Fall to Rise

Twenty Five

That night, I slept in Frayer's room. It felt really lonely being alone tonight of all nights. The moment I lay in her bed, I drifted off to sleep in an instant.

That morning as we strolled around the mansion with Frayer, we ran into Zed and Obed. They both waved and we waved back.

Then Zed ran over to us. Joining the stroll around the premises.

Obed stayed behind. So anti social.

After the run, we walked back indoors, Zed and I as Frayer went to meet Fred. She was expecting a mail from Lue.

To some extent, I admired the two of them. When they fight, they resolve and get back.

Nothing out of the ordinary was complicated for them. I admired them. They made love so much easier between them.

Me, I didn't even know how Caleb felt about me, thinking of how he walked out of my room yesterday. Like anything that was wrong with me didn't matter to him.

A heart of stone. Surely.

He didn't even try to at least pry into my mystery. Such a cold heart.

Weeks hard gone by without the attention of Caleb, I tried so hard to make my presence known to him but whenever we could catch eye contact, he seemed to get preoccupied and left like its an emergency.

He avoided me so much and I had lost hope for us.

He needed his space and I was gonna give him that.

Lue once told me that when a man isn't into you, he'll not even have the time of the day to think of you. And that's what was happening, Caleb didn't even spare a glance at me.

Always busy with the farm and time for meals, he cut meals in the dining to study in his personal study room.

But none the less, I spent more time with Zed. He was so lovely and fun. He knew the mind of a woman.

Always hinting the funny things you wanna hear and at the end we'd both laugh in the top of our voices.

I was happy he taught Frayer and I how to swim secretly. That day, it was a Sunday.

It was a busy day for the Reinards to be home, it was the day they busied themselves selling produce from the farm and bringing in more from the market in the City.

So the prying eyes were really busy. At first I refused to go in fear of being caught. But Frayer talked me into it, I was even shocked to see she had attained a swimming suit for me.

How adorable and mindful.

We visited the pool and I had the best time of my life except I still had one missing piece.

Why do I keep missing him even after everything.

This damn heart. Falling for the wrong person.

"Hey Amandi, I don't think its right for you to be with my father," Zed swam next to be as I sat on the bank catching my breath.

This was a sensitive topic and it made me get pretty emotional.

I could feel my eyes watering.

"Am so sorry to being it up," sensing my uneasiness and he got a hold of my feet and pulled me down into the water.

Causing me to laugh and become cheerful again.

If only he was Caleb, it'd be the best day of my life but still I was so happy.