Mind Games

Chapter - 24

Serkan wanted to make sure that Eda was safe at the farm before he and Engin left on Sunday. Eda's safety was his priority. In the two months that he had been back, these would be the first nights spent away from Eda other than the very first night. He knew that she was still on edge about the trip, Serkan had promised to call and check in regularly. Engin even told Eda he would watch Serkan but she remained unsettled.

Eda decided to walk with Sirius for a bit until she got the call from Serkan that they had landed in Antalya. It wasn't the flight that she was worried about no, it was something else, she couldn't put words to the feeling it was just there. Aydan and Seyfi watched her from the main house, Serkan had called them on his way to the airport to ask them to watch over her. He told them that she was worried about the trip.

"Serkancim, of course she's worried about this trip. The last time you went on one you didn't come back for two months when you were supposed to come back in five hours. What do you expect?" said an exasperated Aydan.

"It isn't that anne. Eda's afraid of the whole trip. Nothing I can say will get her to calm down. Engin even called her and told her that he would watch over me. All I'm asking is that you watch over her. Keep her mind occupied please? Go to the new house today and make sure that anything that is supposed to be demo'd tomorrow is marked. I know she won't go until we land but please just take care of her?"

Aydan put Serkan's mind to rest, "Of course we will. That's my daughter you're talking about. I would do anything for her. Seyfi and I will watch over her while she's here, don't worry about anything. We'll take care of her for you."

"Thank you anne. I'll call when I get there, talk to you soon."

Engin had a similar conversation with Pyril, "Askim, just keep her mind busy as much as possible. When I talked to Eda earlier she sounded like she was going to come out of her skin she was so on edge."

"Well if you think about what happened the last time Engin, she has every right to be nervous."

"No askim, this is different. She isn't worried about the flight she's worried about the trip itself. Probably because Selin has disappeared. I'm going to keep an eye out, so is Serkan. It's going to be hard though, we'll be at the construction site for long hours. It's why we had Ferit get us a two bedroom suite. It will be like University all over again. Me and the workaholic only this time both of us will be the workaholics."

"Be serious Engin," Pyril chuckled.

"I am, you know how he can be on these trips. Last time I took one with him we worked fourteen to sixteen hour days. I don't know how he does it. Thank God for Eda, she gives him something else to focus on for once. You be careful with our baby, I'm going to miss you askim."

Engin leaned down to kiss Pyril, rubbing her belly. Pyril's pregnancy became obvious the week of their announcement, it was as if the baby wanted to say hello to everyone. Before that Engin had enjoyed the privacy of just the two of them knowing and planning. He didn't count Eda and Serkan knowing, that was like a brother and sister knowing. With a final kiss he was out the door to the airport. He didn't admit to his wife that he was nervous about the trip too. There was something that just didn't feel right but he couldn't figure it out, he would pay extra attention to his surroundings.

As soon as the commercial flight landed and taxied to the gate in Antalya Serkan powered his phone back up and sent a quick text to Eda to let her know that they had arrived in Antalya. He would call her when they got to the hotel before leaving to the construction site to do the initial walk through with the engineer.

Eda breathed a small sigh of relief but still couldn't shake her disquiet. She was working on some sketches when she heard a knock on the door, looking up she saw Pyril, Aydan and Seyfi.