At the Tang group of companies head office, Emil was engaged in a meeting. A cell phone rang causing the manager of the planning team to pause in his presentation.
The tone was very loud and disturbing in Emil's ears. He frowned.
"who the hell has the guts to not silence his phone during mee..."
"Sir,your phone " the manager said pointing towards Emil's left hand.
Emil's eyes followed the manager's hand and there....
It turned out he's the "hell" !
In this life,we sometimes jump to conclusions before verifying something.
Emil looked at the screen and immediately answered.
His mummy Phillis won't call him this time of the day if it isn't something serious.
He stood up and rushed out of the meeting room
"Where's boss rushing to?, he should have at least told me something, right?" Ass. Luke looked at the confuse faces and sighed
Now he has to take charge.
Emil was on the phone while driving home. Aunt Phillis was briefing him on what had taken place. He drove at a very high speed as if competing in a race course. He was worried and scared at what Yvonne might be going through.
How he wish he has eyes that could hypnotize Yvonne, so that she could tell him all her fears and struggles !
How he wish he has wings so he could fly to her side this very moment !
But sadly, wishes are just wishes. Not everything we wish for comes through and if all of our wishes wishes were to come true, would the world be a peaceful place?
As fast as Emil wanted to get home, fate has its own tricks to play. Traffic was heavy and roads were congested.
"This really sucks!" Emil inaudibly sighed.
By the time Emil reached home, three hours had already passed.
A journey that normally takes thirty minutes took him three whole hours today of all days !
"You're finally here, she's still in her room and hasn't come out" Aunt Phillis who still sat in the living room immediately said when she saw Emil walk in.
Emil glanced at her, nodes and hurried up the stairs.
God knew how much he wanted to see and be with her.
He knocked on her door twice but hearing no sound, he push open the door and entered.
What he saw when he entered pulled at his heartstrings.
Yvonne was lying on the bed, she had her arms bundled around her like a scared child. He saw tear stains on her face when he got closer to her bed.
On instinct, he wanted to wake her up and ask what her troubles are but suddenly decided against it.
"She must be exhausted" he thought
Yvonne in her dream, felt warmth and protected.
She opened her eyes to find herself in the arms of someone. She tried shifting but found out that she couldn't, because the hold was very tight.
Emil knew that she has already wake up but he couldn't help other than to tighten his hold on her.
"What should he do with her? ,she's so broken that he wanted to piece her together as soon as he can !"
"I want to use the bathroom" Yvonne broke the silence
Emil withdrew his arms and Yvonne bashfully left tot he bathroom.
Emil stared at her petite figure as she entered the bathroom.
Yvonne exited the bathroom after some few minutes to find Emil still sitting at where she left him.
Why's he still here? Yvonne softly mumbled.
"Do you want to tell me why you cried yourself to sleep?" Emil asked but he was hoping she could confide in him.
"Can you give me sometime to arrange my emotions?, I will tell you everything" she assured him.
She wasn't stupid to not to have seen how much Emil cared for her. Even if she didn't know before, then she knows now.
Maybe just like how she had him hidden somewhere in her heart all these years, she was also there in his heart.
After what aunt Phillis had told her earlier today, she was a bit sure of her deduction.
"But remember that when the time comes that you can't bear it anymore, am here to listen okay?"
Problems shared is half solved right?.
But we sometimes forget that the heart has the ultimate say. When the heart isn't ready to share ,there's no way we can share and even if we force ourselves to open up, the end result will be painful.
The years of paining, struggling and fearing has made who Yvonne is now.
Emil's promise to be there for her was like a ticket he won. The ticket to open Yvonne's caged soul.
Sometimes the little things we do and the simple words we say can really do miracles. We don't need to search for big words to say to calm ones heart, we can just go for the common words and one's heart will be comforted.
As they sat on the bed, Emil didn't know that,his words has already started its work in Yvonne's shattered heart.
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