SHATTERED

Chap:18:A Cauldron of questions (2)

Dinah's POV

Shit

She locked her eyes with Rawel's . He nodded in understanding. While the commander was still distracted, they simultaneously kicked Aweid's and Sven's chairs to wake them up.

A very startled Aweid banged his head with the table while getting up , which in turn knocked his cup of cappuccino into rolling off the table. Dinah winced, coffee spilled and dripped and the cup crashed into a million pieces. However , thanks to that Ivan also woke up.

Sven on the other hand let loose a steady string of obscenities. Rawel painfully closed his eyes wishing probably that he had left that particular bomb alone. Whereas , Dinah feeling embarrassed , didn't know where to look.

The commander looked shocked to say the least, as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

He cleared his throat loudly . It sounded like the distant roar of a lion. Sven's eyes shot open in recognition.

Dinah almost felt sorry for the guy as he visibly swallowed and slowly got up and stood ram rod straight. Even from where Dinah sat, it was easy to see that Sven 's whole frame was shaking .

The commander kept his eyes pinned on Sven as he took his time getting to his seat. After sitting he punched a button on the table making Sven flinch.

"Martha come and clean up the broken glass in Room 203." he rumbled into the tiny microphone that had emerged.

"Sit." he ordered them.

They all sat down sighing softly in relief. He turned in the direction of Sylvie and Jared. Sylvie who had been watching the show up till now with a smirk turned around in a flash and started typing all of a sudden. Jared on the other hand did the final touches on his part of the job and got up dusting himself.

"I'm done , Sir. " Jared informed.

" Oh is that so ? Good. Miss Atkinson do you need Mr.Silver's assistance any further ? " he rumbled again.

Sylvie turned around nervously then replied, " Err ...Um...No sir . I'm good."

"Hmph" the commander didn't sound convinced but nonetheless waved Jared off. Jared didn't waste a second in leaving.

Sylvie started to show us something on the screen but the commander held up a hand.

" Wait till Martha's done. " he said.

A few minutes later the door opened as Martha the cleaning lady came in . The commander waited till she left before he spoke again.

"So Miss Asovi may I call you Dinah ? " the commander looked at Dinah .

"Err..y-ye-yes " Dinah's voice cracked , so she tried again , " I mean yes ,sir ."

"Good" the commander said. Then he looked at the rest. " How about the rest of you ? "

When everyone murmured consent , he nodded pleased.

"So Dinah give me a quick recap of what happened last night. I am a very busy person as you can see , I most probably won't be able to read the actual report. " the commander said.

"I..um ...of course sir." Dinah said while getting up .

" No no. You don't need to get up . Just sit and tell me. " he stopped her.

Perplexed but nevertheless scared to offend , Dinah did as she was told. The commander listened through out the report without interrupting even once. When she was done , he looked as if his worst suspicions had proved to be true.