Stanton Box Set

“I will ring you when I get to the hospital,” he says quietly.

“Ok, see you then.”

Adrian

Joshua and Ben walk in front of me as we search for a good coffee and two guards trail behind. It’s 3.00 pm. Joshua is in a filthy mood. He went to the hospital to have lunch with Tash and he was going to tell her about the tape. This woman has other email addresses and he knows it is only a matter of time before Natasha finds out, so he wanted to tell her first. Apparently her friend joined them for lunch though and they weren’t alone so he couldn’t do it. He’s not happy. Joshua’s phone rings.

“You found your phone, presh,” he smiles as he answers it.

He listens and then stops dead. I nearly run into the back of him.

“Where’s Natasha?” he snaps. I frown at Ben in question. Joshua holds his hand over the phone. “The hooker has Natasha’s phone. Get her guards on the line,” he snaps to Ben. Ben shakes his head and immediately dials a number as Joshua continues to speak. He’s furious.

“It’s ok. Max is looking at her right now. She’s safe,” Ben sighs as he holds the phone to his ear. Thank god.

“You have ten fucking minutes,” Joshua snaps. He hangs up.

His eyes flick to us. “We are meeting her and I am going to finish this once and for all. I’ve had about as much shit from this bitch as I am going to take.”

We stand in the hall, waiting for the lift to take us to the fourth floor in the Novotel hotel. Joshua has his hands in his pockets and is looking at the floor. He’s furious. I am nervous as hell. What if this woman has bouncers up there waiting for us?

“Just stay quiet everybody,” Ben says flatly. “Let me do the talking.”

Joshua’s angry eyes meet mine and he walks into the lift.

Knock, knock. Ben knocks on the door, and it opens in a rush. The blonde opens the door and smiles sexily at us. Joshua glares at her.

“Come in.” She gestures into the room.

We walk in and say nothing. There is no one else in the room and it is empty except for a bed.

“What do you want?” Joshua snaps.

My eyes flick to Ben. I knew he wouldn’t keep quiet.

She fakes a laugh. “I don’t want to be spoken to like that, Joshua, or is it baby?”

Joshua narrows his eyes at her.

She crosses her arms in front of her. “It’s so pathetic how she looks at you like you’re a god. I was watching her run her hand up your leg at lunch today. She thinks you are perfect—how very wrong she is.”

He runs his tongue over his top front teeth in contempt.

“I didn’t come her to listen to your dribble. What do you want?” he snaps.

Ben holds his hand up to Joshua to signify silence.

She frowns at Ben’s hand. “This is between Joshua and me goon, keep going and you can wait outside.”

Ben puts his hands on his hips and smiles slyly at her as he shakes his head in a threatening way.

Her eyes flick back to Joshua. “I told you I want five million dollars or I will give the tape to the boring wife.”

Joshua turns his back on her and I roll my eyes. “There is n

o way in hell you are getting five million dollars. You have got to be kidding. We are going to the police,” I snap.

She smiles and looks at Joshua. “This isn’t up to you, it’s up to Joshua. He’s the one that is going to break the stupid bitch’s heart.”