"Who does she think she is!? Blake you know how I work. I am the best in my category. I know how it works, this child can't comes here to tell me what I have to do. Who does she thinks she is!? She said I could EXCUSE MYSELF!! If I am not okay with what she said!!?! Blake!"
Yelling with his hands drawing weird circle in the air, Dimitrio pointed at the building left behind them, then looked accusingly at Blake who just stared at him not even knowing where to start. It was a difficult situation for her and the man that was her partner since the beginning and also the best of the best, hardened it with his stubbornness.
Stoically she kept her calm, Michaela gaze took it all as it was, she had seen what happened inside, how relieved she had moved back at professor Kamali gesture to her dogs. It was clear all the power was in the young professor hands. Placing had on his shoulder she squeezed it to calm him.
"Dimitrio please, now calm down." Turning to his partner his eyes double in size seeing she was not having his back.
" Michaela! You was there! You saw what she did! And I'm the one to calm down!?"
Shaking her hand off of his shoulder he said dramatically. Doing her best to not rolled her eyes, exhausted by all the drama, Michaela Delrey his associate and bestfriend since kindergarten shook her head to calm him her two hands holding his shoulders again.
"You are the one shooting now. I know that I'm tired and your scream are not arranging it. I'm sure Blake is in the same situation. Don't be a drama queen now. We can talk about it in a more civil way."
"You should have talked in there."
He accusingly shouted pointing toward the building, it reminded her of all the time he had done it whenever she would forget to do so when they were children. She always did afterwards, many times she had to do things for him, but there were battle only wisdom could handle. Those Dimitrio was too spoiled to understand, vanity was poison in his soul, she hoped wisdom will shake out soon
"To say what!? Dimitrio, she was surprised by your outburst!! If you were not like her, you would have seen that she just, work by intuition."
It was something that had caught Delrey attention from the moment she had seen the young woman, it was fascinating to see her at work, how her mind functioned was a wonder she had just seen a climse in Dimitrio. It was addictive and really a turn on for others functions in one's mind. Clearly her friend was holding the opposite of it.
Defeated to that side, knowing Michaela was stuck on her mind, he looked at Blake who had not said a word from the beginning. Studying him a moment she sighed softly massaging her neck. She felt like someone to whom grace have been given, she wanted to save her friend but she knew he had to want that too.
Hoping persuasion could do the trick she nodded at Michaela whose words was more than accurate. It was one step toward victory seen how she was the reasonable part of his brain. Their dynamic was one of a kind.
"That is true. If you could push your pride away for a moment you could see it too. I'm not taking side here Dimitrio. I'm in a very bad place here. But she was right. She is the general manager of the exposition of North Gator discovery. Not me."
"But, I thought she represents Mrs Alister?"
Flabbergasted he enquired surprised, refusing to accept what was a fact. But his mind was already at work, he had wondered how Blake would do with her children and all the stress around it.
Closing his mouth he wiped his face with the palm of his hand looking at Blake, not believing it all. Gator discovery was a huge deal, how could they put it in a child hands? Shaking his head he blinked then back away taking two steps behind himself to distance himself to everything.
"You thought wrong Dimitrio, and even in that case it would still be a bad move what you did in there. It could create unwanted tension with Poris. Mrs Alister is represented by her daughter Miss Alicia Fendrik. Who also know what this is all about. I've worked with that young woman and I'm totally positive she has it all. But she is like Michaela said a little... Too focus on her work. See what we already did? I am not too overwhelmed now and can take care of my children. She does what she has to do. The work is faster and is very clean. So far we have not lost anything."
Her hands up she shook them to give her next words a firm ground. To have them fixated on his mind.
"Communication is the only thing that work with her. That I experience myself. AND was instructed by the Queen Alister herself. You know what it means? Can you translate that to me that she would ask me to do that? I will tell you dear. It mean be careful to not harm yourself. I will ask you to be careful here. This is not all your career. There is no cameras here, in fact no one carried electronics here. There is no honour to save. Her exposition her rules."
Shaking his head in disbelief he nodded their way like he understood which side they chosed after all.
"Okay so everything is about her! What.."
Exasperated by his stubbornness Blake cut him curtly with a firm movement of her index in front of her negating whatever he wanted to bring out of his mouth, like she did so many time with prating University's students thinking too high of themselves.
"She has a PhD! A PhD. the Committee of International Researchs attribute it to her for the research on this discovery for fuck sake Dimitrio! NOT BECAUSE. But for her knowledge, her maturity despite her age. All those last months she had defended, explained, responded to questions on all the angles without anyone help. She knows those artifacts more than even me. More that Katiandra Zurow. At such a young age! She lost herself in all she does, she becomes all she focused on! Not to forget she is a good lawyer at that! No, no way she is just like you and me! Not in the slightest! Do me a favor, go ahead and even I could not save neither you or the work your gallery so helplessly need to keep you on your mountain of glory. If you are so suicidal than to provoke her in the middle of an army of well trained soldiers whose work is to do as she please. I beg you the next time, do not refrain. "
Unnerved by his stubbornness, Blake hissed with clenched jaws barely moving her lips. She knew the danger he was putting himself in, she could just hopes he would understand the thread he was exposing himself to. They may be far from Poris but even the whisper of what happened earlier could put him in more trouble than he could fathom.
She knew how protective Mrs Alister was of her family particularly of her protégé, Lorelei. Her left hand on her waist, she put the fingers of her right one in her hairs freeing them from the bun they were in. She had them cumbed in three stroke before shaking her hand inside. Astonished by her reaction the two interiors designers stood there not saying a word.
"Untill you get back in your sens, Michaela will take your place. Get over yourself! This is a friendly warning.That is how she works, I work like that sometimes, you do too. So what? She did not disrespect you directly. You did it all by yourself."
"Don't get mad like that duh. It's okay, I got it!"
Nodding at him Blake was about to turn her back and leave when Boyer came out of the building by the back door to find them near the patio a little far from the place. Waiting for him Blake lowered her sunglasses on her eyes rearranging her messy bun before the man reached their level.
"Professor Blake, Miss, huh, professor Kamali chief of security send a message for you. The janitor closet will be change to a place to store the mask. He want to know if Mr Plazza is still on board. Or a designer will be call to do it."
Glancing at the designer while saying that Boyer waited dangling from one foot to another as usual. He kept his eyes focused on his boss, seeing how she huffed her teeth clenched immediately meeting her friends gaze.
"It is a great idea. Do not worry I will talk to him directly." Taking a look at her wristband she stared at him with a small smile.
"Hey, you did good today, now you should go to your break there are still thirty minutes left. Don't be late." Thanking the professor, he made a sign of the head to the others then he left.
Turning toward the two interiors designers she pointed at the futur Museum. Then met Michaela gaze to make it clear she meant what she said previously. There were no chance she would have Dimitrio near Lorelei in a near future.
"How about we go see that idea. I believe it will put everyone on the same page. I entered that janitor, it is pretty large. It can do I think. Our guys can start now. The opening is in two days."
Taking in the challenge Michaela said all business like in the outside but giddy inside, she was happy to have a chance to approach the enigmatic professor Kamali. It was almost like getting out of the darkness to a shining place. Her radiance fascinated her so much that she was like one would feel knowing they would finally meet their idol.
She was pretty sure she did not exist in Kamali world, "but I am about to." She said in her mind. Happy she shook her head firmly, a move her best friend certainly mistook for an encouragement sign for him to try. Nodding at her giving up, the man followed her with Blake behind him.