What a Day ✔️

Chapter 64 You're fucking nuts

Laura's shopping arrived and she got to work cooking peri peri chicken and roasted Mediterranean vegetables.

"Oh moy goid! That smells amazing!" Jack exclaimed as the smell wafted from the oven.

Laura smiled at him from the table.
She had gone over the player record Emily had given her and she was sure she was getting somewhere......she needed to check Davids England record, and possibly some medical information to confirm her suspicions.
She emailed both Lucy and Emily.
She went back over the paperwork to check she hadn't missed anything.

She looked up watching Jack for a moment, he was laying on the sofa playing FIFA, but wasn't talking to anyone.

He had helped her more than he knew with the rehab remark.

Lucy had already replied, she had sent over the England team sheets for the years Laura had asked for.

She looked again at the fixture list she had made earlier of David's career.......
she had an idea.

"Baby?"

"Hmmm" he smiled, he'd be her baby for life if she let him.....

"Southgate will be there Saturday won't he? Surely he won't miss that many of his team on the pitch together?"

"Yeah, no, I think he is" he looked at her
"What are you up to?"

"Working"
She quickly typed out another email to Lucy, this might need Cassie's help.

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Jack was surprised Thursday morning that Laura wanted to come with him when he went training.

"I'm meeting Emily, and I'm going to get a head start on prepping for Saturday"

Laura asked Jack to drop her off at her car in the underground carpark.
She didn't want anyone to see her arrive with Jack.

"So ya gonna literally drive ya car ova the road an' park there?"

"Nope I'm going into the stadium, but I might pop over later, then can you meet me here again when you're done"

"You're fucking nuts, y'know that?"

Laura walked into the press centre.
The receptionist looked surprised to see her.

"I'm definitely due in" Laura smiled sweetly

"Ah, yeah. Sorry your pass has been already printed"

"Thank you" Laura took the pass that Emily had created for her.
Emily had programmed a press pass as an access all areas pass.

Laura made sure there was no one around as she let herself into the records and archive room.

Bingo! It didn't take long to find what she was looking for.

She snuck back into the press area and did a bit of real work.

After doing some prepping for Saturday's schedule Laura took a walk to the training centre and watched Jack and the boys train for a little while.

She found watching Jack mesmerising.

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Friday

Jack and Laura sat drinking tea together and eating toast for breakfast.

Jack had training then he was meeting his family for lunch.

Laura had some actual work to do so was going to hang around the apartment.

The apartment block had pool cars available for residents and Jack had arranged for Laura to use one so she could get out if she wanted to.

Her car was still in the Etihad carpark. She had taken such care to not be seen linked with Jack.

"Right, I'm off, see ya later" Jack kissed Laura's head and disappeared.

He looked so much happier than he had a couple of days ago, but she could tell he was still stressed.
He wasn't happy that Stella was still stringing along, playing girlfriend.

*****
David had arrived at the Etihad and was going over the schedule Laura had arranged and had updated this morning.

Ah so she was working from home.

She had booked herself a pre match interview with Gareth Southgate. Hmmmm he saw her angle, half the England team would be competing against each other.
Well, she could have that one. He hated the twat.

Stella had told him she was attending tomorrows match with the rest of the Grealish family.

Either the photos he had sent to the England media team had scared Jack and Laura into realising they could also benefit from Jack and Stella's fake relationship.
Or they had just come to their senses themselves.

He knew there had been a fallout, he had seen the photos of Jack storming out of Laura's house Sunday night, and they'd not seen each other since.

******

Laura stared at her computer screen.

She had dates, she had documents confirming David had spent time in rehab.

And now she had accounts for the various business he had owned in his or Paula's names.

She also had bankruptcy notices, repossession reports and various court orders over possession of assets.

Her heart was pounding.

She was so close to having him.

She needed a break, she decided to pop out to get her nails done.

"Oh you here for tomorrow's game?"
The technician asked recognising her immediately.

"Yes" Laura smiled.

The girl asked Laura for a photo for their Instagram.
Laura didn't see the harm, it was more than plausible that she would already be in Manchester.
She smiled and posed with the staff.

Finally she sat down at the nail bar.
"Oooh we should do something fun, maybe one hand City colours the other United? Who are you cheering for?"

Laura laughed, "I have to be professional.....but we could have a little fun I guess, something subtle?"

"I could do team colour stripes on just your ring fingers? Like a ribbon, just going across the top, at an angle? That's really on trend right now"

"Oooh go on then" Laura smiled.

"Right I'll do city first, left or right ring finger"

Laura looked at her hands.....
"I'll have City on the left please"

**********

David took the call that flashed on his phone.

"She's already in Manchester? Well, that's no surprise........"

"Right........"

"And did you follow her?......."

"SHE WENT WHERE?!........."

"Fucking cow! How did she get here without anyone noticing!? She's fucking played me!........."

"Right, at midnight I want the picture of Grealish leaving her house, and a picture of her arriving at his building all over social media, I want new Instagram accounts set up, I mean it, I want it  EVERYWHERE!"