Chapter 683 - Talk with Darla Hamler (1/2)
~ New York ~
It's late in the afternoon, Aiden and Sarah are in the coffee shop which Darla (aka Katherine) visits almost every day after work.
Aiden was playing with Sarah's fingers while holding her hand on the table and his eyes fell on the engagement ring. That reminded him of a topic they need to discuss: ”Now that Regina's is out of the picture, Jeff will make a move on Heaven's family businesses. He said that he will be ready in two to three days. What do you want to do with the diamond mine? If we don't make our claim, it will be left without a Boss. Jeff said that he wants to be free for the honeymoon and he is not interested in taking it on at this time because it requires someone to go there in person at least few times.”
Sarah nodded. ”I remember. If we want to take it over, we will need to go and remove corrupt managers who are exploiting workers. But I'm not clear on what else needs to be done besides that even after Sophia's explanations... Tonight, let's talk with Sophia again. After that we can decide…” Her voice trailed off.
”Here she is.” Sarah gestured toward the door.
Darla entered the coffee shop.
”Off I go…” Sarah stood up and queued in the line to make an order behind Darla.
She used an excuse to ask for a suggestion in order to get her attention, and then injected her the truth serum when Darla was distracted.
Sarah praised JoAnna's improvements. Now people don't even notice that they are being injected. It seems that JoAnna added some numbing component which works right away.
While waiting in line, Sarah observed that Darla threw few glances toward Aiden while looking through the shop. It seems that Darla finds him attractive. Well, nothing unusual about that, but that does not mean that Sarah likes when other women ogle at her fiancé. On the other hand, she can probably use that to get Darla to sit with them willingly.
”Hello Miss, nice to see you again.”, coffee clerk greeted Darla.
”Not as nice as seeing you, Mitch!”, Darla's face shifted. She was wondering why she said that.
Sarah told herself that now she knows why Darla frequents this coffee shop: she likes the clerk. Sarah checked him out… well, he is good looking. But not even close to her Greek God.
Darla got her beverage, and Sarah tagged along after her. She offered Darla to join them at the table, and just as expected, Darla didn't reject to sit at the table opposite Aiden. She gets her coffee with a view! And who knows, maybe even more?
”Hello, handsome!”, Darla greeted Aiden.
Aiden threw an half-annoyed look from Darla to Sarah and Sarah was not sure how to respond to this. If Darla likes Aiden, she will flirt with him no matter what, because of the truth serum. The only thing they can do is to get information they need as soon as possible and leave Darla with her truth revealing words behind.
Sarah sat next to Aiden and heard his icy voice: ”What was that?”
”What?” Sarah tried to play it cool, but her eyes where shifting. 'Did he see me? Come on, it was only for a second or two!'
”You checking out the clerk…” Aiden confirmed her suspicion.
Sarah held her breath for a moment. ”Research purposes… it's not like I'm interested in anyone other than you because no one comes even close to your awesomeness.”
Sarah saw that his expression softened and decided to face Darla and get straight to the point: ”Darla, about six years ago, you were hired to sleep with a young lawyer, Mark.”
Darla frowned while wondering: 'How does this girl know this?' But she could not stop herself from answering. ”Not to sleep. I got to spike his drink, make sure he ends up in an empty room, and to be there when he wakes up while pretending that we did it.”
Sarah suspected that maybe nothing happened, but it's still a shock to know that everything was a lie. ”You didn't sleep with him?”
”Of course, not. I'm an actress, not a hooker.” Darla looked offended.
Sarah had to confirm one more point: ”Didn't you have his baby?”
”I was never pregnant. That was just part of the script.”
Aiden's ears perked up. ”What script?”