Chapter Two:
The Lightman Group was working together with the FBI on a case. Eli would normally not bother with the FBI, but there was that one agent that really got on his nerves.
Ria and Agent Dupree were constantly flirting with each other. Dupree always had that flashy grin on his face and Eli could read everything. But if Eli could read Dupree's face then Ria could too. And she took the opportunity. Since the night with Eli about 1 ½ months ago, she didn't meet any suitable men. She often worked until late at night with him on material analyzing and interpreting. And Dupree was totally her typ. He was tall and big and muscular. He just radiated testosterone.
Eli felt threatened by his presence. It was like in high school. Dupree was the footballer and he was the geek. So it was only natural for Ria, the Cheerleader, to choose the brainless muscleman.
Ria was standing with Dupree in the research room, fully in flirt mode when Eli entered with new material. She looked at him shortly, to approve of his presence, but was taken aback by what she saw.
The cool and rational Eli showed signs of jealousy. That was not an emotion she was awaiting. She quickly turned her attention back to Dupree. Why should she, Ria Torres, care if Eli Loker was jealous?
The day went on pretty silent between Eli and Ria. At the end of the day, she felt a bit depressed; because she enjoyed the conversations, arguments and jokes they shared. As she left the research room to go home, she was tucked by an arm, behind a corner. She looked up to see Dupree who ask in a husky voice: "Ria, would you like to go eat with me?"
That was a temptation she could not withstand. She was at loss of words and only nodded, as they both excited the Lightman Group.
Ria did not know that Eli heard their little conversation and was now boiling inwardly. As he drove home images of Ria and Dupree getting it on, ghosted through his mind. He could not take it any more in a sober state of mind. So he decided to go to the club to get wasted again, so he could forget Dupree, and Ria and the sex they were going to have that night.
As Eli sat at the bar, he drowned himself in the effects of alcohol. Cocktails, beer, shots. He drank everything that was on the card. It was about 3 a.m as he came to his apartment and he fell into bed.
In 4 hours he would have to wake up for work, where he will have to face Ria again and that dope of FBI Agent.
But the alcohol sent him into the nice world of dreams.
In Elis dream:
He was in a bad lit room. The only light were little candles at his feet. He followed those candles until he came to a sea of candles. In the middle of this sea, there was one beautiful lady in some nice lingerie. It was Ria. He approached her as she seductively adjusted her position. Eli felt hot all over. He wanted to take of his clothes but he already was only in his boxers.
He bent down and gave Ria a long kiss. "I wanted to do this, since you started at the office" he said in her ear. She just chuckled and retorted: "There are a lot more things I wanted to do to you."
As she said those words, her hand wandered beyond the waist band of his boxers to his…
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Eli rolled over and smashed his hand on the alarm clock that woke him from his wonderful dream.
On the other hand was he thankful, because he was not in the mood to wash his covers. As he wanted to sit up, the room started to spin.
He waited a few minutes until he was able to walk to the bathroom. He looked into the mirror and saw that he looked like hell. As if he had a huge hangover and that he came home in the middle of the night. But that was the truth.
Eli took his time, for his humanification, before he started his way to work. He decided to walk, because he was sure, there was still enough of rest alcohol in his blood to get him into trouble with the police and that the fast motion could make him sick.
He walked through the loud and busy streets of Boston. That was not really relaxing. He already had a splitting head ache and already took aspirin.
Eli was so thankful as he reached the research room. It was cool and quiet. Until Ria came, together with Dupree. Eli was sitting with his back to her and asked: "So was the sex with FBI Agent Dupree that good?"
Dupree was surprised by the question, not knowing of Elis radical honesty. He looked over to Ria unsure what he was supposed to do, but was more surprised by her reaction. She was totally calm and took no offense in that blunt and private question of her collogue. "Well, Loker, I don't know why you should be interested in my sex life, but you know what they say is true. And that Karl is great sportsman has his advantages." Ria grinned inwardly for teaching Eli a lesson not to butt in other people's privacy, but regretted it as she came up to him and saw his condition. He looked like hell.
"Eli, what did you do? You look like you have been to hell and back." She touched his shoulder but he turned away, as he mumbled: "Well I got wasted last night and just came back at 3 a.m just to get back up at 7 a.m to sit here and watch and read people." As she wanted to comment that he quickly got up and stormed out of the room. She followed him and Dupree after her. She saw him go to the restroom. She gestured to Dupree to go in after him.