"The place is still the same.. Not much has changed since we last came here... Vanessa said as they returned to aunt Margaret's house... They had gone on a little tour round the place..
" yeah you're right., it's still the same old sitka"... Jenny smiled..
As they got to the door of the house, they heard giggling, and a male voice... For some reason Vanessa felt like she had heard this voice before..
"I think Em's dad is already here... Jenny said as she opened the door... Looks like Emily was so happy to see her father, that she had forgotten to lock the door..
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"I'm telling you daddy., it's the same person I saw that day., the one I met at the restaurant... Emily said... She did not even allow the man to settle down first., she had already started telling him all about the crying lady she once helped and how she was here in Sitka now...
"oh daddy, you have got to meet her., please I want you to see her... The girl pleaded.. It was really hard to resist her charm.. Especially when she was making this puppy dog eyes at you... He was extremely tired., but he couldn't possibly say no to his little angel...
"Alright., I'll wait and see your friend...
" YEA!!!... The girl screamed joyfully in a high-pitched voice... She couldn't wait to introduce them to each other...
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As they walked in closer, the laughter and voices of the people inside the house became louder and clearer., And the voice of a particular someone was sounding more and more familiar to a certain person.
Slowly moving closer, the voice was getting clearer, that tender, calm, cool voice that had a bit of melody in it was not one to be mistaken. It was a voice that was unforgettable. A voice that sent sweet hot sensations down her body... A voice that had a kind of electrifying wave that it sent into your body...
She was beginning to do some serious maths calculations in her head... She was starting to put one plus one together, and two plus two together, and ten plus a hundred together..., and the answer to the equations all came back to one thing...
But could it be?... Could what she was thinking be true, was the rooftop guy who was said to be named Nathan be the same Nathan who was the father of her little angel.. The Preacher??
No., it couldn't possibly be.., I mean such coincidences don't just happen... Vanessa was starting to feel a kind of tension.. There was no exact way to explain her feelings right now.. On one hand, she felt like a schoolgirl anxious about the result of her exams., on the other she felt like a child who had done something wrong, and was expecting the reaction of her parents when they found out... She was all tensed up...
I mean from the door to the living room was barely fifteen steps away., but Vanessa felt like she was walking fifty... Her heart rate was increasing.., she was starting to sweat even though it was a cool night... Jenny was already in the living room., but Vanessa was still in slow-motion...
She got close to the living room., stood at a distance where she could see them clearly, but they couldn't see her thanks to the way the humble house was built... She stuck her head out a little, to look at him...
She couldn't remember his face, but she remembered two things perfectly well.. One, his voice.. This was a check., and two, his eyes... Those brilliant bright Grey eyes that twinkled in the dark...And right now., they shined even more brightly under the light as he smiled at what his daughter was saying, and shook Jenny's hand...
There was no other word to describe this man but 'BEAUTIFUL'... In all her years on earth, Vanessa had seen her share of handsome men., but this was the first time she felt a man deserved to be called Beautiful... Just staring at him alone made her heart beat like crazy...
'you must be crazy Vanessa.., hey you heart would you calm yourself down'... Vanessa said to herself, pointing at her heart like it was a different entity from her... The breakup must have really messed up the working system of her body... She couldn't see herself now., but she knew for sure that her face was definitely now the color of a strawberry...
She looked at him smiling., and could feel her bones melting... Her legs were becoming wobbly... 'Curse you.., Damn you.., how can you do this to me.. Who in the world are you to make me this way'... Vanessa said as she slowly retreated backwards to the door.
She got outside., like she was being chased by something, she inhaled deeply, trying to take it all in...
'why did she run., she had wanted to meet her savior., wanted to see what he looked like., wanted to tell him thank you for saving her life.., and now like fate, he was right there in front of her and she suddenly lost her senses...
She could not explain how she felt right now., and why she just did what she did.. She should have gone in there and given him a big thank you for saving her life., but she was suddenly shy., or was it shame...
She had no idea what it was...
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Hey sweetie., I don't think I can wait any longer.., it's getting really late and your friend is yet to come back... Nathan said... It was already almost 10pm.,and Vanessa was still outside and was yet to return... Jenny was confused. She did not know when Vanessa disappeared from behind her.. Or where she had gone. She had gone outside to look for her., but there was no trace of Vanessa anywhere...
"oh daddy., please can we just wait a little longer?? Huh please daddy?? Emily pleaded, normally Nathan would have agreed to her pleas, but he was very tired...
" I'm sorry honey but I'm really tired... With the look on the girls face, you could tell that this was not the reply that she was expecting to hear...
" Okay let's do this.. He suddenly said... Let's go home for now., then when we get back from church tomorrow., we will come and see her.. Is that alright??... He asked the girl, really hoping she would agree to this...
She placed two of her fingers on her chin, stroking her chin like she was pondering on his suggestion., then she looked at her father., he really looked tired. If he was feeling too tired., she knew her father very well. When he was very tired., he needed to sleep or else, he would not do anything right..
So it was probably better to go with his suggestion for now because if she eventually introduced them to each other this night., things might not go the way she was expecting them to go...
So for now.....
"Alright daddy., you also need some rest., but we're definitely coming here tomorrow....