Chapter 3: He was so late

Chapter 3: He was so late 

I should have known not to trust Eric, he was late as it is. I couldn't describe how much I loathed this day and the company around me. I scanned through the people who were conversing in my parents huge back

kyard. My father was hysterically laughing at something Mr. Johnston, Laura's father had said. My mother was right beside me and I had questions for her.

"You really just had to invite him.." I let out a sardonic laugh, my dear mother raised her head to look at me as if I had grown two heads. She had her brunette hair in a nice bob. It suited her like a hand in glove. My mother was very beautiful and didn't look a day over forty.

"Robbie is still family, Leona." She gave me a small smile before her eyes went over to where he stood with Brenda. She was holding the bag with the babies needs and etc. I pictured her falling in the swimming pool in my head but as much as I wanted to hate her, I could never. Brenda Williams was a nice person. She didn't deserve any tantrums, I had thrown at her. Like the red wine I purposely spilled on her white dress at her very own baby shower, she invited me so what? I went there and ruined it.

She saw me from afar and waved with a smile, I gave her a firm nod before looking away. She stole my boyfriend and now she was stealing my family. Eric wasn't a Harlot, I wasn't a Harlot, Brenda was the bloody harlot. I thought, thinking about the way Eric would have said it.

Why was his smallest traits rubbing on me already... weird!

"It was very unnecessary for them to bring that thing with them." I corked an eyebrow at the little bundle of so called joy that Robbie proudly held as he talked to my uncles and cousins. He was so happy, happy for nothing. That was a bastard child, ofcourse they planned to get married soon but the fact remained that they had sex before marriage and a baby out of wedlock.

Did I have sex with Robbie? Well-

"Leona, don't be rude; it's a baby boy called Robert junior."

"How original." I pursed my lips into a thin line as I caught Robbie's eyes on me. I immediately composed my lips from a sneer to a rather cheerful smile.

"Lee, I won't allow you to insult an innocent child besides when are you giving your father and I, a bundle of joy?"

"My boyfriend is actually on his way." I rolled my eyes, chugging a bottle of sparkling water open. 

"Oh, yes! I'm very excited. Laura had a lot to say about him." My mom smiled cheerfully.

"She did?" I said as if it was more of a question.

"Ofcourse, I asked her if you had a boyfriend and she told me about Eric from England. He seems like a funny young man, I know that's not the type you usually go for."

"Eric... is quite funny, when he wants to be." I stringed some incoherent words together after almost dying of nerve wreckism, yes I just created my very own word because there was no other word that could describe how immensely impossible it was for me to lie to my parents.

"He must be different then.." She said as I searched through the crowd for that dumbass.

"You seem irritated?" My mother asked.

"Not at all, it's Robbie-" I lied. I felt very horrible lying to them, more over... I hated being the sneaky girl from every teenage teen flick. That went out the window at midnight just to have funny

"Leona, what happened has happened and holding grudges won't benefit you but it will only make you a bitter person. I'm sure you're well aware that bitterness keeps your farther away from God's presence and progressive manifestations in your life." My mother preached as I had expected, I simply nodded not trying to argue with her.

"I know he wronged you but it's time to move on my child." My mom added when I didn't respond.

"It's very easy to say." I'm clenched my teeth. Suddenly my father came over to where we were standing, a smile on his face. His dark brown hair now with bits of grey, his mustache still intact for as long as I remember, he wasn't Dr Winters without his mustache. He never shaved it, he took absolute pride in maintaining it. He gave my mother a kiss on the cheek then kissed my temple as well, a habit he had grown accustomed to ever since I was a little girl. Unfortunately I had grown taller but he still managed to kiss my temple with his 5'11 height.

"I'm so happy to see you, snowflakes." He said making me smile. He always called me snowflakes, i thought as I grew older it would die out but it never did.

"Rodney, Leona is a grown woman now." My mom said.

"She will always be our little girl." He retorted.

"I was just telling her that she should let it all go, it has been over a year." My mother spilled, ofcourse my parents acted like best friends, they never let anything slide without telling each other and laughing about it. I really thought Robbie and I would have this one day but he blew it. He blew my whole story, my whole plan.  I would graduate at twenty-two, I was supposed to be married by twenty-five, my first child by twenty-seven nevermind the rest of the plans because he ruined it all.

He just ruined it!

"Leona!" My aunt Debra Interrupted. My aunt Debra was your definition of a forty something year old who didn't want to grow up. She being my father's younger sister, she had never been married... I didn't think it was a choice. She had a pet shop down town and loads more pets in her home. She dressed very inappropriately, always got drunk at events and loved men younger than her. My only thought as a child was, Lord May I not end up like that. Rumor around the family say that she got married in Vegas but the man left her the very same week. He just wanted to use her to get citizenship. It was actually really sad but I'm sure she has been inlove once or twice in her life? Right..

"This young man says you invited him over-" she smirked at me. I looked behind her, my eyes immediately locked with Eric.

He was here.

My aunt Debra was very judgemental but the way she smiled at Eric made me question how he had her already kissing his feet.

My father immediately cleared his throat. "Eric Michelson." He let out a hand, my father gave a disapproving look.

My heart skipped a beat.

Shit!

"We're a family of huggers, son!" My father said with a broad smile. I immediately let out a relieved smile.

"You can call me Rod and that's my wife Helen-" My father said after squeezing the life out of my so called boyfriend.

"Nice to meet finally meet you, I'm sorry for being late and coming unannounced, I thought I would surprise Leona. She wasn't aware that I had booked a flight from Manchester just to see her." Eric smoothly lied shocking me by how he did it so easily with no conscience.

"Leona! Won't you greet your boyfriend? Is this how you welcome him." My mother pushed for me to hug Eric.

"But-"

"Go hug that man, he must be jet lagged.." my aunt Debra added. For the first time, I hugged Eric Michelson and let me tell you this bring in his arms felt like heaven. He held me so close like I was the only person who mattered at that moment. His hands low around my waist firmly holding me against his rigid chest. His cologne intoxicating, he gave me a pearly white smile and my skin shivered. By the time I pulled away, I realized my parents were now talking to their other guests and my aunt Debra stared very weirdly at us. 

"Alright there there Leo.." Eric said as if he was talking to a dog gently pulling away. "Do you fall for guys so easily or you just haven't been laid in a long time?" Eric whispered and honestly that was a slap on the cheek. I stomped onto his right foot making him groan in pain, I immediately checked the coast then realized everyone was minding their own business. He just always had to ruin everything, I felt stupid, I couldn't help it. He was handsome and smelt good. That is the most attractive thing or maybe I had fetish for men who smelt good.

Eric Michelson was a cunning lad.