The Preachers Daughter

Chapter 6

"Trouble trouble trouble OHH OHH" I had sang "Good bye" she sighed "And good riddance" I mumbled

I head my father chuckle at my words.

I had pulled out the drive way and saw that my phone was ringing, It was Leo

"Hello?"

"Ariel, good morning"

"Morning"

"so I was wondering if you would like to meet up with my brother and I"

"Today?"

"Yes my darling"

Did Leo just call me darling? I must be hearing things

"Umm I guess"

"Ok meet you at the coffee shop in an hour and a half"

"The one from yesterday?

I had asked knowing that if he or his brother saw mark one of them would have a break down, most likely being Leo, Leo seems to be a very spiritually vulnerable and that simply does not work around a broken person like mark, When I had first met mark I had many break downs every one worse then the last and he had no clue that it was because of his instability. He thought that I had anxiety attacks

"Yeah why. You don't want that mark guy thinking that it's something more I get it we don't have to meet up today it's fine"

He returned back with a depressing tone

"No Leo that's not that case."

I tried explaining but he wouldn't let it go

"then what it is?"

I sighed heavily into the phone

"Mark is a very unstable person, spiritually that is and I don't think that it would be a very good thing if you saw him today, do you understand"

"Yes I understand, Just do me one thing"

You could hear the concern in his voice, he was truly worried about him wanting to know if he was ok or not

I knew exactly what Leo was going to ask of me, something I had asked my dad to do for the same exact person a few years back

"Anything Leo"

"Can you make sure he's ok, for me so that I know that he's alright"

I had answered with the same answer my dad had given me

"He'll be fine and he is fine but I will check on him for you"

"Thank you. we can meet up at urth if you'd like"

"Yeah that's fine see you in a hour and a half"

"See you my darling"

He had cheered threw the phone like a little school girl before hanging up the phone leaving me stunned once again by the word 'darling' and also realizing that this time I was happy that I was called 'my darling' opposed to being confused. A part of me liked it and the other was uncertain.

I decided to stop by the coffee bean and talk to mark to clear things up for that foggy head of his. I parked next to marks midnight blue Mercedes Benz I wasn't exactly sure of the model of his car but it didn't look to me that it was 'old' but you could tell that it wasn't 'new' either.

I walked in and could immediately feel marks thick vibe, hitting me like a tone of bricks. I could feel the depression in the thin air that was now very thick it burnned the back of my throat making my eyes water and skin crawl, every fiber of my being screaming telling my to turn tale and run out that little shop but I didn't, not because I wanted to stay ( Oh because only god knows how much I wanted to leave that shop) but because I couldn't leave, I couldn't leave him, not like that

I dragging my body that felt like it was being consumed by darkness to the front counter

"Mark?"

I asked, inpatient already wanting a response

"What is it" he barked from the back

"Now is that a way to speak to a potential client"

"Why yes, It is"

He said peeking around the corner and turning the edge of his mouth into a smile

"I like the smile Mr miles" I joked knowing how much he despised his last name

"You insist in calling me that don't you Miss Shepherd" He taunted back not facing me one bit I actually like my last name

"Why yes I do mark miles"

He had turned his face so that our eyes were no longer meeting one another's gaze

"Is there a problem mark" I played dumb, not one of my strong suites if you know me that is, lucky for mark he knew me , a little to well

"You never really knew how to play dumb you know" He chuckled

"I know, it's kind of like my lying ticks"

"OH the one for were you rub the bridge of your nose with one of you knuckles preferably your index"

"Yes" I admitted a little impressed that he knew one of my biggest ticks

"I know you" He stated oddly

"And" I simply said

"You wanna talk to me about something, in fact you find it so important that you decide to skip Kent Weldon's English class one of the toughest English teachers on the whole Campus being that he's only 24" (4 yeas older then mark) and demands respect that he will never receive

I smiled at his statement about how Kent Weldon will never receive respect frankly i've never given him any but i've never disrespected him

"Yes Mark I would like to speak to you.... About Leo"

"oh really him" he had attempted to roll his eyes at me

A/N I'm so so so so sorry that I haven't posted in a minute it just slipped my mind a bit {End Of A/N}