PEOPLE BY THE SEA

      CHAPTER SEVEN( PEOPLE BY THE SEA)

        Mark came home and saw a sticker note on a plate. "I'm travelling for two weeks". That was all she wrote in the note,he just couldn't understand Lillian anymore. He tried calling her but her phone was switched off.

      He called Jemima and asked if she knew where Lillian was but she told him she didn't. Even her mom didn't know where she was. Few minutes later Jemima called and told Mark about a resort Lillian spoke of recently.

           Mark's mom visited,she brought a young lady with her,she said she was the temporary cook since Lillian wasn't around.

      " How did you know Lillian wasn't  at home? Did she tell you that she was travelling?" Mrs Ade nodded her head.

       "Wow,she told you she was travelling but she didn't tell me,she left a stupid note for me to read". Mark was really angry,he moved around the house. The " temporary cook" kept looking at him.

          "Mark,calm down,sometimes we all need space to think,and that is what Lillian needs,space! Just give her some time,she will definitely come back soon. After she spoke to Mark,she told the cook to cook something nice for him. She advised him to drink.

         " sometimes we need alcohol to ease the stress" Mrs Ade stressed the pronunciation of the stress but Mark was still clueless. While she was leaving,she turned to the cook and told her "take good care of him".

                 Mark thought about why Lillian was behaving this way but he couldn't find any reason or understand her,he took one glass of wine,and one turned into two and two turned three. He drank too much that he couldn't even walk to his room,he needed assistance.

         " The cook" ran towards him since he needed assistance to walk. He put his hands around her waist as they walked to his room. While trying to put him on the bed,she fell on the bed and he fell on her, he tried to get up but she held him closer to herself. For some minutes,he just stared at her. She kissed him and he allowed her,he let her take control over him.

          Now,the cook was naked on the bed and so was Mark. He wrapped his arms around her,he is surely going to regret this tomorrow,he was asleep but she wasn't, she has fulfilled her part of the deal,in a few months,she would need confirmation.

        Mark woke up with  headache,he tried to move his hands when his naked skin brushed against another naked skin. The duvet covered her face but parts of her  naked skin showed,he removed the duvet from her face and he saw the new cook.

     When she woke up,he knew what happened so he didn't ask her about the last night, instead  he asked for breakfast and she made food for him like nothing happened last night.

             Lillian called Jemima,she asked how she was. Lillian was bored and lonely,she loves the resort but it would have been fun if she was with Mark. "Did my husband call you? Did you tell him about the resort I always talked about? She was so curious, she didn't even let Jemima reply her before she asked more.

         " Relax girl,I told him about it and he seemed like he would rush over there . I think he would come there today." Jemima ended the call,she was busy and Lillian understood.

          She stood by the sea and wondered if the sea was like her,lonely and worried. She  was lost in her own thoughts, drowning in confusion, letting her husband share his bed with another woman. It wasn't right, is it?

           "Hi" he said smiling at her,"the sea is nice right? " She turned and it was the psycho who read people's thought. 

          " Did you follow me here or what" she asked uninterestedly.

        "No,I told you I was a visi.......,you didn't allow me finish my sentence that day. I'm just exploring this place. Lillian just kept looking at sea,it was calm,and she was envious of the peace it had.

           "You are envious of the sea,you wish to be like it,why do you wish to be like the sea?. Lillian was surprise, he just said her thoughts.

          " Do you really read thoughts? If you can,why don't you tell me why I'm here,tell me? Lillian continued looking at the sea,it was as if she wasn't speaking to jay.

              "I can hear your thoughts,not your heart. The only person who hears your heart is you and I think only you can fix it when its broken" . Lillian turned to stare at the side view of Jay's face. When she asked him what she was thinking, she was only thinking if he could really hear people's thought.

       " And yes,I can really hear people's thought, did I answer you correctly,when we meet next time,I hope we can say more. After jay said that,he walked slowly,away from Lillian. Lillian looked at him and she noticed he was holding a camera. She didn't call him to come back,she just wondered who he was.

         Lillian said something inaudibly " I need someone to read my heart, not my thought ."

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            It has been one week and Lillian was still in the resort,Mark didn't call and Jemima called few times,she's been busy since her child is sick. Lillian hasn't seen Jay after their little conversation that day. 

         She was bored from being in a room all day,she looked through her window and she saw some people by the sea,she was reminded of Jay. She have been in the resort for a week and she move around,maybe she should explore this time.

           The resort was in a rural area. She walked around and she saw someone taking photo of kids playing with mud,the cameraman  turned back and it was Jay,Lillian found herself smiling as he waved at her. She walked towards him,and meeting him,he smiled.