The rest of the weekend went by fairly easy with Marshall taking care of me like I was a delicate exotic flower that was rare to find ,and neither one of us brought up the events of the day that left many unanswered questions in our hearts and minds but we seemed to get on like a house on fire and it was like the house was coming to life again
Marshall seemed to fit right in with our family ,like he belonged there all his life .I knew that it gave him immense joy to be apart of the family and be treated like he were another son in the world ,it was visible on his face since he wore a proud smile all weekend and our family naturally began to blossom once again
But like always our happiness would have to put on pause due to the one person that always caused us greaf no matter how hard we tred to put that person in the past and move on
It was a perfect Sunday afternoon ,the last rays of the sun began to die down and a light cool breeze blew through the terrace doors of my room causing the curtains to dance blissfully on it ,marshall sat on the couch in my room and was watching the game on Tv while I sat on my bed reading a book about a murder mystery for a change since Marshall suggested that I relax ,he even tried to convinced me to take leave from campus for two weeks so that I could recover peacefully but I refused so he insisted on helping me with the research of the topics that I received ,and it so happened that we both managed to finish all five assignments left for the semester so that I would have time to relax
Just then Marshals phone rang and he went out onto the terrace to answer it and when he walked in twenty minutes later he he had a tence look on his face and as he walked over to the bed to sit with me I began to feel his emotions
“your eyes seem to reflects the emotions that play on my face”he said with a faint smile and I began to feel tense ,he once again took my hands and folded them into his own not caring that the book I was reading slid off my lap losing my space
He began to explain the meaning of the phone call and to my surprise carols new lawyer had calle up his firm to move the court date two months up and therefore we would have to plead our case at 11:00 am on Monday morning
I cursed carol in my mind and hated her for this ,Marshall continued explaining that he would need to prepare for the case and I offered my help which he accepted ,but then it dawned to both him and I that we would need to deliver this news to my parents which made my heartache and my tummy turn with nerves
“I will stand with you and we will both break this set of news to them I promise that I wont let that shrewd woman hurt you or your family and we have just enough time to prepare our defence” said marshall to me which eased the tension
And then when I thought that was all the news he received he lightened up and a smile crossed his face and his eyes lit up again ,I looked at him confused since I couldn’t fully understand his joy
He then told me that the only reason that carol had the date moved was because she was going to get married in one months time and then she was going on honeymoon ,I laughed and then explained to him the situation and he began laughing to ,we even decided to give 30 seconds of silence to pity the poor idiot who would pledge to live the rest of his life with a psychotic sociopath who came with mental instability as a bonus
Awhile later it got dark and the rain settled in which meant that it would son get cold ,Marshall closed the terrace doors and then we both got ready for dinner and to tell mom and dad the news since they would have to brace themselves for tomorrow
We all gathered in the dining room since Marshall helped dad clean up and fix the dining table that carol had destroyed just two weeks before ,it felt great to be back in the dining room ,and once we were seated marshall squeezed my hand underneath the table to indicate that we would need to tell them before we began dinner so we could discuss it during dinner and so I started the conversation
“mom, dad, tiara ,there is something that we need to talk about that affects us all” I said and dad looked at us quizzically and mom stopped fussing over the table seating ,but Tiara who was standing behind Marshall and I misunderstood us completely and led everyone to the wrong conclusion “Natalie and marshall are going to get married and that’s what they are going to tell you both ..i am not joking this time it is true look they are holding ands underneath the table” she cried and marshall and I looked startled at her accusation and pulled our hands away , mom dropped the flowers she was holding to put in the vase and dad almost spat out his water , “no ! that’s not what we want to talk about its to soon and well we are good friends” I cried but Tiara wouldn’t shut up “so if that is the case explain why marshall was with you the night before you fell sick” “oh goodness Tiara shut up and let me talk ,ok so first of all we are not getting married for crissakes and second of all ,for your kind information tiara the only reason marshall was in my room that nightwas because neither one of us could sleep And we were watching a movie ,and when you called marshall and I were having a pillow fight so he stole the phone ,so please get your facts straight” mom had picked up the flowers and put them in the vase and clearly thought that tonight coded for wine so she brought a bottle and took her seat next to tiara just then dad spoke “so if that what was going on and it was not what you two needed to speak about then what is it dear ?” a curious look played on everyones face and I felt Marshall finally relax and he sipped on his glass of white wine ,I then explained to mom and dad the situation with carol and what she had done and why ,while mom dished up and soon enough we all relaxed and marshall explained how he would handle this and we all pittied poor Mr Redfern as we all finally learnt his name dad even offered his office resources to marshall in return to make his case and he thanked him
After dinner we all pitched in to help clear up and once marshall let us into my room we began working on our defense
