Young Woman

Part 4

"You're here too, sweetheart? Ooo are you guys having a scandal?"
Julia asked them teasingly. She can see Scarlett standing beside a book shelf with a cigarette and a book in her hands. While her husband is sitting at his desk, wiping his tears.

"Wait. What's happened? Why is my husband crying and your eyes are red? Is there something I should mourn over?"
Julia asked again. This is weird to her. Her husband is very strict when it comes to smoking inside their territory. And they said they just met today, so crying in front of someone you just met isn't normal. She swallowed back the teasing she gave them. It might be true.

"Nothing is to be worried about, Mrs. Osborne. I went for a smoke when I saw Mr. Osborne on the balcony, so I walked here to see what he was working on. But unfortunately, our conversation turned into crying session when we both realized that our beloved are getting to have a family together. Lol."
What a fake story. Her eyes are red because she's high. Benjamin cried because he was horny. However, Benjamin is really grateful that Scarlett knows how to lie. If it's him, lying to his wife would be hard. Benjamin clears his throat.

"That's right, darling. Are you not overwhelmed by this situation we're having? We've been taking care of Eames ever since he was a small boy and now, he's getting himself a perfect girl." Benjamin puts up sad sentences upon Scarlett's fake story. He wipes his tears once more and sob to convince his wife how touching it is for them. How guilty he's feeling right now. If he can, he wants to stay silent but he needs to support Scarlett's statement from his wife finding out.

"I see. You know, it's not that I don't feel sad Eames is finally an adult and might not need us anymore but...shouldn't we also be happy for them?" Julia laughs a little. Benjamin can see Scarlett is smiling to his wife showing that she agrees with her. Julia smiles back to Scarlett and shrugs before she leaves the room. Scarlett is following along behind his wife, leaving Benjamin with zero chances to plan a meeting with her again. With that, Benjamin's also going downstairs to send the lovebirds off.

"I hope you don't tell anyone about this. Not even your closest friend. Or I'll fastened up the ruin of your marriage."
Benjamin is quite shocked hearing the sudden threat from a smiling mouth of Scarlett. She knows what the words have done to him and that's what making her mood nicer. He stands still for a moment on the staircase whilst seeing the girl walking away happily with barbie hands swinging. With one glance, one cannot tell if the girl is truly innocent or not. Benjamin knows he has fallen into a sweet honey trap but by god, he himself doesn't know whether to get off or staying.

"Tommie, where have you been?"
Asked Eames just to be ignored by Scarlett. Who is Tommie? Is it a nickname given to Scarlett by people that are close to her? In Benjamin's eyes, he can see that Scarlett is walking towards her sister and she suddenly steps on Eames's foot on purpose like she couldn't see him. They both argue about it almost immediately. Those two must be having a good relationship with each other. Like real siblings. Lucky Eames, he got to play around with Scarlett without anyone's judgement. Benjamin is trying really hard not to feel jealous about the girl he just met after two years, moreover, with his taken nephew.

After a week of not hearing from his nephew about Scarlett which is of course why would his nephew talk about his girl's sister? Instead of mourning, he takes his two daughters to the mall. They are shopping for new clothes, shoes, and handbags. But before he send the girls to the car, Benjamin realises that he hasn't been in a bookshop for a while. He tells his bodyguard to take care of his daughters while he look for a new book.

Benjamin had always fancy science, biology, astronomy and math. Even his 11year old daughter is learning those already by homeschooled. To him, those subjects can bring people further in life in matter of money and respect. It's not that other subjects are irrelevant to him but, learning difficult things can always make learning other things easily. He stands in front of his favourite genre of bookshelf, science fiction. Looking one by one at the books. He wonders if there will be one that can catch his attention this time. He remembers how he found none of his interest at several bookstores and how disappointed he felt last time he was at the mall. He hopes he can find at least one book today though.