Joel woke first and rested his head on his palm with his elbow balanced on the bed as he watched Mirabel sleep. He wished that she didn't have to go anywhere that day but she would have to go and get prepared for her business. But he consoled himself that the night was there and he would be waiting if she would have him.As though she felt him staring at her, she opened her eyes and stretched lazily.'Good morning, what time is it?''Good morning, love', he replied showing her the time.'Oh my, why didn't you wake me earlier?''You were sleeping so peacefully that I hated to wake you. In fact, I wish you weren't going anywhere today so that we could stay together and talk about anything at all but business calls', he said helplessly.Mirabel felt the same way but she could not afford to stay home today when she had resumed not too long ago.'We shall talk in the evening after I have closed for the day'. she said. She had thought that she would feel shy with him but she felt no such th
Their love affair grew. They became inseparable. They went to the movies and while seeing movies at the theater,Mirabel would start caressing him and he would lose control and they would kiss and kiss and without waiting for the movie to end, as soon as it was break after the first interval,they both would leave to go make steamy love some where.Joel knew that his father would soon be arriving and that they would not be able to keep their relationship secret anymore but he was sad that he would soon leave Mirabel and go back to his base in London. But it could be arranged and Mirabel could come weekends and visit him but he knew it couldn't be the same.He would miss her every moment that she was not there. He had become addicted to her.That night, he decided that he had to tell Mirabel about his life. They had just finished making love and Mirabel was thinking that Joel had inadvertently fulfilled his promise to her about taking her nightmares away. She no longer had such dreams.
That was the saddest day of her life, the dawn of the day Joel took his leave. She tried to smile and behave as though it did not affect him but watching him leave felt like he was leaving with a part of her.Jonas had returned home two days earlier and Joel had had to postpone his trip by a day because Mirabel had asked him to and he had also wanted to.The previous night, they had made love with such desperation that they had almost torn each other apart.The both of them could never forget that particular lovemaking. It was almost like mating and making love all in one.It felt like it was going to be the last time they would be together. Joel had wanted her to get into him and had wanted to infuse himself into her. They had wanted to get into each other not just sexually but physically Their lovemaking had been both ecstatic and painful.Jonas heard their mating and shook his head. He understood perfectly. He had had a word with his son as soon as he got back and noticed that thei
Mirabel travelled to England with the address Joel had given her.It was not hard to locate his apartment.When she got there, she had to wait till he got back from where he had gone because she had not told him that she would be visiting. She had decided to take him by surprise.Joel came home and a girl was with him.He was shocked to see Mirabel but quickly got over it.'Mirabel, love, you didn't tell me that you would be coming over. This is a pleasant surprise'.Then the girl with him asked him who Mirabel was after looking at her in a condescending manner.'Shandy, this is Mirabel my only love. Mirabel, meet Shandy my friend and colleague at work'.They shook hands but Mirabel could feel the animosity oozing from the girl called Shandy and wondered why she could detest her that way when they had only just met.He opened the door and asked her in.He served the both of them with chilled drinks because it was hot that day.'I am so hot that I am sweating profusely. The drink has h
That weekend was paradise to Mirabel. She did not see Shandy again. Joel devoted all his time to her.The next day was Sunday, he wanted them to stay in bed and just make love from dawn to dusk but Mirabel knew that there would come a time when they would feel hungry.They needed to nourish their bodies with food just like sex was also helping in both their physical, emotional and mental health.She also wanted them to go for a Sunday service somewhere.They went for a service somewhere and Mirabel was glad that she did. The sermon had touched her. It was all about the resurrection and she remembered her mother.After the service, on their way home, they met Shandy and surprise of all surprises, she was very civil to Mirabel.If not that she could not have been mistaken, Mirabel would have thought that this was a different Shandy from the one who saw her the previous day, except of course they were twins and there was no such luck so she came to believe that she must have realised tha
Mirabel did not know what to think. Could what she had heard be the truth? They could not have been lying because they had not seen her approach and most of all Shandy had said actually happened.Joel had introduced Shandy to her as his friend and colleague. She had felt the anger in her. She had seen them arguing and earlier today, shandy had also acted more amicably towards her and she had been astounded by the sudden change.But she had asked Joel and he had said he had told her nothing and truely, he had not moved from her sight.Then she recalled Shandy talking to the girl she called Floxy that they had argued which was true and Joel had asked her to act in a civil way towards her.Joel could not be faking all his feelings for her or could he?Their times together could not just be a means of relieving sexual tension now could it?The words she had heard had shaken her confidence in herself and in her relationship with Joel but she was not going to believe a word of what she had
Life went on as usual at The Tasty Place.Mirabel had decided to forget what she had heard from Shandy and her friend Floxy and believe Joel. She felt that she owed it to him and herself to give their relationship a chance.They still spike regularly on phone and even made love on the phone as well but she was no longer content with all that though she had to admit that it was better than nothing.It was another weekend and Mirabel could not wait to get to Joel. She was specially expectant because he had said he would have a surprise ready for her this weekend and she was anxious to know what the surprise was.She got to London and at Joel's house. She was surprised that he was around and he had not deemed it got to come pick her up.She wasn't bothered about that. She could not wait to be joined physically with him in sexual ecstasy.The door was open and she wondered if that was part of his surprise. The surprise he had planned for her. She went into the living room and nothing was
Joel woke and it was dark everywhere.'Where am I?' he asked no one in particular. He was the only one there.He remembered that he had brought out a cup of lemon juice before going into the kitchen to take something.He had wanted to go to the bus stop to await Mirabel since she was not so keen on flights. He had asked her to take a flight and he would wait for her at Heathrow airport but she had been adamant and he had decided that one of these days, he was going to board a plane with her to show her it was no big deal at all.After the juice, he had felt a bit sleepy which had come as a surprise to him and he had decided to just stretch a little on the bed till the drowsiness wore off and this was when he was waking?He wondered if she was still waiting for him to pick her. It was already Seven pm. He had a quick shower and kept trying her line but it was not reachable.He got to the bus stop but there was no sign of Mirabel.He came back home thinking that she had probably come h