Dark Love

Chapter Five

"Good morning!How may I help you?"Mia said happily into the telephone.As a secretary,she had to be cheerful and kind at all times.

"Is this Miss Santiago?"a male voice asked into the phone.She frowned immediately.

"Yes.Who's speaking?"she asked.

"Uhm,this is Todd Daniels here from Car Repair cc,your car isn't in good shape miss,I'm afraid you'll have to bring it back."the male said on the phone.

"But,just the other night the other man said that it was as good as new!"she exclaimed.

"I'm sorry but a car that old will never be as good as new."the man chuckled.

"I'm sorry,I don't have the money right now."she said quickly.

"No,don't worry.We won't charge you money for it,it's simply a check-up.That's it."

Mia felt relieved.She wouldn't need to pay any money,she couldn't be happier.

"Oh!Thank you Mr-I'm sorry,I'm afraid I didn't get your name."she said.

"Todd,Todd Daniels."he said and hung up.Mis stared at the telephone in shock.Why would he hang up the phone?They didn't even talk about the time she should go there.

"Any problem Ms Santiago?"she heard a familiar voice ask.Her boss.

"N-no,no problem at all. "she assured him.He gave her a nod and went into his office.She exhaled loudly.

She was stressed out,and the only question flooding her mind was:How on earth did he get her telephone number?

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"I heard that."Gerald said,wiping his hands on his shirt.

Todd gave his partner a look.He acted as if he hadn't just done what he did just a few seconds ago.

"Really?And what was that exactly."

"You called the blondie,to check on her car."Gerald said,raising an eyebrow.

"Yes.Isn't that what we do?Check on people's cars?"Todd said,emphasizing the word car.

"Yeah,but we don't usually call the clients.They come to us."Gerald said.

"Well,we need the money so I might as well-"

"You said it's for free.You said you wouldn't charge money for it."Gerald smirked,which irritated Todd.

"Come on buddy,spill."Gerald chuckled."You have the hots for the blondie right?"

"Not exactly the hots.I'm more of like intrigued by her."Todd admitted.

"Isn't it the same thing?"Gerald asked.Todd chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"You have a lot to learn my fellow mate."

"Of course I do.I've dedicated all my life in mechanics.I've only had one girlfriend."

"Yeah,and more than twenty hookers."Todd laughed.

"Hey!I'm older than you."Gerald warned.

"I'm well aware of that."Todd smirked.Gerald threw an oil-stained cloth at him,which caused him to laugh hard.

"That's enough now!"Gerald groaned,"We have work now.A lot of work.Plus you need to take a shower.You smell like petroleum.You don't want blondie to take a whiff of that right?"Gerald laughed.

"Funny."Todd said,glaring at his friend/partner.Gerald laughed.

"Revenge is sweet isn't it?"Gerald sais,grinning.

"And is a plate best served cold."Todd said,taking a sip of his beer bottle.

Gerald frowned at Todd.His voice turned so cold and stiff all of a sudden.He was laughing and smiling just minutes ago.

Gerald shrugged it off and continued working on his car,which needed a lot of car and attention.

And Todd,just leaned against a car,thinking about his past lives and what he did that made them go wrong.

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