Promises - Joel Pimentel

Chapter 51

"I really hope you're telling the truth Maya" Joel says with a cup of coffee in his hands.

"I am, you have to believe me"

The two of us were standing on his balcony that was just outside his hotel room which he shared with Erick. It was still morning and the boys plane would leave sometime this afternoon.

"I only lied because I didn't want to hurt you or get involved with Amber. I could never even think about hurting you" his hand was resting on the metal railing as he looked out into the mesmerizing view of the whole city.

"You know I'm always on your side no matter what. I wouldn't have gotten mad if you had just told me the truth from the beginning" he says turning around to look at me.

"I know and I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I just..." I looked down at the ground, feeling ashamed.

"Hey it's ok. I believe you now. We'll sort this out, I promise" he comes closer to me and embraces me in a hug.

The type of hug that I needed from him a long time ago.  Resting my ear against his chest, I could slightly hear his heartbeat which was all I needed right now.

"Just do me a favour" he whispers.

"What is it?" I asked, pulling away.

"Be nice to her for now" he replies.

"What? Are you kidding me right now? Even after all I said about her, you still expect me to be nice to that lying thief?"

"At least listen to me Maya. The nicer you are to her, the more she'll open up to you and maybe even admit it before we take the further step of checking the security cameras back in France"

"We are talking about the same Amber, right?" I asked.

"Yes" he chuckles. "Just trust me on this"

"Fine. Only for you though" my lips curled into a pout.

"Good" he comes closer, cupping my face in his hands and giving me a taste of his sweet soft pink lips that I had been craving.

"Alright lovebirds, move over" we were interrupted by Erick who just walked out of the shower and into the balcony with a towel around him.

"Dude" before I had a chance to look at Erick even more, Joel pulled my back closer to his chest and covered my eyes.

I began to giggle at the thought of Erick walking out towel naked and Joel covering my eyes with his hands.

"I should get going back to my room anyway" removing Joel's hands from my eyes, I make my way back to Ingrid who was just finishing up her packing.

"Guess what?" she asks, zipping up her bag.

"Whats up?"

"I managed to convince your dad to let us go back to our hotel in France to check out the security cameras"

"But that's not where the boys are going next" I ask, clearly confused.

"The boys may not be but we definitely are" she replies.

"Woah wait, so you're saying you and I are going back to France just so we can look at a couple of security cameras?" I asked.

"Do you want Amber on tour or not?" she asks, crossing her arms.

"Obviously no"

"Then this is the only way"

"Or, I have another idea" I smirk.

In the spur of the moment, I had come up with a plan to get Amber to confess what she had done. I told Ingrid I would be leaving my ring in Ambers room, along with a camera set up. That way, I wouldn't have to be in another country from Joel and we would have some solid evidence against her.