Hearing my words

Chapter 43

"Welcome home, Can." Mirhiban said as she walked away.

Oh, Allah! Sanem could feel her face turning red, how could Mirhiban not tell her Can was standing behind her. She turned around slowly to see Can watching her, he had that little I know something grin on his face.

"Can I have a glass of that wine you are having?"

"Evet, I am sure you need it after the day you have had."

He walked over and sat down beside her, not saying a word about what he had just heard.

"How is your baba?"

"He looks really good, says he is better and was going to come home soon but with what Huma is trying to do he thought it best to come back now."

"Can, why is she still trying to control your life?"

"I don't know, I guess she is mad now that Emre is with Leyla and wants nothing to do with her. But it seems that she has always been this way according to Baba, that is one of the reasons he divorced her."

"One of the reasons?"

"Evet, it seems she was having an affair, apparently from what he said it had been going on for a long time?"

Thoughts raced through Sanem's head, then suddenly her inner voice spoke up "Wonder how long?"

He could see by the look on her face that her inner voice was talking to Sanem. She suddenly waved her hand in front of her face.

"Do you have a name for that voice?"

"No, but maybe I should call her pest since she comes at such strange times."

"Do you mind if I ask what she was saying?"

"She wondered how long Huma was having an affair?"

"Why?"

She shrugged her shoulders as if to say she didn't know.

Can was quiet for a few minutes and they both just enjoyed being together. He kept watching her and thinking how much he loved her.

"Are we going to ignore what you said to Mirhiban, all night?"

"What is there to say, every word was true, I do love you and will love no other but I still have to be able to trust that you want hurt me again or threaten to leave me if things get tough."

"I know. You leaving was a true wake up call for me. As long as we take the journey back to each other together I will be as patient as I can."

She laughed out loud "Patience is not really your strong suit. And now with Fabri back, if he finds out I am in Istanbul, there is no telling what he might try to do."

"Sanem, I will do everything in my power to keep you safe from Fabri. You will be ok as long as you stay on the farm. I made sure no one followed me, I took the long way and if I noticed a car behind me just made a few more turns. When I got to the turn to the farm, there was no one following me. I made sure of that."

"I know you will do your best. How is Fabri even out of jail?"

Can told her what all Metin had found out. He told her about the plans that they were discussing at the agency. Since they knew about Fabri and he didn't know that, it would be easy to put a plan in place to catch him in the act. He told her about all the safety plans he had made at the agency. She felt a little more at ease knowing that everyone would be safe. Leyla was a concern for her and she knew if her Anne found out what was going on then she would come sit with Leyla everyday at work. 

They finished off the bottle of wine, cleaned up the area and then walked hand in hand to Sanem's cabin. She stated she was tired and wished him goodnight. He sat thinking for a long time about all the trouble that been caused by three people, yes, he should include Emre but he knew he was just a pawn in Aylin's game. He might not be able to come to the farm for a little while to make sure that he kept Sanem's whereabouts a secret. He had called the Aydins and spoke to them about not letting anyone know that Sanem was back in town, he explained what had happened at the agency and who was behind it so for now they had to keep the fact that Sanem had returned a secret. They agreed with him and told them that several people in the mahalla had seen her the night of her return but they had already told everyone she was just visiting.

He sat for a few more minutes when he heard crying coming from Sanem's room, he walked to the door and rapped, gently calling her name. When she didn't answer he opened the door seeing that she was having a nightmare, he walked over to bed and gently shook her shoulders, she woke with a start and grabbed him and held him as tight as possible. It reminded him of the night he had gave her the amber necklace. 

"Sanem, come on Babek, it was a just a bad dream." she still wouldn't let him go. 

"I know but Can it seemed so real."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No, just please lay down with me just until I fall asleep, please."

He wanted nothing more than to hold her in his arms while she slept and that is what he did, falling asleep himself, arms and legs wrapped around her and keeping her in his warm cacoon.