queen of hearts / enoch o'connor / on hiatus

xiii.

I sat on bed, the frame squeaking a bit as I shuffle around trying to find the perfect spot.

"Frances why didn't you want to go to dinner?" Audrey says as I hear her fiddling with a utensil before setting up the food and placing it in front of me.

"I just didn't want him to be uncomfortable is all." patting the tray and finding the silver spoon.

"Are you sure it was just that though?"

"I'm pretty sure." I said quietly before beginning to eat the steak.

"Ok then. I'll come back to get the tray later." She says before I heard the door click behind me.

I eat peacefully, the sound of the utensils scraping on the plate echoing across the room.

Truthfully, I actually didn't know why I even chose to stay upstairs.

Apart of it was the fact that I didn't want Jake to be uncomfortable but at the same time I guess I didn't want to know what the future would be like.

Before I spent the rest of my life hiding away I actually thought I'd be able to grow old with an armada of grandkids.

That dream died when I went to stay in a loop.

I still wonder about it though.

"What are you thinking about?"

I drop my fork as I hear the accented voice of a certain Scotman.

"You frightened me. I thought Audrey was going to pick up my stuff?" I say patting the bed to find the utensil only to feel Enoch place it upon my hand.

"Audrey's setting up for the movie." He says before taking the tray and setting it aside.

"Are you gonna go watch?"

"Are you?"

"I don't know. It's kind of useless if you think about it really. I mean I can't see it so why watch it?"
I explain.

"Come along. Don't tell me you're going to let me deal with Jake alone." He grabs by hand and leads out the door and down the stairs.

"Frances! Where were you earlier?" I hear Claire's sweet voice as she rammed into my feet causing the other children to follow suit.

"I was feeling a bit queasy is all. Don't worry your pretty little head though." I pat her on the head before having Enoch sit me down on the loveseat with Claire in between us.

The room became quiet as the show started and I heard the ringing of the telephone outside the room.