It took strenuous effort for Luna to feign ignorance to the current event that was making headlines in a country that had more pressing issues to focus on.
The brawl between Nate and Logan that she had considered to be very trivial had turned into a national issue.
Different news outlets around the country were aggressively broadcasting the unfortunate incident aside from those that were affiliated to the Robinsons
On walking into the tarot house, Luna by passed Rowena whose frightened and worried look told her all that she needed to know that she and her puppet master had been caught, she was in a state of limbo being that she wasn't sure if she still had her job or if she was getting fired.
Maintaining her silence because she was sure if Shay and her were still on good terms, Luna slid into her sit.
Wobbling like she had an itchy anus, Rowena walked to her desk. "Ma'am I'll confess...."
Shay jerked up and ran to stand beside Luna, there was no way she was going to miss the drama or the gossip.
"Hey Grey" She waved briefly and nodded once towards Rowena gesturing her to continue " keep going and be fast I have a pending appointment." Shay glanced at her wrist watch.
Fixing her glasses back in position Rowena started from the top " Ma'am I'll confess that I've been spying on you on the orders of Mr Logan, he said he was worried that you could get attacked again. Am truly very sorry for violating the trust you had in me." She freed the hands that were pinned to her back and looked at the white envelope she was holding.
Shay gasped and raised her eyebrows accusingly at the crying girl "I bet that innocent face let's you get away with anything not this time, spy girl."
After gently placing her resignation letter on the table with a lot of hesitation, her lowered moist eyes shifted back at Luna "Please understand that I can't keep working here after my treacherous actions." She bowed respectfully and began to walk away sniffling.
Luna sighed heavily, she had a lot of time since the incident to deliberate on the issue.
"Rowena wait." The white witch paused and chose her next words carefully.
"what do you plan to do now that you have voluntarily resigned." Luna scanned her sad face, the girl looked like she was about to end it all, she knew what it was like to loose a means of livelihood.
Tears rolled down Rowena's eyes blinding her view, "back to prostitution and stripping I guess, it's not like I can leave freely." She took off her glasses and wiped them dry with her polo sweater.
"Stripping! You? With what body?" Shay's uncontrollable short coughs transitioned into laughter.
"Well as long as the pussy shows, the guys don't care what you look like, a girl has to eat."
Shaking her head because she felt terrible for what she had to do to survive, Luna asked if she was remorseful about her actions.
"Don't get all sappy Luna, once a snake, always a snake even when it shades its skin." Shay snapped her fingers in Rowena's face.
"Unlike you Ma'am my heart is not made of stone, I feel for the poor girl besides Logan coerced her into it." Luna winced at her expressing her disappointment and her friends lack of empathy
Rowena sniffed loudly, "I deeply regret what I did because you've treated me better than most people in my life do, I should have made better decisions."
Ripping the resignation letter into two because she was being truthful, Luna told her to get back to her desk.
"Cancel all my appointments for the day if any." Luna gave her a reassuring smile.
Perking up on hearing the good news Rowena thanked Luna as she dashed back at her desk at Shay's displeasure.
"If you do anything funny once again, you're head will be separated from the rest of you're body." Shay threatened and warned her.
Shifting her attention to Luna she demanded to know what was going on with the Robinsons.
"Wasn't that the Clinic you went to for therapy? They fought over you, didn't they?
The Robinsons must be freaking out ha-ha." Shay rubbed her hands excitedly.
"No, I wasn't the reason for their fight!" Luna's eyes bulged and glared at her. Even she wasn't sure about the reason as to why they fought because they didn't answer Doctor Barbara when she asked why they fought however she had her suspicions.
The doctor was calm but it was also evident that she was unhappy with the behavior of the two grown men.
She was kind enough to give Nate first aid while ordering Logan to leave immediately.
"Luna let's go." Logan had demanded as he grabbed her hand.
Nate's clenched his fists and said " child, don't let me whip your ass, free her hand!." His spoke with fury in his voice, not even Logan had ever seen his eyes exuded such bitterness.
Logan had gave up and left on his own cussing and ranting because the doctor had threatened to allow the burly security men to carry him out of there.
After apologizing to the good doctor she and Nate walked out hand in hand with Luna, when the cab she had pre-ordered arrived.
Her lover kept calling her the entire night but she ignored him and his texts apologizing for the unfortunate incident that had caused an uproar and had now become a thorn in his flesh.
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Luna was unsure how long she could maintain the face deceptive outward appearance, she had pretended long enough that she wanted nothing to do with Logan however she was dying on the inside because she truly missed him besides he was going through a challenging time.
She couldn't stop wondering if he was okay with all the negative news making rounds on the socials.
"He's a Robinson, how did the situation get out of hand. Normally the crises that had anything to do with the Robinsons were handled almost immediately. Why is Logan's case different." She murmured under her breath, someone was clearly sabotaging him in her opinion, Luna was well aware some of his family members loathed him.
Patting her shoulder to pull her out of the trance like state, Shay advised that she talks to him because she was clearly very worried about him.
"speaking of the devil." Shay smiled and left when she scanned her buzzing phone.
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"Luna! Thank God, magic can we talk? I mean can I see you? I've been there a couple of times and bounced." He spoke hurriedly praying she didn't hangup before he's done talking.
"Logan, are you alright? You're scuffle with Nate is allover the news. Am sure it's affecting your position at the company. First deal with that, and then we'll talk." Her voice was calm but her words were glazed with concern
"Thank you magic, see you soon and am truly sorry about how I acted, when I saw him touching you like that I just lost a screw in the head."
"Please Logan stop!, Nate and I are just friends come only when you're at peace with that because it's never going to change." Luna hung up before he could respond.
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That evening as the nation's citizens watched the 7:00pm news, Logan and Nate appeared on the screen together in a cheerful mood.
They explained to all those invested that they were still good friends that harbored brotherly love for each other despite their dispute that had nothing to do with work.
"We conflict and reconcile just like other people, it wasn't me bullying an employee like it's portrayed out there, it was a tiny fight between brothers." Logan fist bumped Nate as they chuckled.
"What was the fight about? Some are saying it's a...a girl" The interviewer hesitated to ask a question that not on the question sheet.
Logan laughed hysterically "what! Come on, please don't disrespect my wife." He rubbed his nose.
Nodding her head the interviewer apologized before asking "So why do you think this was blown out of proportion?"
Nate cleared his throat, "I think everyone misunderstood the whole incident, however I also believe that some people are using our misunderstanding to tarnish the image of the Robinsons, please let me clear the air. It was a silly fight, we don't remember what it was even about, so stop obsessing over it."
The interviewer followed the script and changed the topic leaving the viewers with a juicy topic to obsess over and debate about.
"Mr Robinson do you think that there is possibility that you're father named you as his successor in his will?"
Nodding his head continuously Logan answered "Yes, it's a strong possibility."