Days went by as Ashley was still angry against Kamila and that they didn't talk to each other yet. It was not the first time that Kamila talked to Ashley like that, she always likes to remind her that they don't have the same backgrounds and sometimes Ashley asked herself why is she still hanging out with her.
As Ashley was finishing her shift at Jo's restaurant, Brad came into the restaurant, sat at a table and read the menu. Noticing him, Ashley didn't bother to come towards him as she already knew why he was here and continued to wipe the table.
" Ashley ?! We have a customer at table four. Go take his orders ", Jo told Ashley.
" Uh... Actually, Jo, do you mind if someone else takes his orders, I'm not really in the mood to talk to him ", she replied.
" Nooo ! I don't mind it at all. After all I pay you according to your mood, so why bothering yourself with that ", Jo said, being sarcastic, " you should take a break too as long as you're where why not even take my place as a manager and owner of the restaurant like that you can serve customers only when you feel like it ", he added.
Jo was not always that mean to Ashley, it's just there was this time that he had a little crush on Ashley but she was with someone else at that time. When he heard that she broke up with her boyfriend of that time, he decided to try his luck with her but unfortunately, Ashley rejected him and he didn't take it very well and since then he has become so mean to her but Ashley don't care about it at all, all she wants is just to work and earn money from it.
" Fineee ! I get it. I'll take his order ", Ashley replied, tiredly and then headed towards Brad's table.
" What do you want ?", she asked with a serious tone.
" Is that how you treat your customers here ? No hello nor hi how are you. I can leave a very bad comment about your restaurant on your website you know ", Brad said, being snotty.
" Of course not, we treat all our customers very well here. Please, excuse-her, sir ", Jo said quickly as he was just listening behind Ashley.
" Good evening sir ! What can I do for you sir ?", Ashley told him, being sarcastic when she said the word sir and then rolled her eyes.
" Much better ", Brad exclaimed and then Jo finally left.
" I know perfectly what you are doing here and you won't get it ", she whispered.
" Come on Ash ! I promise that she is really sorry this time ", Brad stated.
" If she is really sorry, then why doesn't she come here herself to say it by herself like grown a*s woman ", Ashley replied.
" You know perfectly that apologies are not her highlights ", Brad said, then took Ashley's hand begging her, "please, she really needs you right now, it happened again and she doesn't want to talk to anyone. Please, Ashley, please "
Ashley sighed before saying " alright, I'll see what I can do but I promise nothing " and then Brad left the restaurant.
After finishing her shift, Ashley headed immediately to Kamila's place. Kamila was living in those fancy and luxury apartments right downtown. Ashley took the elevator to arrive at Kamila's floor and knocked at her door.
" Uhm ... Kami !? It's me, Ashley, I brought you those chicken wings that you love so much, you know those who are very spicy ", she said as she was holding a bag full of spicy chicken wings.
" I'm not here, so , come back another time ", Kamila replied behind the door.
" Brad told me, I'm so sorry for you ", Ashley said.
" And then ?! I'm sure you are very happy there, aren't you ?", Kamila replied, smugly.
" Of course not. How can you say that ?", Ashley said.
" Maybe you are not happy but I can hear pity in your voice ", Kamila stated.
" I thought that he stopped doing that many years ago ", Ashley told her.
" Yeah me too but it seems that he didn't stop at all after all those years . He just hid it very well ", Kamila said, sobbing.
" Who was it this time ?", Ashley asked.
" A damn intern Ash !!", Kamila shouted angrily, " he could have chosen his secretary or even this lady who followed him everywhere but he chose this intern. She was about our age Ash or maybe younger ", she added.
" I'm so sorry Kami. Can I do something to make you feel better ?", Ashley stated.
" Yes, you can find that woman and then bring her to me so I can kill her slowly in front of my father ", Kamila said.
" Alright ! I can do that or maybe you can just open the door so I can come in and then we can enjoy these delicious spicy chicken wings that I brought for you ", Ashley said calmly. Kamila opened the door a few minutes after that and asked : " did you bring that weird sauce with you too ?"
" Of course ", Ashley replied, while showing her a little box full of sauce.
" Okay, you can come in ", Kamila finally said and then they spent the whole night, stung themselves with chicken wings.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, in the police headquarters
" Sir ?! I found other clues which can lead us directly on the trail of Herrera ", the police lieutenant, Ryan Bold said while he had rushed into his captain's office.
" Lieutenant Bold ?! What have I already told you about the file Herrera ? ", Reginald Hodge, the head of the police department of the city, replied.
" To leave it for the professional ones but with all my respects sir, I think that I'm more than qualified to work on this file and as I'm also personally affected by this affair ", Ryan explained to his superior.
" You are a good cop, Bold that's for sure, you are even among the best cops of this town but don't you think that you are becoming a little bit obsessed with this Herrera guy? It's been years now that you are working on this affair but yet you still don't have any evidence against him to arrest him and put him in jail. So now please do me a favor : go home and rest and come back here tomorrow morning in good shape ", Reginald told him.
" Alright sir ! But at least can you just take a look at what I found this time ?", Ryan replied while holding a file in his hands.
" Alright ! Just leave it in my table, I'll read it later ", Reginald said and then Ryan left the file in Reginald's office. Ryan then went back to his office.
" Rafael Herrera !! I know who you really are and you are going to pay back for what you have done. I'll prove it and I'll put you in jail for good this time ", Ryan told himself as he was looking at Rafael's picture hanging on his wall.
Lieutenant Ryan Bold started working for the police about 7 years ago when Rafael had just started expanding his business in this city. He and his brother, who was also a police lieutenant, were obsessed with Rafael. But alas they have never been able to stop it once by lack of evidence. Ryan, Eric's brother, even lost his life in investigating Rafael a few years ago and since then he is even motivated to arrest him.