It was ten o’clock Wednesday morning and Cameron was excited that Samantha was coming back this evening that he wanted the day to be over with.
He looked over to Vince as he placed their breakfast burritos on the desk. “Morning brother, is that the 67 Impala you’re talking about?”
Vince nodded as he grabbed a burrito and took a bite. “Tyler found the one we’re looking for to complete the orders we got last week.”
So far the garage’s been receiving cars from the clients at the car show. The parking lot and bay looked just the way they’ve imagined it would look once the business was booming.
They barely opened the doors Monday morning after the car show when they were receiving phone calls from people who didn’t attend but were wanting the services their friends were getting to their vehicles. Now they were looking at being slammed well into next year.
Vince and Cameron also decided to add a motorcycle section to the business since people at the show inquired about purchasing a customized motorcycle. He looked over the schedule then called in Steve and Jay. Both men did great work so he decided to put Jay in charge of paint while Steve took the mechanical side of the business.
“I need to find a motorcycle mechanic. Doesn’t your boy build bikes Steve?” He nodded “Jimmie’s been customizing bikes since he was about thirteen. I’ll give him a call and have him sit with you and Vince.”
Cameron gave them the rundown of the work heading their way. He just finished his meeting when they heard the commotion coming from the bay.
“Where the fuck is Cameron, I swear to God if he’s not out here in two minutes, I’ll tear this bitch apart.” A disgruntle Nikkie stated as she stood in the middle of the bay, threating his employees.
Cameron and Vince hurried to their feet, ready to confront the crazy woman when they heard Samantha. “You must be Nikkie, I’m Sam.”
They just opened the door when Samantha pulled her fist back and punched Nikkie right in the jaw. Nikkie fell over in shock, wondering who the hell punched her in the face. She was getting up to charge Samantha when Cameron and Vince stepped in to break up the fight.
Cameron had a hold on Samantha while Nikkie tried to wriggle her way out of Vince’s grip. “Let me go asshole, I’m going to kick that skinny bitch’s ass then I’m going to sue you guys for allowing her to assault me!”
Jay snickered as Steve rolled his eyes to the situation. Cameron whispered in Samantha’s ear “baby, let me handle this, okay?” She glared at him then finally nodded.
Cameron turned and faced his ex pest. “I’ve warned you Nicole, if you ever came into my garage and caused a scene I would have you arrested for trespassing. Now you have one of two choices, leave and forget this happen or go to jail. Your choice.”
Cameron was so pissed off, Samantha can feel him shaking in her arms from the adrenaline rushing through his body. She rubbed his back to soothe him, he relaxed a little.
Nikkie was still fighting with Vince when the police officers showed up at the garage. Cameron realized Samantha knew there would a confrontation and called them before she hit Nikkie.
They went up to Cameron and Samantha to get their accounts on what occurred when Nikkie yelled “the bitch punched me in the face, look!” She stalked over to the officer and showed the bruise forming on her left cheek.
Samantha held back a snort while Jay took over. “I don’t know this young lady but she took a fall in the bay, I saw it happen. The signs around the garage state if you’re not an employee we won’t be liable for any accidents caused.”
The officer looked at Jay then back at Nikkie, Sam was lucky Nikkie wore five inch stilettos and one happened to snap when she hit the floor.
Nikkie hissed “they’re lying! Ask them, they’ll tell you.” She pointed at the other techs, they rolled their eyes, and they knew who to place their allegiance with.
Scott, their junior painter was the first to speak up “we saw nothing. One minute we were working on the El Camino, the next we heard her screaming.” The other techs confirmed while the officer took notes, Cameron had enough.
“Officer, this woman is my ex-girlfriend. She’s been warned to stay away from my garage and has a restraining order placed against her.” The officer’s partner came back from his check on everyone’s license and confirmed that Nikkie indeed had a restraining order, as well as an injunction against her for a previous trespassing incident which happened at the garage.
The officer looked over to Samantha and handed her license back. “I apologize Ms. Maxwell for the inconvenience. Mr. Davis, do you wish to press charges?”
Cameron looked at Vince and Samantha then nodded, the officer commenced on taking Nikkie away while she screamed she didn’t do anything wrong.
They walked back into their office when Cameron sat down in his chair, pulling Samantha with him.
“So tell me again, what brought you back so early? I expected to pick you up tonight.” She smiled as she kissed his lips “I missed you. I handled the crisis in New York and the house squared away. The movers will be here on Friday.” He looked at her hand, making sure she didn’t break it when she punched Nikkie, she smiled. “I told you I’d knock the shit out of her.”
He chuckled then he looked over to Vince. He huddled with the Mancuso twins going over the surveillance cameras. “Hell, we got proof Sam hit her” Cameron stated, Vince gave him a smug look.
“We’re handling it. Besides working on cars, these two know a thing about electronics.” The twins grinned as they fist bumped. Samantha groaned “god help us if the police found out what really happened.”
Rob snorted “they won’t if we do it right.” Trey nodded at his twin’s statement then added “besides, if we can’t do it, we know a guy.”
Now Vince, Sam and Cameron all groaned as the twins took the thumb drive out of Vince’s laptop then erased the footage of an hour prior. “Well take care of ya Sam” Rob said, Trey nodded as they walked out of the office.
Samantha looked at Vince “you better let Jay know what’s going on. The last time those two where unleashed on the public, I had to pay a pretty penny to get them out of the havoc they caused in Middle Island.”
Vince winced, remembering the incident then ran after the dastardly duo. “What did they do baby?” Cameron asked, Samantha shook her head. “Honey, the last thing I want to do is make you an accessory after the fact.”
He laughed as he wrapped his arms around her “welcome home beautiful.” She shivered then kissed him chastely on the lips “I’m glad to be home sexy man.”
Brent walked into Samantha’s office Thursday afternoon scowling. “Lee’s on the line, he’s getting push back from a few investors in Bangkok.” She cursed as she picked up the phone.
Samantha’s been putting off this trip to Bangkok for the last month, now she had no choice but to get her ass to Thailand. She wrote on a piece of paper and handed it to Brent. He nodded and hurried out of the office, leaving her to make arrangements with Lee.
“Brent’s on the phone for you.” Vince said as he handed the phone to Cameron. They were working on putting in the engine block to the El Camino when he received the call.
“Hey man, is Sam alright?” Cameron asked, Brent snorted. “She’s pissed off. She needs to head out tonight to Thailand and wanted to know if you cared to join her.”
Cameron stepped back and looked over to where Vince stood, he raised an eyebrow. “Why would she want me to go with her?” Brent sighed “because those assholes try to take advantage of her when she goes alone, and have no respect for me since I’m her gay assistant.” He said this in a disgusted tone, Cameron understood.
“Alright, I’ll get my guys set up and I’ll meet you both at the hotel at five.” Cameron ended the call and looked over to Steve and Jay “I’m going to be out of pocket for a few days.” They nodded as they went back to work.
Vince followed Cameron into the office “what’s going on brother?” Cameron sighed “Sam wants me to g
o with her to Thailand, apparently there’s an issue and they’re giving her a hard time because she’s a woman.”
He grimaced “yeah they have been dicks to her, she needs someone like you to install the fear of you in them.” Cameron chuckled as he went to the wall safe to get his passport.
“I’ll let you know when we land what’s going on. Will you be able to handle the garage and the movers?” Vince chuckled “brother you forget, I used to live with Sam and Lily at the main house. She’s so damn fickle with her shit, I bet she has it organized and wrapped up so that the staff will know exactly where everything goes. I’ll have Jay and Steve running the garage while I take care of the house.”
Cameron grinned as he grabbed his laptop bag and Oakley’s. “I’m going home to pack, hey, will I need a suit?” Vince thought for a moment then laughed “I’d bring one. You’re going into her world brother, you sure you’re up for it?”
He shrugged “for her, I’ll go to hell and back.” Cameron gave Vince a bro hug then called back as he walked out of the garage “give a kiss to my niece from me and her Auntie Sam.” Vince grinned as Cameron got into his Shelby, driving off to get ready for their flight.
CHAPTER NINE
“Good afternoon Ms. Maxwell. The captain is standing by waiting for your approval for takeoff.” Leila, Samantha’s flight attendant said as she took Samantha and Cameron’s bag to place them in the master bedroom.
“Let him know I’m ready, also I want you to get dinner started once we’re cleared to move about the cabin.” She nodded as she excused herself to resume her duties.
Samantha took Cameron by the hand and led him to the oversized leather seats. They looked like something he’d have in his game room, not on private jet.
He buckled his seat belt and smiled over at Samantha “so, you need a bodyguard for this trip.” She scowled “you better believe it. Those guys think since I’m American and a woman they can snow me with any little thing. Now construction’s delayed for a month and I have to smack some people around to get them back on schedule.”
Leila came back into the cabin and handed them each a glass of white wine then took her seat across the aisle. Brent was shutting off his phone when he looked up to Samantha “I need to bring home shirts for Sy and the kids.”
She smiled as she put her hand in Cameron’s. “We’ll go shopping once we handle Mr. Kaya and his entourage of bullies.” Cameron’s face darkened “am I going to have to control my temper?”
Samantha nodded “just look mean and they’ll fall in line. Don’t be surprised if you don’t understand the conversation, it will be held in Siamese Thai.”
Cameron nodded as he took a sip of his wine, it was good. The woman knew what she liked and he was starting to get used to it.
“So I’m just eye candy for you while we’re there?” Cameron drawled, she giggled. “Baby, you’re more than eye candy. I want you to watch and see how these guys operate. I may know how to read body language but a man knows when another man is bullshitting him.”
Cameron chuckled as Brent snorted “Sam, I think Cameron’s going to do just fine. Now we have to head straight to the site once we land. The inspectors and Mr. Kaya will be there. Once that’s done we have to head into a meeting with Lee and his architects so we can sign the permits and break ground.”
Samantha rolled her eyes as she snuggled herself into Cameron “see why I needed you to come with me. I’d would have slapped someone in Bangkok and I don’t think my money would get me out of prison so quickly.”
Cameron chuckled as he kissed the top of her head. “Don’t worry beautiful, I’ve got your back.” They talked for a while as the jet taxied down the runway then lifted off into the air. After the jet stabilized, the seat belt sign went off and Samantha unbuckled hers then rose from her chair.
“Come on, let me give you a tour.” He took her hand as she led him around the massive plane she called her home in the sky.
Samantha showed Cameron all the amenities her jet had to offer. It was equipped with two bedrooms, a conference room which was also used as a dining room and an entertainment room to watch movies and relax.
She took him back into the master bedroom and gave a nervous laugh. “I hope you don’t mind sharing this bed with me.”
He smiled then took her hand into his “baby I don’t have a problem sleeping with you. Now are we going to sleep in this bed or am I going to be inducted into the Mile High Club?”
She guffawed then laughed, a pretty blush tinging her cheeks “well since I’m not in the club I don’t know.” Cameron gave her his infamous cocky smile “well now I know I want to join with you.”
Samantha smacked his belly gently, leading him out of the bedroom. She stopped a moment then whispered in his ear “I’d be happy to join the club with you.” He smiled then kissed her nose. “If you’re good.”
She glared at him, making him laugh. She was so adorable when he didn’t give into her ways. They walked back into the main cabin and noticed Brent on the phone.
“Yes baby, we’re going shopping this time. Sam does know and wants to go as well.” Samantha giggled as Brent rolled his eyes towards the ceiling “Sy, baby, I know. Look, I need to get some work done before we have dinner. Kiss the kids for me, I love you.”
Brent ended his call and looked back at the two of them embarrassed. “He tends to get crazy when we’re flying across the world.” Samantha smiled as Cameron took the seat across from Brent.
“No worries man, I know I’d probably drive Sam nuts if she went across the world without me.” Samantha laughed “well they’ll be times you can’t come with me due to schedule conflicts.”
Cameron glared at her then went back to his conversation with Brent “as I was saying, don’t be so hard on him. You guys haven’t been apart for this long of a period, right?”
Brent shook his head “Sirius is going crazy and the kids are threating emancipation if I don’t hurry up and move them to Las Vegas.”
Samantha laughed while Cameron gave Brent an understanding look. “Well it won’t be long before you all are here and then thing you know you’ll be wanting a vacation away from each other.” They all laughed as Leila announced dinner was served in the dining room.
CHAPTER TEN
Vince walked into the kitchen of his home looking for Lily. It was a long day at the garage and he needed to get some loven from his sexy wife. He watched as she was making dinner, singing away to the IPod playing in the kitchen.
He bent over and gave his daughter a kiss then walked quietly up to his wife and wrapped his arms around her. “Something smells good, and it’s not dinner.”
Lily jumped and dropped the potato into the sink. “Jeez honey, don’t need to scare me half to death.” He laughed as he turned her around and gave her a loving kiss, she sighed in content.
He pulled away then smiled “so did Sam tell you about her trip to Thailand.” She nodded “I’m worried about Cameron. You sure he can handle being in a foreign country and seeing how Sam operates her company?”
Vince nodded with confidence “I think Cameron will learn a thing or two from Sam and implement it at the garage. You know, if we keep this up, we may have to get a bigger location and maybe get a second garage going.”
Lily laughed “honey, let’s get this garage steady in the black, then we’ll talk about the chain you want.” Vince growled in her ear then nip it, she squeaked.
“Fine, I’m going to wash up then make a few calls before dinner.” Lily stopped him in his tracks. “I wanted to talk to you before you do that.”
He looked at his wife, she looked worried. He put his arms back around her and led her to the barstool. “Baby, you can tell me anything, what’s wrong?” Lily gave a weak smile as she wiped a tear from her eye.
She reached in her apron pocket and pulled out a pregnancy test strip then handed it to him. Vince looked down then back up to his wife.
“We’re having a baby?” She nodded, happy tears in her
eyes. He turned her head and kissed her fiercely “god I love you, thank you for giving me this. Now I know we’re going to have to build another garage, we have more mouths to feed.”
She laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck “you sure you don’t mind having another baby so soon?” Vince scoffed at the comment “if it was up to me I’d keep you knocked up till Emma was ten.”
She glared at him then kissed his cheek “Don’t even think about it buddy. Now let me get my barefoot pregnant ass over to the stove to make his Royal Highness his dinner.”
He laughed as he swatted his wife’s ass. “Better believe it woman.” Lily grinned as she went back to work making their dinner.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Samantha giggled as she read the text message she received from Lily. She and Cameron changed into something more comfortable after dinner and were relaxing in the entertainment room.
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