That night, Lena stayed another day longer at work so she could just head out to dinner with Andy later on. When it was close to the time, Lena drove herself to the restaurant. It was just a casual restaurant.
Andy was already sitting at the table. Lena smiled and sat at the table.
"Food first. Just in case you decide to go back on your words." Lena spoke.
Andy laughed at her. He had a rough day, and he hoped that Lena would cause him more headaches. Andy already ordered for both of them. He had to eat with Lena for a long time now so he knew what she liked and what she does not like.
As the food comes and Lena enjoyed the meal, she could tell that Andy was not having a good day. A rough patch in a relations.h.i.+p always is an emotional rollercoaster. Lena hoped that she will never go through such a painful experience again.
Seeing that Andy was not in the mood to eat, Lena finished up her food and told the waitress to pack the rest.
"You could eat here, you know. I can wait." Andy spoke.
"It"s fine. We are both here for the information, not the food anyway." Lena pulled out a file and handed to Andy. "That is the files on the two girls who are planning to sue your artist for s.e.xual hara.s.sment and bribery. I already got in contact with them both and was able to make a deal with them."
"That fast?" Andy was surprised. Last time, Lena took a week.
"This was an emergency so I pulled some strings. But anyway, you just need to send them the proper compensation, and they will retract the accusation and even go online to say that they lied."
"Thanks."
"Next.." Lena handed another file to Andy but her hand still covered the folder. "This is the lab results on the pill and what it does. Sides effects and everything you need to know about it." Lena paused and slowly removed her hand from the top of the folder. "Andy... it"s not good news."
Andy took the folder and was not hesitant to open it. He has been hesitant all day, but this one he needed to see what it was.
The first word that caught his eye was that it was categorized as an "Aprodasiac Drug." Andy already knew that that drug was but he looked at the effect and side effects. His eyes turned sad then dark. Eva was supposed to be different from Lena.
Andy skimmed through the file and closed it after he was done. "Did you use this one on me before?"
"This exact type? No. I am not stupid to use something that is not sold in the open market." Lena had to give her old self some credit. She was desperate but she did not use something that she was not 100% sure it would work.
Andy chuckled. "It"s funny. In most relations.h.i.+ps, it is the man who cannot wait, but here I am, stuck in two relations.h.i.+ps where it is the other way around." He put a hand on his head and ruffled his hair. "Is it so wrong to want to wait?"
Lena grabbed his hand so he would stop being frustrated. "No." She grabbed his other hand. "If the person you love really loves you back... they would wait for an eternity. I realized that my love for you was real... but not a love for eternity. If you really think that Eva"s love is for eternity, just talk to Eva again, maybe you both can come up with a compromise."
Lena let go of his hand. She went to grab something out of her bag. it was a long rectangle box. It looked like a box for an expensive pen. Lena handed to him.
"But just in case, that is the antidote. You can take it before or after. It will be effective for 24 hours."
Andy opened the container and there was a small syringe. "How did you even get this?"
"I can"t tell you that. I can"t give you all the answers right now anyway. You just have to trust me on this." Lena looked straight into Andy"s eyes. "I have never lied to you before, I won"t start now. There are many things that you don"t know. But... if it does come the time that you do need to use the antidote, you can call for me again. I will give you the answer to that question."
Lena stood up, grabbed her bag and packed food. She walked up to Andy and stood by him as he was still sitting down. "I once told you that there are plenty of fish in the sea, that applies to anyone." She bent down and give him a kiss on the forehead. "I only hope for you to be happy. Goodbye."
Lena turned around and left. Andy took a deep breath and looked at the syringe again. He really hoped that he does not need to use.
Lena walked out and hopped into her car. She pulled her phone and dialed James.
"Did you get the pictures?" She asked.
"I sure did. You were great. I made sure to get the pictures in the perfect angle."
"Great. Send it to Eva tonight."
Lena hung up the phone and smiled. It won"t be long now before Eva was out of the picture. They are one step closer to Madam Yang.
Andy stayed at the table and ordered a drink before leaving. He went back to his car and looked at the other files that were sitting in the pa.s.senger seat of his car. He was not going to open them until later, but that later was now.
He picked up the first file of the residents. He skimmed through them all until he found the man that Eva met with that night. His name was Alec. He had several criminal offenses in possession of drugs and intent to sell them. Alec has been divorced twice and currently have a restraining order from an ex. He had several charges on s.e.xual hara.s.sment.
Andy does not know how Eva would get involved with someone like him. He would understand more if the man was a loan shark or something, but a person like this with Eva?!
Andy put down the file and looked at the disposable phone. There were only three numbers saved on the phone. All of them were unknown or private numbers.
The text messages were somewhat suspicious though. Eva would talk to someone so secretively.
Eva: I have no money
Unknown: No money, no pills
The text would cut off because they would call each other instead. It was the last text that got Andy angry.
Unknown: Remember to take the pills. I don"t need a useless kid from you.
Andy scrunched up the paper and threw it on the floor of his car. "Have Eva been cheating on him?" He tried to process everything. She had a box of condoms which was not opened and contraceptive pills that were used for a few weeks now.
Those were not for Andy... but for someone else. He closed his eyes and calmed down. He pulled out his phone and texted Eva.
Andy: Done with work. I will come sleepover tonight at your place.
Eva: Can"t wait!
Andy tossed his phone on the pa.s.senger seat and drove to a floral shop that was still open at night. he picked up a rose and head to Eva"s apartment. He needed to find out about it tonight.