All Chapters of Too Late For Us, Mr Ashford : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Elena. I waited until I heard the front door click shut. I knew that I should not be getting into his physical space and that would be a total waste of time because this man just wanted to be on his own. Maybe I also needed to do something to make sure that he saw me in a different dimension, not like someone who was trying to test his patients all the time. "I didn't know when you were going to come in but I decided to wait for you." I said startling him gently. Well if I wanted to get my point across I needed him to know that I was being as serious as possible. "What exactly is this?" He asked without mincing words. He was never going to be part of the people who made the wrong decision or allowed others to manipulate him. "I wanted to talk to you about the fact that we've been acting like strangers for a long time and I hate it." Marcus lifted an eyebrow, staring at me like I had grown two heads. "You think you can just come out of nowhere and try to have a conversation

Marcus. I woke up to unnecessary light shining in my eyes and I began to wonder where all of this was coming from. The splitting headache told me a lot of stories that I would have wanted to accept. I had made a stupid choice yesterday and now I was left to live with it. I just hope that I was able to handle my liquor and I did not go overboard doing something that I would not be proud of. I headed towards the blinds, but was interrupted by someone entering my room. It was Elena. A few images from last night poured into my mind and I decided not to address it. We were still walking on eggshells at the moment and I didn't want to hesitate to push her into doing something that she would not be comfortable with or say something that would make her feel like she was a woman I just used to pass time. "How are you doing today?" If she had any reservations towards me she was hiding it pretty well that I had to keep searching my conscience to know if this woman wanted my head or I

Marcus. I headed over to the pool side the next morning, deciding to reflect on everything that had happened. Diego was still a young child and his mother had made her concerns known. What if all of this was just a way of protecting her son and making his feedings remain intact? I would have to keep working hard to prove to them that I was on their side and I didn't know how that made me feel. Maybe I was just overthinking things and I needed to let myself breathe for some time because there would always be a need for me to insert myself into that family and if my presence was not well come then what exactly was I doing? I had no friend to talk to and I loved it that way. When dealing with politics you had to regard everyone from afar. Nobody could be trusted when it came to your life and if anybody wanted to come closer to you it was only because of what they could possibly get. Diego was fighting with his mom again about going to school and sometimes I wonder why she kept

Elena.My initial response to whatever came my way was very easy. I wasn't going to bother myself with thinking that I would have the answers to all the questions that played my mind. But at the same time I wanted to believe that everybody would be like me and never have anything bad to do to me. Maybe that was a rude Awakening I needed to come in contact with because I kept realizing that not everybody cared about me the way that I imagine. In fact it was always going to come back and bite me in the ass. Marcus returned from work that they looking like the entire weight of the state rested on his shoulders and I didn't know how to start comforting him. If I said too much I was bound to let out my deepest secrets and that would not be good for me. Instead, it was going to lock me in a position where I would not have any other option but to stay and listen to what he had to say It wasn't a bad idea totally but if I kept thinking about it I might lose out on a whole lot of things

Elena. My phone kept beeping early in the morning and I wondered who exactly had to right to call me at this time. If anybody was going to move crazy then they should be ready to face my wrath. It ended up being Toby. I didn't understand why he was reaching out to me at this time unless he wanted to land me in trouble with his boss. He wasn't stupid enough not to know that his boss had restricted me from contacting him. "I know that this is a short note is but I really need to see you." Seeing me was not the issue, the betrayal that his boss would feel was something that I didn't think I wanted to be a part of. "You cannot possibly ask this from me and expect that I give it to you right?" I inquired just to be sure. Toby was a smart man and I wouldn't put it past him to put this call on recording trying to test me and my loyalty but I was also curious to know what happened between both of them. I didn't buy the idea that he was just dismissed without any concrete reason