“The call”“What call?”Amazed by her sudden forgetfulness, Christopher stared at Mia in disbelief with his lips slightly parted. “Are you for real?”“Ohh, Samuel”All that talk about Elizabeth had made Mia to suddenly forget what they were initially supposed to do a short while ago.“Why are you staring at me like that?”“You forget your phone every single day yet I don’t react that way…..Jeez”Christopher wanted to say something to defend himself but he held back instead, it was only going to prolong the issue further and Christopher wasn’t prepared to take that route at the moment.And he certainly wasn’t prepared for another round of Mia’s banters, at least not until a few issues had been resolved with Samuel and Elizabeth.Mia went ahead to copy Samuel's number from the text that Christopher had sent her before proceeding to paste it on her dialer.One tap away from hitting the call button, she paused and turned to look at Vincent.“Go on, place the call already" Christopher urge
The dimming of the sun and the slow darkening of the day was obvious enough to announce the gradual approach of the evening to anyone who looked up in the sky.Due to the presence of ashy looking clouds in the sky, she could already tell there was a slight tendency it might rain that day.Or maybe it was just an exaggerated indication of the evening’s approach.Still sitting on the swing bench in the garden with her left ear occupied by an active earbud, she had a book in her hand.The book she had sat there reading all morning. It was fascinating that she could delve into the world of fiction simply.A soft cold wind blew Mia and sent chilly shivers down her spine. Because of this, the hairs on her arms began to stand, causing goosebumps to appear all over her body.This gave her a tingling sensation as she shivered and began rubbing both her arms with her palms, trying to warm up a little.It was almost as if nature was suspending her activity on the bench, sending her back into th
Mia sat in front of her large, door-sized window staring into oblivion when her moment of silence was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door.The moment she heard this knock on the door, she discarded her thoughts, diverting her attention towards the knock coming from her door.“Who could that possibly be?“ She wondered to herself as she stayed put without moving an inch, thinking that the person would probably assume that she was asleep and eventually go away.For some reason, she was just not in the mood that evening.It felt as though her emotions were playing out in unison with the weather.Dark, cloudy, foggy…… She just wanted to relax.From the rhythm of the knock, Mia figured that the person at the door could only be Christopher.There were only three people who lived in that house; herself, Marie and Christopher.Ms. Marie had already dropped off her tea and obviously had no business with her until her next meal.It had to be him!Seeing that the person was no longer knoc
Christopher was right about one thing, the rain wasn’t much but Mia was more than certain about the other, Samuel wouldn’t make it to the Christopher mansion that evening.Mia turned on her phone and set up a timer that would count down from that moment till the evening had finally passed.She shut her eyes for a while hoping to fall asleep when she suddenly began to feel a repetitive vibration.It was her phone.She was very reluctant to pick the call but at the same time, she knew that she had to.Rolling over to the other side of her bed, she reached for her bedside table and took the phone from the table.“Hello?” Mia froze as a deep male voice resounded from the other end of the phone.The evening went by very quickly and there were still no calls nor signs of Samuel.“I guess he wasn’t coming afterall” Christopher thought to himself as walked into the kitchen.Feeling a slight wave of defeat, he knew that Mia had already won this round and she was going to rub it in his face for
As far as Christopher knew Elizabeth she was not one of a kind, rather, she was one of the kinds to stay away from.Elizabeth was shrewd, hot headed and mannerless, the direct opposite of the calm, polite Samuel.Apart from her parents and siblings, Samuel was probably the only person on earth who was blind to all of her flaws.What exactly could Elizabeth have done to Samuel that warranted him to year for her so badly.Was he doing all of this on his own accord, was she blackmailing him, or has she cast a spell on him?“I see…….So you’re willing to do anything to keep her?”“Absolutely anything“This was getting even more serious than Christopher initially pictured it to be but none of this was really Christopher’s business.He just wanted to set things right so that he wouldn’t be stuck with a feeling of guilt.Whatever the outcome might eventually turn out to be in the end was all on Samuel.Clearing his throat, Christopher took a sip out of his glass before attempting to speak, “I
After their heartwarming conversation Christopher and Samuel discussed for a short while.Seeing how late it was, Samuel thanked Christopher once again and finally got up to leave The ChristopherResidence that night.“Thank you Mr. Christopher , I really appreciate this……..This means a lot to me”With a simple hand gesture, Christopher tried to calm down Samuel’s hidden excitement “Don’t mention Samuel, it’s fine”“You’re leaving already?”“Yes Mr, Christopher , I’ll have to be on my way now”“By this time?”Samuel turned his head to the left, looking at the grand modern pendulum clock that stood by a corner of the room.Christopher was right, it was already pretty late.Just about an hour and thirteen minutes to more for the clock to hit twelve in the midnight.“Stay the night, to avoid unfortunate stories that touch the heart”“Don’t worry Mr. Christopher , I can take care of myself…….I’ll be fine”Almost immediately, Christopher interrupted him “Samuel! I insist”“There is no guara
This was an unbelievable reality.Richard's presence reminded Christopher of everything that had ever transpired between the both of them in the past.How Richard used to treat him, humiliating him and pushing him around like a worthless piece of trash.How he almost broke his limbs with the sole intention of rendering him cripple, how he stole Elizabeth from him, and many more that he could barely even remember.Yes, Richard had committed many atrocities against Christopher both personal and also illegal.If only Christopher had the means back then, even Richard's former power and wealth wouldn't have been able to save him from the wrath of the law, for all of his actions were generally considered outrageous and inhuman. Maybe fate wanted things to go that way. Maybe the table wouldn't have turned on Richard this badly.Whenever he remembered any of these terrible memories, Christopher would feel a wave of anger wash over him.He would grit his teeth and squeeze his palms into a ti
“Thank you!” Richard showed his appreciation to the waiter when he came back to their table with their complete orders.Christopher knew from the very start that the conversation between himself and Richard was going to be a very awkward one especially since they’ve had a long bad history together in the past.“It’s almost like I haven’t seen you since forever Christopher ……..It’s funny how fast time flies”“Yeah…” With a faint smile, Christopher nodded his head, Richard was right and he couldn't agree less.Christopher had a lot of questions on his mind about Richard but one thing he was overly curious about was what eventually happened to Richard after the incident that transpired at their final year prom night.He just couldn’t hold back the question he had harboured in his mind for a very long time as he thought of ways to ask Richard…... .What became of him after that very night.“I’m really sorry about what happened to you that night……”There was an awkward silence between the t