"My MaRiLyn..."

24.

"Take good care of yourself,Timothy my love," Miss Fiona is saying to me as she holds my hands and looking me in the eyes to make sure I'm engaged.

"I will take good care of myself,I promise," I assure her. She smiles at me,pats my back and walks off.

Ciara is fast asleep upstairs and I'm glad were growing closer day by day but Ciara is still unpredictable. I like that.

Marilyn started talking to me now. Brief conversations though. She warmed up a bit after saying that I love her. Its just been hella crazy. It's been a week now that I'm feeling good about myself for the first time in my entire existence but hey,change Is inevitable.

I get Into the house and lock the door. Today's going to be a great day because I'll be going back to sleep. I'll just be in bed resting because Ciara and I have been watching series and finishing up seasons through the night and that is tiring. She won't allow us to hang at her house because she says my house feels like home. Strange.

But it's good that we're hanging out more often,it's fun. Baba hasn't been talking to me like before. He's gotten cold,sadly. But hey,like usual,I don't care.

I wake up to voices speaking. I hear Ciara and surprisingly Richard having a conversation. It's not necessarily a conversation because Ciara isn't really interested in talking to Mr Perfection. She is chasing him away but he won't go.

"Please leave. I don't want anything to do with you anymore. You fired me remember?" Ciara says to Richard trying to remind him of what he did.

"I acknowledge my mistake but come back for work. You can report tomorrow and we'll talk properly about how to treat you better," Richard says.

It's unbelievable. He is begging Ciara to come back for work but why? I begin to slowly walk downstairs to get a clear listen to whatever these two are saying.

"Go away! Firing me was not a mistake. I am glad you fired me anyway because if I continued working for your ass,I'd lose myself," Ciara says.

She's insisting he just leaves.

"Is it that Timothy guy? Are you both in a relationship?" Richard curiously and angrily asks.

I silently laugh at his question. And he's finally gotten my name right. He wrongly pronounces my name on purpose but as long as he knows there is someone looking out for her,he can call me whatever he likes.

"Well,we could be and what is it to you? Please, sir Richard,get away from here before I call Timothy out," She threatens the poor guy.

Shit, Richard is married. What the hell is he doing trying to cheat on sweet Marilyn? If Marilyn found out about this it'd be horrible for her. But that's what I want for Richard and Marilyn's marriage to fail so that she can be mine. She's going to realise that I have cared for her more than Richard ever has.

I think Richards infidelity will work to my advantage. Let's play Cat and Mouse pretty boy. Games. I love that!

"This isn't over," Richard says and walks to his car and drives off after blowing Ciara a kiss she rolls her eyes at.

"Bullshit," Ciara says quite annoyed by the encounter she just had with the dumbass. She closes the door and sees me standing on the stairs.

She's startled.

"Oh hi. Did I wake you?" She politely asks me with concern.

"No," I say to her with a light smile she gives back at me and she walks back upstairs to the guest room.

She doesn't tell me what happened but I know. I was eavesdropping. I will assure Ciara that I am here for her and that I will protect her soul from anybody whose going to try and hurt her. She's my responsibility now apart from my soul mate Marilyn. I'll keep these women safe. I promise.