David is thinking of a way to outsmart both her gang members and the other strange group. Knowing fully well that Alex and the team will surely recognize Nicole,she makes her cousin out on so much makeup so that she is unrecognizable. The girls add the sedatives to some glasses of juice so they can give it to Alexander's team and the estranged thugs. David takes one tray and Nicole the other. David takes the glasses of juice to Alexander and his team. First,they hesitate but David persuades them,
" Don't worry sirs, Liam Sir and Evans Sir asked me to give you these refreshments because you're working hard and doing a good job so take it" He hands them one glass of juice each.
Alexander and his team take all of the juice each leaving nothing in their glasses. Now all David has to do is wait five minutes for the Sedatives to react. Nicole is on her way to give the estranged thugs the drinks when Wendy and Martha stop her and take one glass each. Nicole fails to stop them so she does nothing but watch them drink the juice. She then takes the rest to the intruders and they take it. After five minutes, David goes to check on Alexander and his men. He finds them making plans on how to get the diamond from the safe. Knowing very well how good her team is at cracking safes, Layla has to delay them. But this time,she does little work because Alexander and the rest start feeling dizzy and sleepy they fall to the floor at once. David has to hide them away from everyone. She takes them one by one on her shoulder and hides them in the house store room , tying them and putting gags over their mouths locks the room and taking the keys with her. When he steps out, David meets Liam who has been looking for him. Seeing that David just walked out of the store room,he gets curious.
" Don't worry Liam Sir,I thought I heard some noises coming from the room so that's why I came to check" David clears all of Liam's doubts.
David wonders if Nicole has done her job. As Nicole is going to check on the intruders to see if the medicines have had any impact but she finds Martha talking to them about killing someone. When Martha goes to her room, Nicole follows to let her know what she just heard.
" So you're this heartless Martha? You are so wicked you want to get your own cousin. Liam is taking care of you all and this is how you pay him back? Hiring killers for him?"
Martha looks Nicole straight in the eyes, with no fear at all, " Why or who am doing this is not your business"
Nicole makes a mistake of challenging Martha by telling her she'll let David know of her plans.
" I knew it,I just knew it....If you are connected to Layla and David then David must be connected to David but you fools Cannot ruin my plan...never!" Martha accepts the challenge.
Nicole turns around to leave the room but Martha hits the back of her head with a heavy flower vase and she falls but doesn't black out just yet. Martha quickly goes to the store room and gets a big rope. Thankfully,she doesn't see Alex and the others. She comes back and starts tying Nicole up but she fails to do so because she starts feeling very sleepy. A minute after,she falls to the ground and goes into deep sleep. Nicole not having been blacked out completely,manges to call David and tells him where she is. As David is on his way to Martha's bedroom,he comes across Wendy who is sleeping in the hallway and finds it strange. He however helps her by taking her to the room then going on to Martha's bedroom where she he finds Nicole laying on the floor and holding her head in pain. Layla helps Nicole sit on the bed and gives her an ice bag while they go on the look to see if the intruders have been affected yet. When they go to the backyard,the girls find Martha's men sleeping on the floor.
" This should be interesting" Layla smiles as she and Nicole drag the men to the attic as it is the closest. They tie the men up and lock them in.
" Now that we got both teams successfully, what do you intend to do? I mean... you can't hand Alexander and the guys over to the police" Nicole worries.
Just then, an idea comes to Layla's mind and she plans on executing it but leaves Nicole to look after Martha's men. Nicole remembers she has to tell Layla something,
" I have to tell you something very important Layla"
" Not now Nicole, I have to help Alex and the rest escape" Layla quickly rushes out of the attic and goes into the house all the way to the party hall. Throughout the party, Liam notices that David is restless and fidgety so he goes to cheer her up.
" I hope Alexander and the guys are awake by now. They should be awake after 15 to 20 minutes of sleep " Layla talks to herself but her thinking is disrupted by Liam when he walks in on her.
" What is it my friend?" Liam tackles his shoulder with David's, " you seem to be lost in thought"
" I'm fine Liam Sir. I was just wondering when this party was going to end that's all" She gives an excuse.
Liam let's David know that the party will be over in thirty minutes. He also asks David if he has seen Martha,Aunty Wendy and Nicole.
" Nicole went to uh... answer a call outside. Then aunt... headache...I mean she got a headache so she told me she wanted to get some sleep. Then... Martha is also sleeping because she is upset that am in charge of protecting the diamond...yes"David stammers and lies.
Even though Liam finds it weird that Martha and Wendy decided to sleep halfway through the party but he believes David either ways.
David excuses himself from Liam under the pretence that he wants to check on Nicole. Even though Liam is feeling a little suspicious,he doesn't let it get the better of him. David goes straight to the store room but this time as Layla herself. She finds her friends awake and she unties them while telling lies to make them believe her,
" It's good that I reached you guys on time otherwise the police would have arrested you guys. I followed Alexander's phone location to get here so that's how I snuck in but I don't know how you all fell asleep"
Alexander and the guys thank Layla and sneak out through the back door and escape. When Martha's men awake, Nicole calls Layla to inform her. As she is stepping out the door,she meets Liam and at this moment her prayer is that he doesn't recognize her as David.
" And who exactly are you if I may ask? What are you doing in my house ?" Liam asks rudely.
Layla says she's David's cousin and she was just taking the carpet into the store room that's all. After getting the answer he wanted,Liam takes a step to walk away but he slips. Luckily,he doesn't fall down because Layla reaches to him on time for the catch.
" This is awkward" Layla starts thinking, " Normally men are the ones that catch women when they want to fall but here I am catching a man and looking deep into his eyes"
Similarly, Liam is also having different thoughts, " isn't this shameful? I should be the one catching her but she's catching me. And...I have felt this touch before. This is the feeling I get whenever I'm close to David"
To break the awkward silence, Layla asks Liam if he's okay and just then,he jumps out of her arms, adjusts his clothes, thanks her and walks away.