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I had had more casual relationships with women than I could count, and I had never been this way. For one, I had never spent a night with them and remained reluctant to leave till the morning.
If we weren’t being interrupted now, if I could, I would spend the entire day in bed with her. Talking and eating and fucking. Sleeping and then waiting to do it all over again.
Currently, as I thought about this, excitement filled me, and I wanted to burst but I felt some dread as well. This was far from normal, and I truly didn't want to restrict myself from enjoying it all.
Plus, I wondered as I found my clothes and began to put them on. What was so bad about being with her even after this week was over? She was breathtaking, loyal, hardworking, driven. What would be wrong in taking this even further?
I couldn’t see a problem whatsoever, and so with one last look at the bathroom, I decided to open my mind toward it. I was in the best of moods, even after I returned to my room and found my phone still blowing up with missed calls and messages, I patiently sat down to eat my breakfast and started responding to them. Only a few seconds in, however, and my heart lurched.
Most of them I realized now had been from my father and mother, and I wondered why. They had called, sent urgent messages asking where I was. Surely, they weren’t worried about my location, so all I could think of as to why they would have urgently needed me was one thing.
Immediately, I put the coffee I had been sipping aside and rushed out of the room. In no time, I was knocking on their door, however, it took a while for them to answer. I was so terrified I found myself shaking. If anything had happened, I knew that they would remain silent until I came over for Aurora's sake so that we could calmly decide on what to do. So, as I grew impatient with the locked door and barged in, I prepared myself for the worst.
It was just as expected. I headed in and found my mom in bed covered with the blanket. My dad was by her side, and he had her hand in his. She looked so weak and ill. During the day and with color and her outfits, she had managed so far to not look so different, at least to those not looking too closely.
But now she seems so pale, lifeless, and weak. At this moment, I could truly see the illness eating away at her.
“What happened?” I asked as I headed over to her side.
“Where the hell were you?” my dad asked, and I could tell just how upset he was from the tone of his voice and sternness in his tone. I knew that he was scared, worried, and possibly helpless.
“We wanted to call a helicopter last night, but we couldn’t. We couldn’t reach you, and we didn’t want to alert Aurora either.”
I looked at my mother, and she shook her head.
“Unnecessary,” she said. “I just started having difficulties breathing earlier this morning. Not last night. He was worried and wanted to raise the alarm, but I stopped him. I wouldn’t have waited this long before contacting you, and if we had overreacted, Aurora would have found out.”
“Overreacted?” he asked, his tone rising.
“Darryl,” she called softly, trying to calm him, but he grew even angrier.
“I understand that we’re trying to be considerate of Aurora. That we want her to be happy during this period, but that's not all that's important. We also have to take care of your mother as well.”
My mother sighed, while I stared between the two of them. I headed to the couch to take my seat. Truly, at times like this, I wish I could rewind time. Currently, I'd take the past few hours over this. From feeling so relaxed and happy, I was tense and scared all over again. I kept a straight face and began to corral my thoughts, but my insides were in turmoil.
“Can you hold on for the next hour?” I asked. “I'll send for Dr. Harold immediately.”
“We've already spoken to him,” my father replied. “He's on his way.”
“So no need for a helicopter?”
“Absolutely not. I'm fine,” my mother replied. “But what I need you to do is to ensure that Aurora is occupied with her shoot on the golf course. The other guests as well. In this way, she won't notice we're gone or that we’ve not arrived yet until later.”
I stared at them, understanding, and then I nodded.
“I'll do my best to keep her busy.”
Chapter Forty-Two
Evelyn
I received the call just as I was putting on the last of my makeup for the day. Aurora hadn't contacted me, which was very unlike her, but it just proved all the more that she wasn't quite happy with the fact that I was absent as she got ready. And so, to put even more pressure on me to get ready, as I was applying my lipstick while I was slipping into my shoes.
I had known ahead of time that we would have such an event like this, so I had prepared. I had packed on as much sunscreen as my skin could take and had the cutest little ensemble with a pleated skirt and a white shirt.
I didn’t understand golf, but I expected anyway for the shoot to be quite fun. A lot more guests had arrived, most of them quite elderly and middle-aged and wealthier than could be fathomed, so I knew that for sure they were going to feel right at home at the golf course and have a blast with their day.
All in all, in the morning, I was plenty excited and looking forward to the day. The only slight dent and dread was dealing with Aurora, but I was in the wrong, plus it wasn't something I could avoid, so I geared myself up with courage and was soon on my way.
