" Stop the car !" Yvonne suddenly shouted. The driver,Johnny skillfully came to a halt. Yvonne was saved by the seatbelt or else who knows how she would have fallen.
"What could have cause the Miss to suddenly shout?" Johnny was wondering
Johnny turned to look at Yvonne but he saw her eyes fixed in a certain direction.
"Who's got the Miss's attention?, should I report this to the boss?"
After staring at a certain someone and seeing as the person disappears, "let's go " Yvonne turned her head and rolled the glass up.
Her eyes didn't betray her, it was that person.
Although she was quiet young back then,but she could never forget those people, because the pain was still visible in her heart and mind.
"Mummy said I shouldn't play with you again,
mummy said you're a bad girl,
mummy said my uncle died because of your mother"
That tiny voice was like venom to little Yvonne's ears.
"How can she say that about her and her mother!"
"We are already here miss" Johnny said
"oh okay, thank you Johnny."
After seeing Yvonne lost in thoughts for the second time, Johnny made it a point to report everything to Emil.
He wasn't just an ordinary driver, he was specifically tasked to follow Yvonne wherever she goes and to report every tiny thing she does or happens.
"Every tiny thing" Yes,That was the keywords Emil emphasized on .
Ever since that night a month ago, Emil has been keeping tags on Yvonne.
Who could blame him !.
He got scared after what he witnessed that night. He was afraid of what might happen to her if he isn't around her.
"You're already back?" Aunt Phillis who was watching TV in the living room was surprise at Yvonne's early return.
"Yes aunt, your son acts childish sometimes" Yvonne's spirit was lifted once she heard aunt Phillis voice.
For the past one month,aunt Phillis has been like a mother to her. She was always there to cheer her up.
She gradually got to know why Emil love her more than his very own mother.
Love,as easy and simple as its spelt and pronounced, is very tough and complicating. Just as an egg loses its value once there's a crack, so does love loses its essence. We all strive to love, but we sometimes forget the acceptance that comes with it.
If Emil's parents had not chosen to love their career more than their son and accepted things as they came, their son's love for his nanny wouldn't be this great.
"Do you want to hear a story?" aunt Phillis hopefully looked at Yvonne
How could Yvonne turn down her hopeful eyes ?
She sat opposite to aunt Phillis and nodes positively. She was wondering what kind of story aunt Phillis has in mind.
With her mind wondering wide, she heard the woman clear her throat.
"This is a story about a ten year old boy. One evening,this boy came home from the airport smiling, he was basking in joy.
" Mummy, do you know who I met today when I went with mother to the airport?"
"Do you want to tell me?"
"Yes." the boy happily replied
The nanny alias mummy stopped what she was doing and stared him in the eyes waiting for the boy to continue. The nanny for the first time saw pure joy in his innocent eyes. So, her interest was piqued
"My wife. I will make her my wife in the future".
The nanny was surprise at his sudden declaration.
" Whom are you talking about?" the nanny asked the boy
"That girl at the airport, the one with the pink jacket".
After saying that,the boy ran to his room.
Airport.....pink jacket.... Yvonne who was quite all this while suddenly spoke.
Aunt Phillis on the other hand gaze was squarely fixed on Yvonne.
Yvonne abruptly stood up and turn to leave, but before she took a step forward, she turn back to aunt Phillis and apologized;
" Am sorry aunt, but I just remembered something I need to do" after saying these words, she hurried to her room.
How could aunt Phillis a very good observer not to have seen through Yvonne's facade ?
She saw how weak the girl became after she repeated those words.
"What had she gone through to be able to cover her pains so well ?" aunt Phillis was worried.
After some few seconds, she made a call to Emil.
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