Chapter 7
The Indonesian dealer whom Trey had picked from the airport had mastery in precious stones and drug smuggling. She was exclusively into big deals such that whenever she came to South Africa, which she did almost every fortnight, it would be about transactions involving big sums of money. Trey was introduced to her by his late friend who was shot by law enforcement authorities whilst trying to escape amid a home raid for illicit drugs. He had established himself as a prominent and successful figure to such an extent that the source of his enormous wealth rose the eyebrows of criminal investigation detectives. His unbecoming was a failure to bribe the bunch of police officers that had replaced those he had gotten used to.
His immense wealth had made him not only powerful and influential but also arrogant to an extent of addressing police officers as "toothless dogs." On that fateful day, he had just assigned Trey to deliver a huge consignment of drugs to some of his big buyers. When the detectives stormed his home in search of cocaine and steroids, as per a suggestion box tip-off, he flew out through the garage door, jumped into his car, and started the engine of the BMW immediately. As he was on the verge of reversing out, the pursuing corps ordered him to stop and get out immediately, but he continued reversing, knocking and severely injuring one of them thereby inciting deliberate gunshots that rattled the car windows with some finding themselves into his body. The auto-reversing vehicle had to be stopped by the drywall of his yard. He died on the spot and a treasure box of diamonds valued at 65 million rands was discovered upon a rigorous search of the house in the aftermath.
When Trey returned from that assigned errand, he spotted a crowd of people outside his yard with police vehicles blocking the street, a phenomenon that made him make a U-turn and speed off. It is from that tragic incident that Trey resolved never to involve anyone in his dealings. He always told Anable that there were enemies everywhere hence the need to play it solo always. He also made it a policy to befriend and patronize the senior law enforcement officers around him. Unlike before, when his deceased friend was sold out, the corps, were by then more desperate and corrupt such that they would not easily harass or victimize anyone making huge sums of money illicitly as he did. They would rather follow someone up for a bribe and not apprehension. Unlike his late friend, who referred to the corps as "toothless dogs", he then referred to them as "hungry hawks." He believed gone where the days when policing was about justice, principles, and ethics. Policing had gone to the dogs, and that was a favourable development for outlaws like him. Nonetheless, he remained vigilant as he still viewed them as enemies who needed to be silenced or brought close via bribery for one to be exempted from their onslaught.
The Indonesian dealer grew to trust him greatly owing to such influential configurations. Having inherited a staggering fortune from his grandfather's estate, he resolved to play it smarter than his late friend. He believed that history repeats itself because people never learn, and often used this statement whenever he cautioned Anable, who by then was still a novice in dirty survival skits, though she had learned to hold her fort as a solo and smooth operator within a short space of time. Furthermore, his billion-dollar estate was an alibi of huge sums of money made from his corrupt errands. It also became Anable's scapegoat from any perceivable suspicion. She was safely covered as a billionaire's PA and queen to be casually touched.
The death of his friend at the hands of law enforcement authorities chronicled the beginning of a different chapter in his life. It led to a scenario where most of the former's business partners became his. As inhumane as it may sound, that tragedy became a blessing in disguise on his part. The Indonesian became closer to him than ever before since they could now deal directly. Their relationship realized a major boost when Trey got a share of Herbert's billion-dollar estate. At that juncture, he would afford illicit procurements worth thrice what his late friend could. That ensured that the Indonesian dealer would make quicker returns than before. As life provides, one thing often leads to another, the two's business relationship spilled into an intimate relationship.
Apart from being rich, Trey was highly handsome and charming by nature. Very few ladies would resist his looks and seduction. He also had an eye for cute women. The Indonesian dealer was five years older than him, but she still looked appetizing and tempting. It did not take much, but mutuality and seduction for the two to be naked before each other. This would mean that whenever she was in South Africa, she would be at Trey's mercy. Having been widowed, she had no inhibitions, after all, no one can overcome the call of nature when it comes to such matters. She had three kids who were still at Junior school back in her country. Her husband was a construction mogul who had invested greatly in real estate to assure posthumous security for his surviving family. He used to travel to South Africa with her, during which he would engage in drug deals in her presence. She smuggled in cocaine and steroids and smuggled out diamonds and gold. She got so accustomed to his illicit side hustles that when he kicked the bucket she easily continued from where he had left.
Being in her early thirties, quenching her sexual needs was her biggest challenge, but it was not easy for her to remarry or have an open relationship in Indonesia since it would force her to leave their matrimonial mansion, let alone disenfranchise her from the nominal title as the heir, which only a fool could risk. Her business trips to SA became a great opportunity for undoing those circumstantial yokes. Since she could spend 3 days thereabouts every time she came to SA, she found herself desperately enticing male housekeepers for romance in the lodges and hotels where she made reservations.
It so happened that when she was introduced to Trey, by his late friend, she envisaged seducing him, but it did not happen overnight owing to Trey's instinctive arrogance and ego. Upon the death of his friend, which ushered in a period of direct business dealings between the two, their relationship realized an electrified growth as she manipulated the situation through frequent business trips and exaggerated charm, developments that saw Trey going for both hook and line. It remains to be seen whether their double-faceted relationship did not get into Anable's nerves in the long run.