"Extremely sorry! Extremely sorry! Extremely sorry…" I repeated to her while bowing to her.
This skill has come in handy several times in my life. After my arguments with Kaori, I came to understand that it's always productive to take all accusations and just apologize immediately. This really saves a lot of time for both of us as I know that she is not going to back down soon and I am not as energetic as her to keep arguing with her.
But, as usual, Kana-san brushed off my pleas and launched into her next set of commands. "Now listen, just park yourself here until evening. Don't go wandering off. If anyone comes in, tell them you're under the weather and to talk to me. In the evening, I'll pick you up; we have to go somewhere far from the city. So, get ready!"
"A long ride?" I asked, a hint of excitement in my voice.
"Forget your budget fantasies and stay in your lane."
As she started to leave the cabin, I quickly interrupted, "Hey, Kana-san, I need permission. Can I call Kaori-san? It's been a whole day since I last talked to her. It's really urgent."
"In the office?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
I nodded eagerly, like a puppy hoping for a walk in the park.
"Go ahead and do your thing in the office, just make sure nobody catches you chatting with her and starts wondering if you're up to something shady."
And then she went away.
I took out my phone and it instantly dialed Kaori's number.
After a few rings, she picked up the call.
"Hello? Hello? Kaori."
There was silence. No response came from her side.
"Hello? Kaori?"
"Hello, Adachi-san, how are you? Are you doing well? Have you eaten anything?"
There was an uneasiness in her voice. She spoke lightly but her words were coming out hastily. Like how much I cared for her, she cares about the same about me.
"Oh my dear god! Please be at ease. I am doing well. Yes, I have also eaten some cheese sandwiches and bread and toast."
As I was naming whatever food items that came to my mind, my mouth was drooling with saliva. I have to eat something right now!
I further continued, "Now leave me and tell me about you. How are you doing?"
"Now, I am feeling somewhat relieved! I was trying to call you yesterday so much! But you never answered. You don't know how scared I was. I didn't even have any contacts with your company nor with Kana-san."
"Oh! So sorry! I forgot my phone here in the office. I asked Kana-san to tell you but I don't know if she did it or not?"
"Yeah, Kana-san contacted me at night. She told me about you and delivered your message to me. So, be thankful to her. Treat her nicely, Adachi-san. She is such a nice lady."
I assured that I always treat everyone with respect.
After that we talked for a few more minutes before starting to run out of topics which made me understand some of the problems of these long-distance relationships.
One problem which I came across just now was that there's a disconnect in our conversations. We have been dating for many years. But in all these years, we rarely ever talked on the phone for more than an hour. I mean there's only a limited amount of topics which you can touch when being so far away. And that's why your conversations start to become lifeless until it completely dies out.
And a relationship with no communication is bound to fail!
Although I am not really thinking much about this since I am staying here for more than a few months.
I am not greedy. Once I get enough money, and Akira comes back- I will go back and live peacefully with Kaori. Maybe then I should start some business or start investing?
Well that's a matter of the future so I should calm myself a little right now.
Soon after my little chat with Kaori, I started to feel immensely irritated and the reason was evidently clear- My Hungry stomach wanting something to eat!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Give me food!!
At this rate I will go insane. But since I couldn't leave this place, my options were very limited. I also tried calling Kana-san but she wasn't picking up.
Furiously, I walked around the cabin, occasionally drinking some water from the mineral water bottles present on the table.