Lord

Care for her

The drive to the airfield was silent, Sanem had some much brewing in her mind. Can's illegal activities, his charity, the man himself, Ferit, the company... she felt completely overwhelmed and so uncomfortable being so far from home. Yet, the feel of him sitting next to her was soothing, his constant certainty just kept bringing her peace and made her feel safe despite the danger he had threatened her with in the past.

They boarded the jet and Sanem prepared some food for them both since it was already early afternoon. They sat across from one another, still silent, until she managed to gather her thoughts and words together.

S: ''you know...'' he raised his head to her, relieved she would finally say something. ''Life is not a scale... you can't balance your bad deeds by doing some good ones on the other side...''

Why was she so good at finding the exact words he couldn't answer to? He shifted in his seat, inviting her to go on.

S: ''I mean, this was great... what you do here is brilliant and I can see you are enjoying it, this is not just so you can hide some guilt.'' If she knew how much money we launder through Cape Verde, he thought...

S: ''but the drugs... they kill so many people... destroy so many lives, children, families...''

C: ''Sanem, they are one of the many sins people give into... it is up to them to choose what road they follow...''

She couldn't help but let a chuckle out, ''Are you listening to yourself? ... is it what you are telling yourself in the mirror every morning?''

He pushed his plate away, she had made him uncomfortable and he was cursing at himself, why on earth did he think bringing her along could change her mind about him? Apart from his father, no one had enough ascendant to make him feel little, no one's opinion mattered, yet here she was, towering over him.

She appeared to quiet down a bit and picked up the plates to clear the table.

S: ''Can, please... why did you show me all this? Why does my opinion matter anyway?''

Can had remained his poised self, ''I enjoy you...'' she froze, ''you're smart, brave and beautiful... your company is entertaining...''

She didn't expect this at all and remained tight lip.

C: ''I see I finally silenced you! I wish I had known I would have told you earlier...'' he smiled.

S: ''entertaining?'' of course that was the only word she remembered. ''do you think you can take me around like one of your paid whores? So I can ENTERTAIN you? I've seen the manifests you know, the coming and going with different girls in different directions!'' she folded her arms.

Can snorted a giggle, ''I didn't know you had done so much research on my person...''

S: ''clearly, I wasn't researching your sex life!'' she was blushing up to her cheeks and got up to make some tea and hide in the galley.