When Arianna couldn't sit still, she decided to go to Mrs. Juliana's place and see how things were going. When she arrived she met Jasper at the door pacing.
"Hey" he stopped pacing and glared at her
"Where have you been?"
"Traffic?"
"Like I would believe that"
"Forget about me, where is Travis? Is he already in?"
"Yeah went in like thirty minutes ago" Jasper said resuming his pacing
"And no cries for help?, broken windows?, ambulance?"
"Nothing, and somehow I'm more worried. I didn't want to go in, this is a family matter after all" they sat on the steps and waited in silence each letting his imagination take over.
"Do you want go peep?" Arianna asked after some minutes
"Thought you would never ask"
Mr. Andrew was trained not to talk while eating and even Travis's sudden appearance didn't change that. Mrs. Juliana on the other hand couldn't continue eating her spoon hung in the air and her mouth hung open. She was so pale like Travis had resurrected from the dead.
When Mr. Andrew was done eating he whipped his mouth with a napkin and faced Travis.
"I see you aren't studying overseas as your mother says or should I say welcome on your return?"
Travis had not prepared a script on how this conversation was meant to go. So by instinct, he looked at his mother. Mrs. Juliana finally could move her hand and placed the spoon back in her soup but didn't raise her head or say a word.
"Yes I was on leave" Travis didn't know which of the questions he was responding to but thought his response fit both.
"Juliana I knew you weren't accountable, but not being able to keep track of your own son is a serious issue" Arianna notices Mrs. Juliana's fingers shaking under the table and remembered why Mrs. Juliana wanted Travis to be treated in secret to avoid this whole scenario and she had made her greatest fear come true.
"My mother is not like that I left without her permission" Travis blurted.
"You shouldn't talk when adults are talking young boy, I see your mother hasn't taught you manners either"
Travis clenched his fist by his side which was a sign that he was about to have an outburst.
"Being an incompetent staff is one thing Juliana but being an incompetent mother I cannot tolerate. Do you have anything to say for yourself?" Travis followed his grandfather's eye to his mother who kept staring at her plate in silence.
"As I thought you are useless"
Arianna often heard the phrase that was the straw that broke the camel's back but didn't understand how powerful one straw was that it could break a whole camel. But seeing Travis slam his fist unto the table, the saying became crystal clear. After a week of no outburst, Arianna knew Mr. Andrew was about to receive a week worth of Travis rage.
"Don't talk about my mother like that" Arianna was surprised Travis didn't sound like a raving lunatic he just sounded like a boy defending his mother "if you've got a problem talk to me directly old man"
It took Jasper to stop Arianna from bursting into a feat of laugher but there was no one to stop Mr. Andrew, he laughed so loud it echoed throughout the whole house. Everyone just stared wide eyed some, because they were too scared to laugh and others out of surprise that Mr. Andrew was capable of laughter.
"I see you were just flattering me Matilda" Travis's grandmother who had returned and stood in a corner blushed at that comment " I like you boy you are fierce! Come back to the company I like people with passion like you. You remind me of myself"
"eh" Travis couldn't find his words he thought for sure it was over for him and his mom
"And Juliana you know I was kidding right? Of course you are competent I've seen your work and you raised such a good kid. I hope you get angry for my sake too" he said with a wink at Travis. Mrs. Juliana finally rose her head but didn't still say a word she just stared in amazement like everybody else "well, I better be on my way"
Arianna and Jasper raced out of the house and pretended to tend to the flowers in the garden. Mr. Andrew came out minutes later with Travis following behind. While he waited for his driver to bring the car around, he noticed them
"I know you um what's the name again?"
"Jasper sir"
"Ah Travis' good friend, I hear you have been helping Juliana fill in for him. I expect double productivity from you both, this old man is not getting any younger you know" he said patting Jasper's shoulder. Jasper stood still as if he might die if he moved an inch.
"And you are?" Arianna hoped he wouldn't notice her if she just stood behind Jasper and didn't say a word, not because she was scared of him but because she didn't know what to introduce herself as. She couldn't say she was a therapist because that will reveal that Travis is mentally unstable.
"Arianna Carlos sir, I'm a good friend of Travis"
"Well nice to meet you a friend of my grandson is a friend of mine I hope to see more of you" and with that he got into his car and left. The storm had passed.
"Dining room now!" Mrs. Juliana demanded appearing in the doorway. The storm hadn't passed Arianna thought.Some grammatical errors I'm sure🙃but please comment. What do you think happens next?
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Therapist's therapy
RomanceWhat does it take to be a therapist? Sanity, or insanity. With the world getting more messed up therapists are finding it hard to keep up and maintain their sane. Ariana isn't different. After getting employed she begins to rethink if it was a job...