Peanut Letter Gift

Chapter-14

Sam closes the car trunk and walks to the driver's seat fixing his sleeve which was pulled up to his elbow.

I still lean my back against the car-door while we were waiting for Asher and Julia for the flight. I have my arms folded across my chest and tap my foot on the floor.

"Here they are" he says.

I look and find them stepping towards us and Kiera also walks after them.

"I have made perfect excuses about each and everyone's reason for travelling away for two months, and if there's any sort of emergency when my help might be needed, just be free to call me" she explains once again. This is literally the billionth time she said it.

Asher puts an assuring hand on her arm "We'll be perfectly fine. And yes we'll call you if needed"

He turns towards the car and so do us but Kiera calls him. We turn towards her.

There's a worry in her eyes. I know she'll be missing him when he'll be gone for a long period of time, but she doesn't stop him from going and she knows how it feels staying away from a loved one. Basically, she understands how I feel.

She fixes his collar and slowly whispers "Take care...And do call me when you reach"

He grabs her wrists and softly kisses them "You too...Love you"

She gives a warm smile.

This reminds me of the first time Edward left for his business trip after wedding. It was, I guess, just a few months after the wedding. And he was gone for a month. It was the same case for me getting worried for him, like Kiera for Asher. They're my ideal couple.

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The air-host pushes up the luggage bag in the top cabinet and shuts it off.

I sit on the sofa seat while my waist is turned back towards the window as I was examining the view of outside, there's still time left for take-off. Though those were only another few airplanes parked in an order behind a huge white hangar.

"Do you need anything madam?" he asks.

It diverts my attention from the outside view "Huh? Uh- no thanks"

He slightly inclines and leaves.

I slowly pinch my lips in wonder not turning my head away from the window. The gloves and the green duffle coat were also not providing enough warmth to blow away the coldness.

Sam lets out a breath and sits beside me. I look at him and smile and then back at the window again.

"What are you thinking?" he asks.

"Something"

"May I know this something?"

"No"

He doesn't say anything. That's when I realized what I had blurted out. I quickly turn my face towards him "I mean basically about Edward as you know. There's so much of confusion..." I turn my head towards the window while saying the last sentence.

I think this idea of going to each island and finding him isn't a bad one. It's teamwork which gives good results. However, we needed someone to handle the situation when we're gone from London, so we had to inform Kiera about each and everything.

I'm glad she understood us and promised to take care. I said to the others that, I'm going to my maternal relatives to stay with them for a while as they were calling me. As for Julia she gave the excuse of some educational trip. Asher usually has business trips like Edward. It's not rare though, so he could also make an excuse. The rest of the made up story is still that Edward is out for a business trip.