Second Chance - Episode 18

 

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KATHIA

I chuckled as I remembered the incidence of five days ago. The look on his face when I had said no one wanted to see him naked was priceless. I was never going to forget that . Since then, he had been doing most things by himself, he rarely even spoke to me, except once in a while. Early in the morning, he would wake up my himself and take his own bathe before I got downstairs.

The house had just three rooms aside the bath, the kitchen and the toilet. The parlor where he slept, the bed room which was upstairs and the study room which I had discovered this morning.

Each morning I woke, he was either coming out of the bath or just getting in, he didn't ask for my help and I didn't offer too. Instead, I would go to the kitchen, make him his tea and cook our food. There were so many food supplies in the kitchen..I had no problem cooking them since I worked practically as a diner girl.

Several times, I had caught him looking at me, about to say something then he would just shake his head as if he changed his mind. The other time, I had just taken a warm bathe and I was rubbing some ointment

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. I had a towel loosely tied around me and I noticed a figure through the door cotton but it must have been my imagination.

The kissing incidence was still fresh in my mind and we never spoke about it since then, even though I really wanted to..or wanted it..Either ways, I realized he was trying to keep away from me and I let him so it was getting pretty boring  and that was when I discovered the study room.

There were so many Shakespeare books and I took my favorite Hamlet. Soon, I made myself comfortable and I got pretty immersed in the book.

"What are you doing?"

I was startled when I heard his voice.

I brought down the book, his rib still had bandage wrapped around it,so his rest of the body was bare apart from the trousers he wore. His hair looked so unkept ..

"I am trying to read..durrhhhh!" I replied as I went back to my book,

"This is a private room Kathia, you are not allowed here?" he replied sternly.

I exhaled without standing up. Then I went back to my book without giving him a reply.

"Kathia, I am talking to you!" He said, raising his voice.

"Then Stop talking!" I snapped at him. "I was pretty okay when we we weren't talking for almost five days, why do you need to talk now!"

That sounded so stupid and came out so wrongly....

He stared at me with a surprised look.,then he looked confused..Just as he wanted to talk, he shut his mouth and then he turned and left.

Why was I feeling bad because of this! He liked being so mean and rude and why did he even talk to me . Did he talk to me because he was feeling bored just like I was? I didnt need to feel guilty for anything so why was I feeling guilty?

Just as I kept debating on this, I heard voices...I sat up straight to make sure my ears were not playing tricks on me. Yes, I could still hear him talking to some people, out of curiosity, I stood up and walked out of the study.

I smiled as I found Mainmunat at the doorway with an elderly-looking man in a cow-boy hat. He was holding her by the waist and they both looked so cute together as they were talking to Miguel.

"maimunat ..." I called out to her and the three all looked at me but it was only Maimunat that was smiling and we embraced each other.

"What are you doing here? Oh is this your husband?"

She nodded with a smile. "This is Joe, Joe, meet Kathia, she was the woman I was telling you about"

"My lady" Joe remove his hat with a low bow while giving me  a warm smile as I took his frail hand in mine and just then I heard a little cough behind me..I had totally forgotten Miguel was there.

"Miguel, these are Maimunat and Joe, she was the woman who treated you and this is her husband Joe, this is my,,,,urm,...this Miguel"

"Her husband," maimunat quickly pitched in.

"My Prince, I recognised you when I saw you" Joe said , bowing a little further.

"Please, call me Miguel. Maimunat, I owe you my life, once I get back home, I will make sure you are greatly rewarded"

Maimunat smiled. "My lord..I never knew I was taking care of our prince, It is really a great honor Besides, it is your beautiful wife here that should have all the credit"

"What are you doing here, it is still raining isn't it?" I quickly changed the question as we all went to take our seats.

"Yes, but not quite much, we heard the border-bridge will be okay in let us say five days time to travel. It is however safe to walk around the island"

"Should I make tea for you too" I asked.

"No my lady, we are quite okay" Joe replied with a smile.

"So how are you now?" Maimunat asked, facing Miguel.

"Oh..I'm better, thank you so much. I can do most things by myself now"

"That is delightful. Then that means you can come to our party tonight"

Miguel and I exchanged glances.

"Party?"

She nodded.

"Yes, you may not know it but we have friends who live at the other side of the Island and we are having some get-to-gether tonight"

"In the rain!" Miguel said aloud.

"No..no...its like a community, you will see when you get there. We thought, you may be bored with the rain not-stopping and we have couples party which usually takes four days on the island, it will be fun. We came to invite you and we promise that it is not full of old women and men" Joe ended with a laughter.

I forced a smile as I waited for Miguel's response.

"She is free to go with you but I think I will stay at home and rest"

I was disappointed...why did I even expect him to want to go to a couples thing..

"Are you sure you want to stay on your own?" asked Maimunat.

He nodded. "Yes, I'm positive"

"So what time is it and how d I get there?" I I asked.

"Oh that is easy. by 5pm,boats would be waiting by the bank, Couples fair is a known tradition here, especially during times like these and visiting couples are stranded on the island, we try to make it fun for them till the storm passes and they could leave. "

"Wow! That is really generous" I replied .

"We came to invite you and to check on you" She said as she and Joe stood up

We saw them off and soon it was just Miguel and I .

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. He went back to the couch but I had to say something.

"Why are you not going to the fair with me Miguel?"

"Do I need to?" He scoffed, holding a pillow to his side.

"Well, it would be nice if you could go honor their invitation "

"They didn't say it was compulsory did they? Plus I don't have any interest in baby-sitting anyone"

"What does that mean?" I was getting angry.

"Well, I saw the look on your face when I said I wasn't coming. Did you really think I would go with you? How deluded are you? To think I would go with you to the Couple's whatever. We are not a couple, in  case you forgot that"

"I have not forgotten that! I am also not asking you to come as  my husband or whatever..."

"Hold on! So why were you disappointed? " He interrupted and continued. "Oh, is this the part where you try to make me go and seduce me into sleeping with you so we can live happily ever after?"

"Are you crazy!" I was losing my mind already.

He sat up straight as he continued. "Yes Kathia, I know you are here for a mission. Why else would you come here/ Why did you follow me here? Answer me! I don't want anything to do with you. No matter how often you show in my dreams or how sexy you look when you come out of the bathroom. This marriage would not work ,okay ! I do not want you! So take your body off to the fair maybe one of those unfortunate men would find you desirable and sleep with you since that is what you want!"

Those words cut into my very soul. Those were the most unkind words anyone could have ever said to me. I sensed tears gathering and slowly, I turned and quietly walked up the stairs. He was never ever going to see me cry!

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AAAAWWWW! MIGUEL DESERVES SOME SPANKING, SOMEONE SHOULD PLEASE GIVE PASS ME A CANE...