Be My Bride

chapter 8

       " Hey, wake up. "  I felt someone shaking my shoulders continuously.

   " I'm up. " I yawned and straightened myself. I looked at the side of my bed and Kyle was not there and Mr blackwood was not with him.

   " Uh Mr blackwood, where's my son? "

   " If we're going to be married, I need you to stop calling me Mr blackwood. Please call me Samuel and I need my parents to be convinced that we're in love. "

  " Fine Mr... I mean Samuel, where the hell is Kyle. Why did you take him away from me. "

  " Calm down Kimberly, he's with a flight attendant. He woke up and I didn't want to disturb you. Anyway I need you to strap in. We're about to land. "

   " Okay, thanks. "

  A knock on the door startled me. A flight attendant walked in.

   " Excuse me, but the pilot asked me to tell you to be seated and prepare for landing. " she said with a smile on her face.

  We strapped in and few minutes later, we were on our way to the Blackwood residence in a limousine. Driving away from my normal life and into another phase of my life.

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  " So, where are we going to? " I asked.

  " To my house. We'll be staying there after our wedding. " He replied typing furiously at his phone screen.

     We went through a giant metallic silver gate and stopped in front of a mansion.

   Samuel went out first. Then Kyle and I followed.

  Beautiful flowers lead directly to the magnificent structure. The mansion stood proudly in all its beauty flanked by skeletal trees swaying to the summer breeze. A water fountain with the statue of a naked woman stood in the middle of the huge compound.

  
  " If you're done admiring my house, I suggest you come inside. " his voice broke me out of my trance.

  He typed his password and the gigantic brown door opened.

  The interior of the house was a huge living room with two stairways on the left and right side that lead into the second floor. There was a long hallway on both sides that had several rooms on the side. And the walls were filled with classic paintings and photo frames of him and his family.

  A woman in her early fifties came down the stairs.

  " Welcome back Sam. I missed you. " she pulled him into a hug.

   " Hi Gerta. I missed you too. "

  " she released him and looked at us.

   " I can't believe this. This boy. He looks just like you when you were a baby. "

  " Is he your son?" Gerta asked.

   " Yeah. " Samuel replied.

  She hit him on his shoulder.

   " You never told me you have a son Sam. I'm disappointed. "

  " I'm sorry Gerta, I just found out too. It's a long story and I'm tired. I'll tell you some other time. This is Kimberly my wife to be and Kyle my son. "

   She flashed me a smile. "Hi I'm Gerta. The head servant. Samuel here is like my son. I was his nanny. Welcome to the house. " she said.

   " You didn't have to tell her that Gerta, I have to go to clear some things at work. I'll see you when I get back. Gerta, please attend to them. " He said and just like that, he left.