S.T.E.A.M.

Episode :9

Written By: ML Cooks

Story Consult: Grand Marquee

Finally a new day begins in the city of Pasadena

Envy

Downtown, Natalia is hanging up clothes inside the S.G. Fashion outlet. Her good friend Ria walks in the store.

Natalia

"Hey girl!"She says as she hugs Ria

Ria

"Hey Natti girl"

Natalia

"So tell me about last night"

Ria

"Girl, Dondre and I had sex up stairs in one of the rooms."

Natalia

"While Karim was in the ball room?"

Ria

"Yes. Girl it was such a turn on!"

Natalia

"Just don't get caught"

Ria

"Girl never. But enough about that. Girl I want to know why Sabryn was all up in your face last night."

Natalia

"Well, I feel like Sabryn should give me more than letting me run this store. I want to work at S.G. it self. Have a big corporate office."

Ria

"I can understand that. You have worked for her since the beginning."

Natalia

"I know. This store has the highest profits and its because of me.I sell these clothes in here. My own stuff sells really good here too. None of her other outlets sells my designs but this one does, and it's number 1 in the nation. Hello? That should tell Sabryn something. I must know what I'm doing. But yet, she offers Sharan and Kevin some big incentive contract."

Ria

"That really cooks my last grit. You know Natti, if you feeling froggy, then girl jump. Do something about it."

Natalia

"Your right, maybe I should go work for the competition. Maybe they will give me the chance I have been looking for."

Ria

"That sounds good girl. Show Sabryn you can get on her level. You don't need her."

Natalia

" I plan to knock Sabryn off her pedestal.... Miss high and mighty.... She is so sadity. I can't stand it." Natalia ends the conversation abruptly upon seeing, a sexxy man with his girlfriend, entering the boutique.

Ria looks at what Natti is looking at.

"Girl you know him?"

Natalia

"I'm about to get to know him. He is sexxy and look at his body.He is cut!"

Ria

"Girl I don't know about all that. White men are not my thing. It looks like that might be his girlfriend"

Natalia

" I don't care about that. I'm trying to be like you, someone's part time lover.I'll call you later. I'm bout to meet "Mr. Man.""

Ria laughs as she watches Natalia approach the couple.

Dondre unlocks the hair shop, "High Klass Hair" He has some take out with him. He goes to the back of the shop to the break room and pulls out a black table cloth and drags a table from the back of the room into the front lounge, where people get their hair done. Dondre unloads the bags he brought in, and it turns out to be breakfast for Sharan. He then pulls out his cell phone and calls her.

Dondre

"Ah, Sharan, I hope I didn't wake you?"

Sharan

"No, I was just about to step out the door to meet with Sabryn. What's going on?"

Dondre

"Well I just opening up the shop and I it looks like some one broke in."

Sharan

"O.K. I'll be there soon."

Dondre hangs up his phone.

"Perfect. Now I have her on the way. It's time to let her know how I feel."

In Westwood Park, Mike's house.

Jennifer is in the bathroom, looking in the mirror pulling her hair into a ponytail. Mike walks up behind her and holds his girlfriend.

Mike

"Good morning baby."

Jennifer

"I suppose...."

Mike

"What's the matter?"

Jennifer

"I just don't feel like going to that greasy pub of yours and working today, while you get to be outside and enjoy the nice weather."

Mike

"Jenn, I'm a cop. I make the streets safe, like arresting that snake Tyler Christopher. A lot of crimes happened last night. Sharan and Kevin have a stalker, Daniel was been shot. It's been crazy. So excuse me if I have to work a little more at the station. All you have to do is sit in that damn pub and tell the employees what to do! What's hard about that?"

Jenn

"It always work! ...Work!....Work!..Work!.... That's all I ever hear about. Never no time for us. We don't do nothing no more Mike."

Mike

"Jenn I am sorry, what do you want me to do?"

Jennifer pauses and looks at him in utter disgust. She shakes her head at him.

"I want you to tell me about Tyler?"

Mike

"What about him?"

Jenn

"Is he a criminal?"

Mike

"It's looking that way."

Jenn contemplates within herself if she should tell Mike she met up with Tyler last night at the jail. She decides not to.

Mike

"Why are you asking about him?"

Jenn

"He was very nice at the gala last night and I just don't believe he would murder anyone."

Mike

"Looks can be deceiving. That's what he wants you to believe."

Jenn

"Are you just jealous because he hit on me last night?"

Mike

"Jenn it's nothing personal. I'm going to prove to you Tyler is a criminal. I cannot believe we are even having this conversation."

Jenn

"Believe it."

Mike

"What is that supposed to me?"

Jenn rolls her eyes at him, grabs her keys and just walks out the door, to head to "Mike's Pub"

Mike

is left standing there, wondering if he is really losing Jennifer.

"Tyler must remain behind bars" Mike leaves his house and heads to the police station to make it happen.........