Page 19 of Marcellus: House of Drakos
Savannah didn’t immediately respond.
But Tyla knew her too well. “What you got up your sleeve girl?”
“I heard on the news this morning that his father was flying in from France today because of that plane crash that killed all those people. It was one of his father’s planes.”
“And?”
There was a hesitation. It was the hardest decision Savannah ever had to make. “I’m going to try to talk to his father.”
Tyla was astonished. She knew about her encounter with Marcellus Drakos eight years ago. “I know I didn’t hear you right.”
Savannah pressed on. “I’m going to Drakos Aeronautics corporate office building tomorrow to see if he’ll at least hear me out.”
“Hear you out? The man that held you in his arms all night, but wouldn’t call you at all the next day? Especially when you had that family emergency. He didn’t even check on you? And you’re going to pay him, that billionaire asshole, a visit? And at a time like this?”
“I know the timing’s not good. He’s got a lot on his plate, I know it. But I can’t let what happened eight years ago hold meback. All he knew was I left. He didn’t know my mother had died. He didn’t know any of that. Niko didn’t even know.”
“Why wouldn’t you tell your boss?”
“Because that was my business. I don’t bring my business to my job. Besides, Niko was still recovering at home and once he got back to work he was way behind on his collection. He didn’t have time for me nor my problems.”
“But you had time for him and his problems.”
Savannah sipped her drink. There was no convincing Tyla so she stopped trying.
“Didn’t Niko say he gave his father your phone number?”
“That’s what he said, yes.”
“But his father still didn’t call you?”
“I don’t know if he did or not. I had a bunch of missed calls on my phone during that time, almost all of which was from the office. If none of those calls didn’t come from management, I deleted them. If he tried to call me it would have been an unknown name, unknown number and I wasn’t trying to figure out who, what, or where when I got the news about my mama. I wasn’t thinking about none of that. Besides . . .”
“Besides what girl?”
“If he truly wanted to get in touch with me he would have phoned back.”
“Bet that!” Tyla was nodding her head and pointing her finger. “Now I agree with you on that one.” Then she looked at her best friend. “But you’re still gonna go see that man anyway, aren’t you, for Niko’s sake?”
“He could be in danger, Ty, so yes, I’m still going to go see him.”
“You do realize they aren’t going to let your black ass get within two feet of that rich man? You’re just a lowly secretary to him. And a fired one at that! Men like that don’t meet with no secretaries.”
They don’t hold them all night longer either, Savannah thought. But Marcellous Drakos did that very thing once upon a time.
But it wasn’t about her. It was about Niko. Something was wrong with him and somebody needed to look into it before it was too late. Her pride aside.
“This is the thing for me,” said Tyla. “Niko might care for you. Yes he might. Although I don’t know how you could fire somebody you care about. But anywho. Niko might care for you, but his father already has proven to you that he doesn’t. He don’t give a damn about you or your opinion about his son. Especially with his big brother telling you he spoke to him and he’s fine. You do know that right?”
Savannah was getting irritated with the back and forth concerning something she’d already made up her mind about. “Yes! I know it.”
“But knowing you and your stubborn ass, you’re going to try it anyway. Aren’t you? Aren’t you, Savannah?”
Tyla was acting as if Savannah wanted an encounter with that man again when she dreaded the very idea of being face to face with him! She didn’t want that. But she wasn’t going to give up on Niko because of her own hangups. That was why she didn’t respond to Tyla. She didn’t say a mumbling word.
But Tyla knew her all too well. Her silence said it all.
CHAPTER TEN
