In His Eyes

18|All Sunshine, No Daisies

Be Kind, Be Fine, Be Balance, Be Kind.

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Tom stood eagerly as the cab drop him off in a place he thought he's never see. The auburn colored walls, the vaguely decorated windows and lush, green plants caught his attention.

With a single knock, the door opened. It revealing a life-long ally, Barry: His former driver and acting father. He served The Callahan's for many years as well as his wife, Lisa: Also acting as her mother.

"I thought I'd never see you" And with that, Barry laughed whole-heartedly at Tom as he engulfed him in a tight hug.

"Lisa! Get down here!" He yelled as a collective gasp was heard from the room.

"Nikolaj? Is that really you?" She said as she walked closer, looking at him in awe.

Tom, cringed inwardly to the sound of his own birth name, but nonetheless he greeted her with open arms.

"Yes, Lisa. It's really me" He smiled as he hugged her. She might have been nothing more than a helper when she served him, But Tom knew she was more of a Mother than his real one will ever be.

"Your so handsome, Nikolaj" She said as she kissed Tom in both cheeks followed by taking an even closer look at him as her face contorted into a scowl. "Your not eating very much, aren't you? And your face! I could see your cheekbones popping out" She said in her thick, russian accent.

"Okay, your overreacting things, Lisa" Sure, Tom forget's to eat sometimes. But I bet anyone would be too when your too busy preparing yourself for things that are bound to happen.

"I see you guys are looking great, Healthy" He spoke while looking at both of them, arm in arm. Ever since they migrated here in America, they never looked better. Tom noticed that Barry had loss weight, away from his flabby tummy. And Lisa finally ended her aversion to skirts and blouses.

"Well, Pilates with Crossfit every month is really paying off, Isn't It?" Barry grinned cheek to cheek as he tapped his flat stomach lighty. His rougher Irish accent marking his speech.

"Would you like to stay for lunch, Nikolaj? I could prepare your favorite" She said, with hope in her eyes. Even though Lisa was a servant to his family, She was the motherly-figure, Nikolaj always lacked from. "Vegetable Stew drenched in coconut milk"

Tom's stomach growled furiously at the idea of him taking a bite of hid favorite food that he could never cook right.

"I'm tempted but I can't stay long" Oh, was the reaction on Lisa's face. She was hurt that Tom couldn't stay, knowing the dangers he and her family face. "I understand" She smiled downwardly.

"Why is it that you came here, Nikolaj?" Barry asked, a worried look on his face was present.

Tom then laid down his briefcase on the wooden table as both Barry and Lisa stared at him warily.

"I think you the answer to that" He said as his former servants exchanged worried gaze.

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One Week Later

A week has passed and alot has happened. Carlton reanounced his candidacy which recieved alot of negative impact on the campaign but It was nothing a work-pumped, Tanya could handle. As frigthening as that sound, when The St.Vincent Campaign had enemies on every block.

Tanya was able to spin it around. The campaign became from The Underdog to 3rd place in the latest senatorial poll.

"You have got to be kidding me" Tanya hissed under her breath as another negative ad came up in the promptor about Carlton.