Headmistress Help!

Chapter 9

Elisabeth woke up later to find Eleanor still fast asleep one thumb tucked into her mouth. Reaching into her night table she produced a dummy quickly swapping it out for her baby's poor thumb. She paused as that was the first time Elisabeth had referred to the girl as her baby. Hers. She thought about how she felt the moment Eleanor was in her arms, how easily she slipped back into being a mommy Domme. It felt so right, but she didn't want just any little. Elisabeth wanted Eleanor.

Slowly extracting herself from the bed, Elisabeth headed back to her office where she had last seen her friend. Finding no sigh of him she became curious as to where he had wondered off to this time. Elisabeth turned and walked back thru her room to the rest of her residence.

In the living room splayed out on an armchair with a book in his hand she found Luca. Running her fingers thru his dark brown locks as she passed by Elisabeth took her time getting comfortable on the sofa next to him.

"Thanks for locking me in with the crazy nun. I had to take the long way around." Luca always loved being dramatic and it was always guaranteed that it would make her laugh. "Hey by the way, you haven't started smoking on me, have you?" questioned Luca. Shaking her head in confusion Elisabeth replied

"you know I can't stand the smell let alone the taste." She paused looking at him "what makes you ask?" studying her best friend carefully watching as he shook his head, but also looked away as though hiding something.

"Oh I don't know feeling silly I guess. Too much traveling maybe." This time Elisabeth followed his gaze to where it briefly landed on her outside door. Pausing she felt a momentary feeling of uncertainty wash thru her.

"You're lying to me Luca... you promised you never would." Elisabeth paused again waiting to see if he'd respond. Shutting his book and slowly standing Luca walked to the door that had caught his attention earlier. After pulling the blinds up, he gestured her over. Following his path, she waited as he pointed to edge of the sidewalk near the bushes, where a pile of cigarette butts was laying.

"Someone has been watching you Elisabeth. But not just you... Eleanor as well."

Twenty minutes later after much reassuring that he would get to the bottom of it, Afterall he was a private investigator, Luca had calmed his old friend down. They were now seated back in their respective spots chatting and catching up. When Luca brough up the elephant in the room finally.

"Eli what are you doing with Eleanor?" Elisabeth rolled her eyes at the nickname.

"don't you start that on me as well." She stated referring to the god-awful nickname her two best friends liked to call her by. "you know what I'm doing I'm helping her. Until..." Elisabeth trailed off in explanation. She couldn't and didn't want to finish. Even just thinking about Eleanor leaving, having another mommy made her want to be sick.

She turned back to her long-time friend, who instead of lounging in the chair was sitting on the edge fixing her with a steel look. She was taken aback.

"what?"

Luca didn't respond at first, instead he stood an exited her living room silently. Elisabeth sat back on the sofa with her arms crossed a frown marring her features. She looked up as Luca returned, dropping a small photo album into her lap. One she thought she would never see again.

"you can try to forget all you want, but Sadie would be disappointed in you Elisabeth. She loved you as I do. She wouldn't have wanted you to be alone all this time. And she wouldn't want you to ruin something like this and hurt that little girl in there." He paused taking a deep breath "grow up and do some serious thinking, it's about time. I'm going for a walk before dinner." With that he grabbed his coat and exited the room.