The Lady & The Nurse / Shivian

One step forwards and two steps back Chapter 7

"Is the lady asleep?"

"Yes my darling"

"She looks sad..."

Vivian took her son's hand.

Yes, she does, she thought to herself.

Siobhan was lying on the sofa in their livingroom and was still asleep, getting her there had been a struggle yesterday.

"Come on my darling."

Vivian leant towards the open car window.

"Thank you for taking him to nursery."

Dalia pulled her sunglasses down a little, so she could look over them.

"I'll do it for you and Jamie. Try to sort things out quickly and then leave it! You don't want the trouble....."

Vivian nodded. Dalia only meant well, but she couldn't give up on Siobhan so easily.

" Thank you..."

Dalia put her glasses back on properly. " I'll leave the car seat in the Nursery for later when you pick up Jamie..... Enjoy your day off."

With that, she rolled up the car window and drove off.

Vivian put a mug and a coffee pot on the table in front of the sofa.

Siobhan would most likely  want a coffee when she woke up. Then she sat herself down at the foot of the couch. Now it's time to wait.

Vivian took the opportunity to get an better picture of the man she was dealing with.

She took out her mobile phone and typed 'Roger Knight' into the search bar.

Not much came up. He was the owner of the Nursery's, well she already knew that. He was in the golf club, she could have guessed.

Vivian only now realised that Autumm was his daughter and he had a son that worked at the Sister Nursery.

So a real family business, she thought to herself.

She felt a slight movement beside her.

Siobhan turned onto her back and slowly opened her eyes. At first she looked up at the ceiling and didn't seem to know where she was.

But then Siobhan startled and almost fell off the sofa.

" Woah! Hey! Siobhan, it's all right!" shouted Vivian.

The blonde stared at her. "Where am I?"

" At my house. I picked you up at the pub yesterday..."

Siobhan jumped off the couch. " You did what! How dare you just carry me off!"

"Wait a minute!" Vivian now jumped up too. "I didn't kidnap you! You were completely drunk, I couldn't just leave you there!"

Tears formed in Siobhan's eyes. How she hated showing weakness. "Why didn't you take me home?"

"I have no idea where you live!" Vivian's voice echoed through the living room. She immediately noticed how Siobhan flinched when she raised her voice.

The black-haired woman took a deep breath. "Ok let's all calm down again... Sorry for just taking you with me. But you were in such a bad state.... I was worried that something might happen to you..."

The blonde quickly wiped away her tears. "Well, thank you... now you can take me home..."

" Absolutely not. I'm not letting you go back to that monster."

That was one word too many, Siobhan took to her heels and wanted to flee the flat.

But Vivian was quicker and blocked the doorway of the living room.