Emma was preparing herself to go on a date with Marcus. She had learnt from her investigation that neither Kim or Marcus knew of what transpired that night nor did they know that she knew both of them. With time she had grown to like Marcus and they had gone on a few dates but still Kim was always in her mind but she pretended he never was. As Linda bugged her with what to wear she wondered in her mind what she was getting herself into.
The door-bell rang and it brought her mind to reality. "He is here and you have not yet picked the dress to wear. What is going on? Are you having doubts about this? Are you sure this is what you want?" Linda asked concerned.
"No am okay. Can you go keep him busy as I finish up. I don't want my aunt flirting around with my date." She jokes with Linda. Emma wondered how she could explain what was transpiring in her mind but she knew although Linda was understanding and loving she could not understand her as she also did not understand herself.
Emma finished up and headed to the sitting room where her aunty, Linda and Marcus were sited having a discussion. Marcus had recently taken over the administration of the hospital and was about to enter politics in the upcoming elections. This had made him famous and the places they had recently gone for their date had turned out disastrous as the media was always on Marcus' case describing him as the 'prodigal son' and insisting he has an interview with them.
"You look beautiful" Marcus gestured when he saw her and stood up to take her hand. Marcus was the perfect gentleman and this was one of the reasons everyone liked him. "Don't wait up on us Judy" he said jokingly. "Yeah it's about time you two gave me grandchildren" she joked back as the two leave the house.
Marcus took her to a lovely restaurant outside the city. The restaurant bordered a game reserve where after checking inn they went to tour around. Emma really enjoyed the date and all her doubt about Marcus was slowly fading away.
They enjoyed the day and after Emma went to their room to wear something nice for dinner as Marcus went to the hotel to order their dinner.
She wore a classy dress which exposed her cleavage and went downstairs to the hotel. Before she could reach their table he saw Marcus talking to two people (one man and a woman) in their table. She could not see the two individuals as they were facing the other side but she never gave it a thought as Marcus was nowadays always interacting with a lot of people immediately after announcing his candidature.
When she reached the table and saw the hand of the man sitting across his date her legs gave in and became weak. When she was about to fall, warm hands reached for her and she could tell by just the touch to whom they belonged to. This was not supposed to happen not this way for crying out loud.
"Are you okay?" Am I okay is the question she was also asking herself. Her eyes opened wide to make sure they were not playing games with her and to her dismay she was met by the very beautiful brown eyes she had once been lost in.