Chapter 18: Chapter 18

CRAIG'S POV

As soon as she walked in, I felt a little embarrassed that Agatha was kneeling down, I didn't want her thinking I am same with her ex husband, so I quickly dismissed Agatha, telling her to get off the floor, which she did immediately, but she still has her hands joined together, pleadingly.

"I don't want to ever hear that we ran short of anything in this house, and I don't want to hear that you left this house without telling me, ever again, do you understand? I asked, she nodded, and then I dismissed her with my hand, and she left, she was about to leave, when I thought that she must have gotten the wrong message so I said.

I am So sorry you had to witness that, it's not like I..... I got choked in my own word, but she scuffled, making me look at her, and our eyes met, I etched, but I noticed she had a smile on her face, which made her look even more beautiful, than I had noticed before now.

"You really don't have to explain anything to me. You have every right to chastise her, she is your employee after all. Just as you are making me head, if there is any staff misbehaving, or not working as suppose, I will act the same way you have acted". I smiled for she understood exactly, what just happened, but then she wanted to leave again, and I didn't want her to, so I stopped her.

"Are you sure you are very comfortable here? I know she didn't know why I was asking her such a question, for the look on her face, showed me that she is about to get the wrong message, if I don't explain myself.

Don't get me wrong, it's just that I noticed that whenever I am around, you look so uncomfortable. If you want me to get you your own place, where you can see less of me, I can do that". I said, even though I didn't really mean that.

"What? She asked, looking even more shocked than she had been the first time.

How can you even say a thing like that? She asked me, looking into my eyes, which made me kind of happy. I could see that she really didn't want me to go.

I love it here, and if things had been different, I would have loved to stay close to you forever. You know, for you to protect me, as you have been doing". I nodded, then moved close to her, held her hands in mine, and she looked up at me, with our eyes fixated on each other, I feared I might loose my mind with the way she was blinking her eyes, making her lash clap together.

"I know how awkward all this may seem, you know, you used to be my teacher, you used to have your own life, your own space, you used to make your own decision and all that, but now, you are under the roof of your student. The same student that causes all your pain". She shook her head and touched my lips, which sent shivers down my body.

"You didn't cause my pains, you didn't do anything, you were just looking for a friend and I was there". I couldn't let her see me as a saint, she didn't know half of what really happened back then.

"But I had money, I had the connection, and I could have stopped you from going through all that public disgrace, but I didn't, I was quiet, and quiet for too long. Quiet for five good years. Watching you suffer alone". I guess I was talking too much, saying things I shouldn't say, but my heart was heavy.

She moved closer to me, and hugged me, just like she used to do all those years ago.

"You didn't do anything wrong to me Craig, and you were only a teenager at the time, what could you have possibly done. Now that you came to my rescue, is because this is the best time for you to come to my rescue". I wish I could tell her, the real reason I didn't show up at the court, but still keeping it a secret, and my identity, felt more like the ideal thing to do. I was happy, she was holding me, and that was all that matters, but then Agatha had to distract us.

"Oh! so sorry". She says, after seeing us in each other arms, which made Samantha immediately disengage from me, and walked away, with her face down.

I faced Agatha, giving her an annoying stare, which she seem to understand, for she started explaining.

I am sorry sir, I didn't know.... She didn't know what to say, so I cut her in.

"What do you want? She stuttered, while answering me.

"I want the keys to your car, so that I could take out the groceries from there". That was when I remembered that I had told her, that I got something's from the list sent to me, so she could get them from the car, before I sent her away, without giving her the key to the car.

I gave her the key and lay down in my bed, thinking of what could have happened between the both of us, if she hadn't walked in.

She is still as beautiful as I remember, and she is still calm and very intelligent. She have also said that she would love to stay here forever, if things were different, though I don't know what she meant by that, but I was willing to allow that happened.

Since Agatha was gone, I felt like calling her back into my room, but what will I be telling her? I wish I didn't tell her about Winlowtech, I would have kept Sandra there, so that she could take Sandra's place, and then I could see her all the time. I touched my head, as it started aching from thinking a lot.

I know I was going to see her at dinner, and I really could not wait for dinner to be ready. I called Agatha again to make the dinner fast, and few hours later, it was ready, and she came to call me to tell me that it was ready, but when I got down to the table, I didn't see Samantha, just her daughter and Mary, I had to send Whitney to go and get her mother, and also to tell her that we are not eating until she comes down. Few minutes later, she walked down, with her hair loosed, falling down her body, I stared at her for a long time, before getting up, to hold out the seat for her, so she could sit beside me. We started eating, but all I was doing was filling my nostril with the fragrance from her hair. I just want to run my hands through her hair, to know if the texture, is doing justice, to the fragrance.