'What on earth is this bitch doing here?' Carlos screamed in his head.
"Carlos, is everything okay?" Anne asked him.
She wondered why he looked so paranoid all of a sudden like he had seen a ghost.
He was just about to tell Anne that he was fine when Linda approached them.
"Hey, Carlos" Linda brought her hand to shake Carlos with a smirk on her face.
She was wearing a red bodycon dress that showed off her nice figure and her cleavage was bare to the eyes making her look seductive.
Yes, Linda is a very pretty lady but not as pretty as Anne.
Carlos stared at her hand for almost a minute before he returned the handshake.
He had left her house close to two hours ago and now she is here with him.
In front of Anne.
Carlos held Anne tight by her waist, giving Linda a warning look but Linda cared less about his threatening stares.
"And you must be Anastasia right?..." Linda said to Anne.
Anne was surprised at how Linda knew her name, she guessed she was friends with Carlos.
"…Anne this is Linda, my COUSIN" Carlos immediately interrupted Linda.
"Please to meet you, Linda. I'm so glad I finally got to meet you" Anne said to Linda with a smile but Linda frowned instead.
It was an awkward moment for Carlos.
"Anne, could you wait for me in my car I'll be right back," he said nervously
"Okay sure., Anne said.
He kissed her on her cheek before she left and Linda rolled her eyes feeling jealous.
Linda admitted in her head that Anne has exceptional beauty. She guessed that was why Carlos is obsessed with his girlfriend.
Carlos watched as Anne got into his car and immediately attacked Linda.
"so you're not just following me around, you've started following my girlfriend as well?" Carlos said with gritted teeth.
"I only came to the grocery store." Linda delivered a mocking laugh
"you think this is funny huh? You better stay away from my girlfriend or else!!"
"or else what??" Linda fired back. "what if I had told your girlfriend that you and I have been constantly fucking behind her back"
"you wouldn't dare!" Carlos growled.
"okay? Should I send your murder tape to her instead?" Linda winked.
Carlos swallowed hard with his hands clenched into a fist.
She walked closer to him "mmm… I'm starting to get horny, I'll see you later in your office," Linda whispered in his ears.
..
Meanwhile, Anne was in the shotgun seat of Carlos's car, browsing her phone when Carlos opened the car door and sat down in the driver seat.
He buckled up his seat belt and started his car in a hurry to leave feeling upset without talking to Anne.
"Carlos, are you okay? you look upset?" Anne asked Carlos.
"sweetheart, promise me you're going to stay away from that woman," he said firmly.
"Umm Linda your cousin?" she asked to be sure "Why should I stay away from your cousin?" Anne was confused.
"Anne, I just don't want you close to her okay?" he said in a husky tone with his eyes fixed on the road as he was driving.
"Okay I will" she mumbled.
She didn't want to ask him further questions because she guessed he was in a bad mood.
Carlos let out a soft sigh.
"I want you to always have it at the back of your mind that I love you," he said with his right hand on Anne's knee.
******
Dexter has written all his final exams and he was excited to share the good news with his sister Anne, that he has made all his papers with good grades.
He is currently walking in the school hallway with happiness all over his face when his eyes met a young lady who was sitting alone on a bench by the field where the other students were chilling.
The young lady was crying silently with three books on her lap. She was wearing a white collar button-down shirt, tucked in with a long wide brown skirt reaching her ankles with dirty old-fashioned red sneakers that doesn't suit her outfits at all.
Her brunette hair was packed in a low ponytail. The young lady kept on wiping her eyes and cleaning her glasses with a handkerchief.
Dexter was going to ignore her because he was too happy to Involve himself in negativity but he approached her anyways.
Although, he has never noticed her before until now. He just wanted to say hi to her and ask her if she was okay. Maybe he could be of help.
As soon as the young lady sighted Dexter coming to sit with her on the bench, she quickly wiped her tears, wore her glasses, and carried her books to leave.
"Wait! umm miss what's your name?" Dexter asked her calmly but she left like he was talking to himself.
"should've mind my own business," he said to himself.
....
At the NYPD Company***
Carl is in his office with the chief police officer, she is no other than commander Sasha who acts as the second in command of Carl's company.
Her physical appearance looks like that of an athlete thanks to a lot of workouts. She is tall, brown-skinned, and has nice bobbed hair that suits her perfectly.
Sasha is very skilled in martial arts and the intimidating look on her face will make you stutter in anxiety.
Everyone fears her except Carl and Carlos. Carl only respects her and she respects him too because he's her boss, but Carlos isn't intimidated by anyone including her.
"There was a dead body found in a shallow grave …and from the looks of it, I think he was murdered," Sasha said to Carl who was paying close attention to her.
"What makes you think he was murdered?" Carl asked.
"because of his bad injuries. He wasn't hit by a bus nor pushed from a cliff, someone intentionally murdered and buried him in a shallow grave."
"My God!" Carl exclaimed. "who could've done that? And do you have any information about the victim?"
"The victim seemed to be a delivery guy and I'm about to find out who the murderer is," she said.
"hmm... Do you have anything that could link us to the killer?" Carl asked and she nodded.
"Luckily, the killer made the mistake of not getting rid of the murder weapon. Could you believe the murderer buried the stick he used in killing the victim beside the body? So dumb!" Sasha scoffed.
"It won't take long till I get the fingerprints of the murder weapon used". She said and her phone began to ring loudly.
"shit," Sasha cursed under her breath as she immediately declined the call.
"I'm sorry, It was my husband who was calling" she apologized.
"so why didn't you answer it?" Carl asked
"Prosecutor Carl, are you forgetting that you don't allow all employees to take calls during working hours?" She said.
"But it was your husband calling you," he said.
"it still doesn't make any difference to you. You've fired a reporter just because she was chatting with her fiancé on the phone." Sasha said in a serious tone.
"…and afterward, that reporter was dumped by her so-called fiancé" he shrugged his shoulders.
"My point is, you hate it when people are busy with their phones for petty reasons like talking to their loved ones. In fact relationship with you is like a waste of time" she said.
"well things are different now" Carl delivered a weak smile.
"Wow! you sound like you're now seeing someone. Who's the lucky girl that finally captured your heart?". She asked feeling astonished.
Sasha has known Carl for years and she knows about his traumatic experience with his previous relationship making him swear never to fall in love again.
"Actually, she's someone I can never be with. I've been denying my feelings for her for so long now but they seem to get the best of me.
I think about her almost all the time and I can't get her off my head no matter how hard I try." Carl confessed in a sad tone.
He has been keeping these thoughts within himself for quite some time now.
"hmm, it seems like you're really in love with her" Sasha said.
"you think so?" He said, relaxing his back on his seat
"of course! I can tell from how your eyes glow just by talking about her.
…But why did you say she's someone you can't be with?" she asked.
Carl sighed. "Because she has a boyfriend she's insanely in love with and I don't intend on coming in between them,"
"Oh, that's sad but you have to keep your distance from her and completely avoid her," she said firmly.
"why do I have to avoid her?" he asked
"Because if you don't, you're going to get yourself hurt in the end. The more you get closer to her, the more you get emotionally attached to her.
And unfortunately for you, it's going to be one-sided since she has a boyfriend. That's another heartbreak" she advised.
"prosecutor Carl, I'll have to answer this call if you'll excuse me," she said and left Carl's office.
Carl was lost in his thought thinking about what Sasha had just told him. He felt sad about the fact that he has to avoid who he is in love with because she has a boyfriend.
"why do I have to fall in love with you Anastasia," he thought to himself with his eyes shut.
From the very first day, he saw Anne on the subway, his heart skipped a beat causing him to feel what he hasn't felt in a long time.
He has fallen deeply in love with Anne and it hurts him that he can't be with her since she is in a relationship with his best friend, Carlos.
Carl left his office to distract himself from thinking about Anne. He walked through the hallway and saw most of his employees chilling and having fun in the staff room.
He made sure they didn't see him so they won't pretend to act serious and he left them to see Carlos at Carlos's office.
The door was left ajar and Carl barged in and caught Carlos kissing Linda on his office desk.