LOGINThe morning started, Jeremy was moving with the slow energy of someone who was really tired from sleeping so soundly last night in a bed other than the hospital bed.He made a terrible coffee just like what Adrain did the other time,but Elera drank it and said it was good.Adrain had left for work that morning after kissing her goodbye, something he does lately these days.Elara stood at the kitchen counter holding the coffee cup feeling the warmth of that morning.Everything was finally setting in a good way, Jeremy was back healthy,Lydia had apologized feeling remorseful of what she had done,the baby is coming finally, Adrain had finally owned up to his feelings.Life wouldn't be any better for her.That was she thought,not until the envelope arrived by eleven.No stamp,no return address,just her name written on the envelope,slid through the door like other mails do.When she received it,she stood at the doorway for about a few seconds before opening it.Jeremy was in the shower,she
Elara was at the airport two hours early to welcome Jeremy . She stood at the entrance arrival gate with her coat still on and her hands not entirely steady with her eyes fixed on the door.Adrain stood beside her,he had insisted on going with her.He stood beside her calm and steady and every minute his hands would reach out her unsteady hands,just a little way of saying calm down.The door finally opened and there he was.Jeremy walked in looking thinner than she can remember with tired eyes but looked fine with his eyes scanning the crowd and his bag over his shoulder.He found her not too long,his face lit up. She was already running towards him.His arms flared open and she landed on his body hitting him harder than she had intended to. His arms came around her and she pressed her face into his chest.“Hey”he said into her hair,his voice was rough.”hey I'm here okay”.“ I know” her voice was trembling.He held her for a long time before pulling away, putting his hands on her shou
Elara was sitting at the kitchen table with her laptop applying for a job when her phone lit up beside her with a message from Noah.Hey baby girl,still up for coffee? I found a place close by and you're going to love it, Thursday by eleven if you are free.She smiled at the screen and kept her phone back and went back to what she was doing.She didn't think much of it because it was just a coffee with an old friend, simple and straightforward.She planned on telling Adrain at dinner.That evening while they were having dinner she told him.” Noah texted”.He looked across from her at the table.”Okay”.And his eyes went back to his food,he continued eating.“Adrain”“What”“You're doing that again ‘“Doing what I'm just eating my dinner,well he's your friend right,just friends so Thursday is fine you can go “.She held his gaze for a second longer,and he looked back at her steadily.She finally let go.********Thursday morning came grey and cool, Elara dressed simple. Dark jeans and a
Denver hadn't eaten in the past two days now.He actually didn't notice it until he stood at the kitchen counter and realized the only thing he had eaten the last two days was black coffee and bourbon with his guilty conscience eating him up.He sat down on the floor.The television was on in the sitting room and he could still hear it.The news that had been on since Monday and had refused to stop ringing in his ear even if he turned off the television.He had tried convincing himself that he's fine and that it was actually a good news that officer James was gone.The investigation about them has lost its sharpest point and Lydia had told him to rest and sleep,but he still couldn't sleep.He was not fine.James was gone.And he knew for sure that Lydia had a hand in this.“Is she going to dispose of me too if I become a threat to her?He asked himself this question with only one answer sitting right in front of him,which he finds difficult to believe.Denver put his face in his hand
Elara didn't go home straight.She walked for a while trying to process what happened at the cafe,she found a bench and sat down outside receiving the cold fresh air which she obviously needed to help her with processing what Lydia had said.Has she made a mistake?She replayed the meeting in her head over and over again trying to analysis everything.Lydia's voice kept on ringing in her ears non stop.Lydia hasn't been good to her,she wouldn't dispute that fact. But would the arrival of the baby really change her nasty personality?She knew how well Lydia can put on a performance and she wasn't sure if she's doing that or was genuinely sorry about her past life.She needed to make a call.She needs to tell him about the new development and where she has gone to.But what she didn't know was that,he was already aware of the movement,and moved with her just not to close to be seen by her or Lydia.She scrolled her Phone and stopped at a particular name. It connected at the first rang.
Elara chose a café.She chose a busy one,a wide,well lit café in the middle of the city that was full of people even on weekday afternoons. Lydia had known she would choose something like this.She arrived ten minutes early anyway.She wanted to be seated before Elara arrived. She found the table Elara had described in her text message.Lydia sat down carefully, the way she sat down now in these final weeks of her pregnancy slowly, with one hand on the table for balance. She ordered a glass of warm water with lemon from the waitress who appeared immediately and then settled herself and looked around the room.Elara arrived at exactly the agreed time.Not a minute early,not a minute late.She came through the main entrance and found Lydia's table without looking around for it, which meant she had already identified it from the description and knew exactly where she was going. She was wearing a dark coat over a simple outfit. Her face was composed. Her eyes, when they found Lydia ac
Her next moveThe night settled deeper around Lydia's house.The television was off. The room was dim, lit only by the small lamp on the side table beside the sofa. Lydia did not move from the sofa for a long time.She sat with her hand resting on her stomach and her eyes fixed on one position gaz
Elara was in the kitchen making breakfast with the chef when Adrian came in.She heard his footsteps .She looked up from the pan.He was already dressed,shirt tucked in, sleeves rolled to his forearms, phone in one hand. He had been up before her."What's that look on your face," she asked."What
The satisfaction The television in Lydia's sitting room was on.She kept the volume low in the evenings, a habit she had developed during her pregnancy stage. The doctor had told her to rest more and stress less, and Lydia had taken the second part of that advice and applied it in her own way.Wh
That evening,the sky was clear.No rain,No wind. James had come home at his usual closing time from work.His car had been parked.His kitchen light came on at the usual hour.He had stopped at the small shop at the corner on his way back from home.Nothing unusual.Nothing at all.The man who cam







