A Step Closer to Love

As much as Kieran wanted to know if his mom was fine he wanted to respect her decision. His father who was always domineering and had a word or two to put out there about every matter suddenly became so quiet about it.

Kieran was confused and he decided to ask Arabella if maybe she noticed something about the whole situation.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

“I will give you a ride to work, come on” Kieran said coldly walking by Arabella who was giving Everly travelling tips and what to expect in there.

“A ride?” Arabella asked in between her conversation with Everly.

“Oh my silly me, I must have kept you too long asking unnecessary questions when you are supposed to be getting to work” Everly clapped her hands in the air as she nudged Arabella’s hands.

“They are not unnecessary questions, they are essential and might help your stay there” Arabella said as she continued to walk out. “I will tell you all you need to know as soon as I am back from work” she added.

She stopped in her tracks and turned to Everly with a sorry smile. “I am sorry, I have a dinner appointment so I will be late but if you are still awake and need my help I would be glad to help”

“Dinner appointment? With who? That doctor guy, what was his name again?”

“Mark?”

“Yeah Mark, is it a date?” she was giddy. To her ears, it sounded wonderful that a young woman was going to find love even though hers seemed to have a rocky path.

“It’s not a date and it’s not with Mark” Arabella answered simply. Maybe she should have lied that she had to work overtime instead of mentioning the dinner.

“So a new guy? What is he this time? a lawyer? an engineer? an accountant?”

“It’s not a new guy and it’s not a date, I am just meeting with a friend for dinner and I will try to make it back in time” Arabella explained.

There was no way she would be telling this woman here that she got lost in the city and then got rescued by her son who both her dinner so late at night and that she promised to repay the favour by treating him to a fancy dinner and also her son had a confession that he had some feelings towards her, the types he could not explain.

“Any way have Kieran drop you off at your dinner and pick you up, we don’t want you missing your way”

‘So you are a mind reader’ Arabella said within herself, sent the woman a smile and nodded. “I would try my best to ask him”

“He might seem cold at first and refuse but I am sure he would do it anyway” Everly said opening the car door. She winked at her son and gestured for Arabella to go in.

“Thank you” Arabella murmured as she went in.

“See you later” Everly said as she closed the door and stepped back.

Kieran started the car and zoomed off with Arabella waving at Everly till she was out of sight.

Kieran did not know how to bring it up and Arabella sat there like a doll who was dressed to not say anything but look pretty. She had put in extra effort today and she did not know why. She had on a bit of mascara and eyeliner, she added powder as well.

These were the kinds of things she usually did not have in her to do but she had done it anyway. She thought Kieran on the other hand could not tell the difference because he had not said anything about it.

“Hmm,” he cleared his throat making her glance at him. “I want to seek your opinion on something” he finally let out while she drilled holes into his head from her eyes.

“Oh,” she said shifting in the seat. “What do you want to know?” she would take any opportunity to stripe herself of the deafening silence in the car.

“It’s about mom, don’t you think she is too strange?”

“Strange what do you mean by strange?” Arabella asked. Maybe she was not as attentive as she should have been but she did not notice anything out of the ordinary with Everly. She still teased her about Mark and having a date so it was difficult to know what was wrong.

“Just listen to this and tell me if you find anything odd about the situation”

“Okay,” Arabella agreed because she rather have that conversation with him than stay silent and there was still some time left before they got to the office.

“So yesterday someone called and she said mom was lost and that I should come get her. I got there to see that she was not in her right state of mind and was a long way from home. I asked her why she trekked all this way and she claimed to be taking a walk”

“I took her home but the situation did not sit well with me. I was going to probe her about it until I noticed that Dad was hiding something as well. They seemed to have something to say but at the same time nothing at all. And I noticed that she seemed sceptical about staying in the same room. Or maybe it was mom” Kieran explained.

Arabella tried to use her mind to put two and two together maybe it would make a bit more sense if she did so. The situation however did not make sense. If they fought and she took a walk then they would have been at each other’s throats as soon as they saw each other. This was what she could gather from her few months here but it seemed like they were not angry at each other according to his narration.

“Maybe they had a little argument and said things that hurt each other” Arabella suggested.

“Okay so explain the trip, usually when they fight like this they come back together and settle their differences and not one person running halfway across the great ocean” Kieran explained.

“She might need a break and this might be a good opportunity for her.

“Do you think I am just being worried for no reason”

Arabella wanted to agree but nothing is ever how it is so she shrugged and said. “I hope so too”