ARIYA....
The bar tender comes to help me, he helps me take Ethan to the car. On it all, Ethan is drowsy .
"Just great! What I'm I gonna do with him now?" I ask myself. I get in the driver's seat and drive on. Im so confused! What the heck I'm I gonna do? I can't take him to my house, mum's gonna kill him, perhaps both of us, I can't take him to his place either, there's no one there to take care of him. "What do I do now?" Hitting the wheel with my fist.
Oh an idea just popped up in my messed up head.
Daddy has a lot of safe houses, I'll take him to one. I'll just need to ask the house keeper to keep her mouth shut.
And mum! Mum! Mum! Shit what do I tell her?. I stop the car for a minute to think, I dail mum's number.
" Hey Mum"
"Ariya!!" She yells like she always does.
"I've been trying to call you. It's really late, where are you?"
" Sorry Mum I forgot to tell you, I have a night shift today so I'll see you tomorrow " I lie.
" Ok sweetheart, you take care ok? Love you! Daddy says" take care.""
"Tell daddy I love him" I send a 'MUAH' over the phone before dropping the call.I drive forth to the safe house at the end of the town. The house keeper helps me take Ethan in.
All the rooms here are fully equipped but of no cloths. At least a pair of female and male PJs alike. I take Ethan to one. I take him closer to the bed and he falls on it like a log of wood.
I struggle and turn him so he's lying on his back so that I can take off the grey jean jacket he has on. From his pockets I take out his phone. Two missed calls from aunt Su and four from aunt Steph. I can't leave them to worry like this, so I send them each messages using his phone.
*Hi mum, I just had somethings to take care of I'll see you tomorrow. Love you *
*Hi aunt, don't worry I'm fine. See you tomorrow, much love*
I finish sending the messages before I place the phone on the head cupboard. I hope tomorrow when he sees I did this, he won't get mad.
I take off his white tee shirt, OMG! I can't help but notice he's well calves six packs, six chocolate bars on his front. I want so much to run my fingers over them to get a feel of it but I don't wanna be a pervert right now. How could one person be this perfect?. I soak a face towel in a bowl of water, squeeze and wipe from his face till where the band of his trousers begin. I push till I finally get him on his tummy so I can wipe his back too.
I see this really amazing tat on his back.. fucking strange but beautiful. It's the head of a wolf, half of the head is fully drawn but the other half is just a sketch. The tat runs from his sternum and extends down to where his shoulders end. I touch it. I mean I can't help it.
" beautiful!!" The words escape my lips smoothly.
" But why a wolf tat?" I ask myself. Not like it's any of my business, I just get on with the wiping. I unbuckle the belt he has in the stripes of his trousers. In the process of taking it off, he gets a hold of my hand. Jesus f**king Christ!! that startled me so bad. I hope he's not thinking I'm trying to rape him or something. I sigh before I get on with taking it off. I just want to take off the belt so he'll sleep comfortably. He falls asleep again and I finally succeed in taking it off.
I bring out a pj top from the wardrobe to put it on him but I figured he might sleep better bare chest so I just place it on the bed and pull the covers over him. Couldn't get him to sleep normally on the bed so I'll just leave him sleep the way he is.
"Pufff!! So tired and beaten" I'm talking alone. I quickly undress and get into the shower in my own room, then I get into my fav pj. Every time we using this house, this little purple night gown is my fav.
Going down stairs to get some water to drink, I walk as gently as I can so as not to wake the innocent souls."Can I make for you and the young sir something to eat ma'am?" Suzi's voice startled me from the back.
" I thought you were already asleep.?" I ask to ease my feeling weird.
"I be di sleeping oh madam, I waken up as you enter kitchen" She said waring a silly smile on her face.
"No we good, don't border, you can go back to bed. And Suzi?"
I call back.
" Not a word about this to anyone ok?" I warn and she imitates the zip mouth emoji. She's the funniest nanny we've ever had and the only one from Cameroon. She has a very funny accent and the way she uses words.
" I won't tok nothing for somebody madam.. But madam oh, that fine Oga in the room is your boyfriend? He is soo fine, chaii. If he no be your boyfriend, fix me nah, please???"
Ewwww Suzi. I can barely even understand all of what she said.
"What?! No he is not my boyfriend and good night."
Mehnn she could be atleast 20years older than Ethan jeeezz. I go back to my room, fall on the bed and doze off.
ETHAN....
I open my eyes and it's like it's already morning.. Last night is already over. The last thing I remember, I was in a bar, drinking then a headache attacked.. with that flash, I open my eyes wide and the room is strange. I sit up "Where is this place? Goodness my head hurts" I think I'm feeling the left over pains from yesterday. " WAIT!! Ariya.." I face palm myself. " I must be at her place..Must have made a big mess already and embarrassed myself. I reach out for my phone and jezzz it's 8am already." I must have over drank". I see an *ok baby I love you* text notification from mum.
"Huh? But what must I have told her?" I tap to open the messaging app and open to mum's page, I find a
*Hi mum, I just had something to take care of. I'll see you tomorrow, I love you* text. Must have been written by Ariya. A smile curved up at the side of my lips.
"She saved Mum from worrying " Just then a replay of our kissing scene came to my head. I could have rejected it but I didn't, I guess I needed and loved it. Wtf I'm I doing? I'm thinking about a kiss when I should be thinking about Mum?. How selfish.
I look to my right and I find my stuff washed, ironed and folded, then packed together with my belt on it. I smile again. It takes me a while to get conscious of the fact that I'm actually bare chest "Jesus" I exclaim and open my eyes wide.
" She saw my tattoo, just what exactly I'm I gonna explain? That I have a tattoo that wasn't drawn of my knowledge? I grew up with this thing on my back. Mum told me my dad had it drawn when I was four but it's still as good as new. Why would he even do this to his four year old Son?
I'm even more concerned on why half of it is a sketch and not a full drawing.....