Lucia found herself stuck in between staring at the ceiling and exchanging weird smiles with Mrs Henderson.
' This is so damn uncomfortable ' Lucia thought to herself.
It has only been two minutes since Liam left the dining table, but to Lucia it felt like two years.
' I have to do something about this situation I'm in or else she'll catch onto our lies ' Lucia once again thought to herself.
' I can't let her ask me questions that'll be bad '
" I should have gotten you a gift but Mr Hende— " Lucia paused on the realization that she was calling Liam so formally.
" Light informed me on such short notice so I hope you understand, " Lucia continued.
" Oh.. Please don't say that " Mrs Henderson replied with a reassuring smile.
" Your presence is enough for me and it's most definitely better than any gift anyone would want to give me " Mrs Henderson continued her smile never wearing off her face.
Lucia envied the way Mrs Henderson genuinely smiled.
" Thank you " Lucia said, faking a smile.
" You're welcome just make sure you pay me a visit every now and then " Mrs Henderson replied as she picked up her tea cup and downed its contents.
Lucia chuckled nervously at Mrs Henderson's words. How was she expected to pay random visits to her when she had no relationship with her son?
" No response? " Mrs Henderson tried to frown but failed woefully.
' Light, where are you when I need you? ' Lucia thought.
" Whether or not she'll visit you again is a thing of the future so let her be Yvette " Liam's voice resonated through the walls in the Villa.
" Thank goodness " Lucia muttered to the hearing of no one in particular.
She felt a sudden surge of relief flow through her system on seeing him, she all of a sudden felt comfortable.
" I believe it's time for us to leave and by us I mean Lucia and I " Liam said as he walked towards where they sat.
" Wha... It's not been up to an hour and you're already dragging Lucia away from me " Yvette complained.
" Today's meeting was an impromptu movement next time I'll see to it that you have all the time in the world to chit-chat and catch up with each other but for now I have to take her home " Liam explained and reached out for Lucia's hand but she refused to take his hand, instead she stood up abruptly.
" Yes Mrs Henderson..." Lucia started but was cut off by Mrs Henderson.
" No... Call me Yvette or Mom " Mrs Henderson interrupted
Lucia felt uncomfortable with the two choices she had, she wasn't used to calling elderly people by their name and she could not outrightly call her Mom... Not without Mr Henderson's permission.
" Well Mrs Yvette... " Lucia said and paused to see if it set well
with Mrs Henderson that way.
" I have to go home or else my friend will worry, " Lucia continued.
" Friend? " Mrs Henderson asked, unable to understand what Lucia was saying.
" Well... " Lucia glared at Liam
" I was dragged away on such short notice so I had to leave my friend " Lucia said, still glaring at Liam.
" Oh... That's sad...
... Fine you may leave but please do pay me a visit "Mrs Henderson paused but continued almost immediately. She had a hopeful look on her face.
" The next time I do I'll make sure I come bearing gifts " Lucia chuckled.
" You found a lovely girl and she's beautiful too " Mrs Henderson said to Liam.
" We'll take our leave now " Liam said to his Mom and took Lucia by her hand.
Lucia was startled by Liam's actions but she did nothing, not until they were inside the car.
Once inside the car she flinged her hand away from his, she had so much anger within her.
" What kind of stunt did you pull off there? What do you take me for? " Lucia blasted at Liam
" Drive " Liam said to Kyle totally ignoring Lucia and her tantrums.
" Yes Sir " was Kyle's reply.
He revved the engine and zoomed off with a high speed, he drove to Alki Beach the perfect place for the sworn enemies in the backseat to throw their tantrums.
Liam was quite surprised that Lucia kept quiet throughout the ride.
Kyle stopped by the sea shore and Lucia pushed open the door letting herself out of the car.
Kyle said nothing to Liam instead he snickered audibly.
" Why are you laughing? " Liam asked Kyle.
" Never mind I don't have your time " Liam said almost immediately and stepped out of the car trailing after Lucia.
" Is this how it starts, hmm...? " Kyle asked no one in particular, he brought out a cigarette and a lighter from the glove compartment in the car, he turned on the radio and soft classical music filled the car, he brought down the windows a little and smoked away leaving the problem for who it belonged to.
" Lucia " Liam called out her name when he got closer to where she stood.
She turned back to look at him dazzled by this man's guts.
" Oh so now you can talk hmm...? "
" You're back to being flesh and blood hunh...? "
" I'm no longer talking to a ghost right I'm no longer barking right? " Lucia fired at him and pushed him hard, but compared to his great body-build her push seemed like a touch and nothing more.
" I can't even push you... You're the all mighty Light Henderson who if he sneezes everybody catches a cold " Lucia scoffed in a low voice and turned towards the water walking closer to it as though to drown her sorrow. Unknown to her Liam trailed behind her.
" Heck... even I'd catch a cold... Tsk I already am catching cold " Lucia continued talking mostly to herself but she was loud enough for Liam to hear her. She shivered and rubbed her hands against her shoulders.
Liam noticed she wasn't only metaphorically speaking, she was really catching a cold, he pulled off his coat and draped it around her but she didn't seem to notice. She was too caught up in the thought of how insignificant she was compared to him.
" Let's go back into the car you'll catch a cold " Liam said and placed a hand on her shoulder
" Don't touch me... " Lucia snapped at him pulling away from his touch, as she turned so abruptly she realized how close their bodies were to each other nevertheless she didn't care, she was too drunk in anger to give a damn.
" And please stop acting like you care because if you truly did you would not treat me like some tool you could use anytime you want... " Lucia continued, anger emanating from her.
" As faultless as I am I have to suffer this much for you " Lucia turned away to face the waters.
Her words triggered off something in Liam, he felt anger at how self-centered this woman was.
" Faultless? " Liam scoffed a cackle escaping his mouth.
" And you truly believe that you have no fault here... You doubled the pressure on me and you think I'm wrong for making you pay the price for all the trouble " Liam spoke in a light tone but his words contained double the weight.
" By lying to your mother?
... Even if your comfortable with doing that find someone with the same thought as you cause I'm not interested " Lucia retorted
" I'll pay you for your trouble so work for me " Liam blurted out and Lucia slapped him hard.
" You must think I'm cheap huh? "Lucia shouted at him
She raised her hand to slap him again but he caught it mid air.
" I'll pardon you today because you don't know me but I advise you not to let that hand touch me again or else the outcome would not be desirable " Liam's voice came out in a low growl.
Lucia saw how dark his eyes had become, she freed her hand from his grip. She felt fear slowly creeping into her system.
Lucia felt like a spell had been casted on her, she found herself rooted to the ground unable to move an inch, only staring at his mesmerizing eyes which seemed to enchant her.
' Wake up Lucia ' Lucia's subconsciousness spoke to her.
She broke off her daze and walked past him towards the coast where the car was parked, with each step she took her heart pounded harder and faster.
She got into the back seat of the car still in a daze, she couldn't comprehend what had just happened, she didn't notice when Liam got into the car neither did she notice when the car started moving.
Kyle shifted in his seat uncomfortable with the turnout of events.
" Where should I drop you off at? " Kyle asked Lucia after a while, but she didn't respond.
" Miss Camden? " Kyle called out once more but still no response.
' He threatened me ' Lucia thought to herself
" Lucia! " Kyle exclaimed jerking Lucia back to reality
" What? " Lucia groaned
" Where do I drop you off at? " Kyle asked once more
Lucia looked around and for the first time she noticed they were no longer at the beach.
" Drop me off at the nearest bus station " She muttered loud enough to be heard
" OK " Kyle replied
Lucia stole a glance at Liam who sat still like a ghost.
' This man is dangerous ' Lucia thought to herself.
" We're at the bus station Miss Camden " Kyle said to Lucia as he parked in front of a bus station.
" Thank you " She said in a low voice
She grabbed her little bag and pushed open the door of the car before turning to Liam.
" Let's not meet again Mr Henderson " And with that Lucia stepped out of the car.
" Drive " Lucia heard Liam say to Kyle and the car drove away
Lucia watched the car go until she could no longer see it again.
" What a heartless jerk, " She muttered loudly.