"If you say so, Cedric. I do need to take that knife that Liliana was stabbed with." Tyler out of gloves and placed the knife in the bag."Yes, please take it with you. I know that there are a few things that you need. Take what you need." Cedric sat down on a kitchen table chair.
David pulled out the dusting kit and pulled a few fingerprints for the broken plates. "I want to take these prints and match them definitely to them. I know that we all saw you when you dropped off the camera with the beauty of yours. Do not worry, I will not even try to steal her. I was only complimenting her." He waved his hands in defence of what he said.
Chuckling Cedric"s gaze softened. "I will let her know that you think so. I will only take it the wrong way if you don"t pay proper respects to my girl. I love her dearly and she loves me back. That is one of the reasons that I shower her with all the love that I can."
"You two are like the picture-perfect couple from the beauty contest. I saw you two win and I will be honest I always voted against Karen. I thought she was so plastic but your girl is not like that at all. She gave us a lot to think about and I love that you gave Alex the job to clean up the beach. He is charismatic and has a way to energize people." David started gus.h.i.+ng and blushed in embarra.s.sment.
"Did you have a crush on Alex? I thought I saw you with hearts in your eyes in the crowd." Cedric turned this to be about David.
"Wh-aat?" David starts coughing. "Please do not say anything. I am a secret admirer and I would like to keep it that way."
"David, I did not know that you were on the other team. I will keep this from the other guys but I do hope that you find a loving partner." Tyler patted David on the shoulder.
"Boooosssssss. I was so worried that you would make me quit if you found out." David cried happy tears. "Admiration is all I feel for Alex. I know that he is not interested in guys but I am just glad that I can be a friend. Thank you for keeping this form the other guys."
Tyler smiled and looked at Cedric. "You are really sharp. I was not sure about this and you were able to get him to admit it just like that."
"Well, the same could be said about you. Do you guys mind if I have a cigar? I will give you guys one each." Cedric walks to the office and slides a card to get the door to open. He looks at the humidor and pulls out three cigars. "Here, this is to new friends.h.i.+ps."
Tyler followed Cedric and looked at the humidor and sighed. "Thank you, I know that Liam is a lucky boy. To have scored the job maintaining the s.h.i.+p but he has a lot of work to do."
David was still a little confused at what Cedric had said to Tyler but took the cigar and bowed. "Thank you, I am grateful for this gift."
"Since I called you guys out here it is the least that I can do. I will send you with three cigars for the other guys. I would not want them to get jealous but they will get different cigars." Cedric pulled out a bag and added three cigars based on what he thought that guys would like.
Tyler took the bag. "We have wasted enough time. I will start smoking this with you and then we will leave you to spend time with your girl." Tyler kept glancing at David with a slight blush.
David started his cigar and breathed the smoke out. "It"s been a while since I last had a good cigar. This is truly amazing. Do you think that you could tell me where you got it from?" He was not noticing the glances for Tyler.
Cedric opened the bottom of the humidor and pulled out a wooden box. "A box will run you about five hundred dollars. The card is on the box. You are free to have the box as I have a second box and it is full in the humidor."
"No way! It"s only five hundred dollars!!! I thought you would say a thousand. They are sooo tasty. I will take you up on the empty box." David smiled and looked at Tyler. "Are you not going to smoke the cigar?"
Tyler finally lights up the cigar. "Sorry, I was lost in thought. Cedric, we will take our leave for the evening now. I hope that you will have a better evening and that Liliana is not traumatized by this."
Cedric got up and led them to the deck and watched as they left the s.h.i.+p. The boat slows down and drivers of. He waves his hand and thinks about all the plates reforming stacked on the countertop. He walks to the bedroom with the cigar and looks at Yuki. "Are you asleep, Sweetie?"
"Mmmm, I am not. I was resting my eyes and focusing on healing the internal damage. She cut through my appendix so I made sure that the toxins did not go all over my body." Yuki opened her eyes and looked up at Cedric.
Cedric climbed over top of her on the bed and kissed her lips. "It is at this point in time that I am glad that you are not a human. You could"ve died if that was the case." He placed the cigar in the ashtray and kissed her again.
Yuki responded with kisses. "I am sorry. I did not think that psycho b.i.t.c.h was going to grab a knife and attack me." She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Are you okay?"
"I was scared but I am okay. I am a little freaked out because I love you and do not want anything to happen to you. I understand why you took the knife but now we have to be careful if they come back." Cedric laid down next to her and pushed the book off the bed.