrong? ” asked Judy.

“Gideon. ” she continued.

“I need you to help me help you. ” she pleaded looking into his eyes.

“Together, we can defeat Emma. ” she added.

Gideon broke out laughing like a maniac. Judy stared at him in confusion.

“Are you crazy? ” Gideon yelled at her and she was startled.

“You want me to fight Emma? ” he continued yelling.

“Look Gideon. ” protested Judy trying to calm him down.

She walked towards him and he drifted backwards stoping her with his hands.

“Emma is coming after you. We need to join forces and bring her down. ” suggested Judy.

“You are talking nonsense Judy. ” Gideon disagreed.

“How dare you? ” he screamed at her.

“You are upset Gideon. You need to calm down first.” Judy pointed out.

“Take a look at you. You look like shit. ” she said pointing at him from head to toe.

“We need to sort things please. ” maintained Judy.

“We are not sorting anything Judy. ” Gideon said still yelling.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“You are the cause of everything happening between Emma and I. ” he stated and Judy’s jaw dropped.

“If Only you didn’t come into my life, Emma and I will still be together. ” regretted Gideon.

Judy was taken aback. She felt hurt. She made her way downstairs and stormed out of Gideon’s mansion.