Becky’s PovI was still admiring the pictures, when an elderly woman was wheeled in.She was about Anna’s age, size, and looked a little like her, except her bright blue eyes were dull and fearful. They brightened on seeing Anna. I knew instantly I would like her. The man pushing the wheelchair was another matter. He was in his early thirties, tall and dark haired, with a broad, pleasant smile. He looked friendly, but his gray eyes were cold and hard. I disliked him immediately.“Anna!” Brenda exclaimed. “It has been ages. I have missed you.”Anna laughed. “It has only been two weeks, dear. How are you feeling?”“Good and you? Where have you been? You weren’t at the club last week.”“I had a slight emergency.”“What happened?” Brenda asked, alarmed.“No, nothing serious, just a little change of staff. Meet my new caregiver, Rebecca.” Anna introduced me.“Nice to meet you sweetheart,” Brenda told me, smiling. “Nice to meet you too, Ms. Finley.” I said.“Call me Brenda. What happened to
Becky's POVThe ringing of my cellphone woke me up. I ignored it, hoping it would stop and not interrupt my beautiful dream. I was dreaming of being back home, my dad was alive, and I had gotten admission into college. We were celebrating.The phone buzzed until I had no other choice than to open my eyes. I grumbled, as I took it from the bedside table, answering the call without even checking to find out the caller.“Hello?” I asked, half asleep.“Hey Becky, how are you doing?” A voice asked brightly.“Who is this?” I asked, annoyed.“Frank, don’t you have my number?”My eyes snapped open. I struggled to sit up.“Frank? Sorry about that. I was half asleep,” I said.“It’s okay, how are you doing?”I held back a yawn. “Great, and you?”“I’m good. Are you still on for this afternoon?” He asked.“This afternoon?”“Yeah. I said I would show you around the city, remember?”I had completely forgotten.“If you don’t want to, it’s okay,” he said.“No, I do want to. Where and when can I meet yo
Becky’s POV I froze as his lips moved towards me, with my heart beating wildly. Frank was going to kiss me and I didn’t want that from him.Just before his lips reached mine, I quickly turned away.“Emmm…. What is the time?... I am hungry… very hungry,” I stammered.He looked embarrassed and I felt sorry for him.“Sure, so am I. There is a nice open-air restaurant around here. Let’s go there.”We walked in awkward silence to the restaurant. I didn't mean to make him feel bad. Maybe I should have let him kiss me? But it was too soon.We got to the restaurant and went to a table.“The clam chowder is excellent, would you like to try it?” He asked me.“I have never eaten clam chowder,” I said.“You will like it.”“Okay.”We ordered. Both of us were now beginning to relax after the earlier embarrassment.“So have you saved enough for college yet?” He asked.“I am getting there.”“What are you planning to study? Wait, let me guess, nursing.”I giggled. “Guess again.”“No? Hmm, you have a
Becky's POV My hand was seized in midair. I tried to claw the attacker with my other hand, while I opened my mouth to scream.“Hold it, Miss Richards, it’s me!” I stopped struggling and stared at him, Mr Dale?.“Calm down, it’s me,” he repeated.I gasped with relief, dropping my arms and sneakers. I fell against his strong muscular body, he held me to him. I breathed in his sharp cologne, trying to calm my beating heart, thankful it wasn’t someone wanting to harm me. We stayed like that for some seconds, then I became aware of what I was doing and pulled away, blushing bright red.“Mr Dale, you scared me! I thought you were a prowler. What are you doing here?” I asked, annoyed.“Sorry, I didn’t mean to. I was looking for you. I was here earlier, but you weren’t in. I came to see if you were back.”“I went out. Today is Sunday. You did say it was my free day to go anywhere I wanted, right?”“Yes, of course,” he sounded embarrassed. “I didn’t come to tell you to work, I came to ask yo
Becky’s Pov“I am so sorry.” I said, blushing.“It’s okay, I was just about to knock.” He held me around my middle, trying to steady me. My heart rate increased at his touch.“I was on my way to Anna,” I said, awkwardly.He nodded and let me go.“Are you okay?” He asked, carefully.“Yes, thanks.”“Ehm... Last night you seemed nervous,” he said.“I wasn’t. I was just tired after all the many places we went to.”“We?” He asked.“Frank and I.”“You went out with Frank?” His eyes darkened slightly. I thought I heard a little jealousy in his voice.“Yes we did,” I said.“Where did you guys go?” He demanded.“A couple of interesting places.” I don't know why, but I can't stop thinking why he seemed interested in what I did.I guess he wanted to say something else, but decided otherwise, as I could see his mouth opened and closed after a while.“Why I came," he finally decided on what to say, "was that I remembered you said something about me being a prowler. Why did you think so? Did you b
Becky's POV I wanted to take Anna sightseeing, but she insisted on going immediately to Brenda’s house. So Larry drove us there. The maid let us in. Brenda and Chris were in the living room. She was sitting in an armed chair, Chris was standing by the window.They greeted us warmly as we came in.“Brenda sweetheart, how are you?” Anna asked.“Fine dear. You look beautiful Anna, did you just get your hair done?” She asked, admiring Anna’s hairdo.“Yes. Rebecca and I are just coming from the salon. I wished you had been there.” “So do I,” Brenda said. “You should have told me.”“But I did, didn’t Chris tell you?”“Sure I did, you must have forgotten, Brenda.” Chris was smiling, but his eyes weren’t friendly.“Silly me,” she giggled nervously, “he did tell me. I will go with you next time. I do miss going out, I hardly go anywhere.”Chris cleared his throat and I noticed Brenda flinch.What is going on? I wondered.I also noticed she was wearing a long sleeved sweater, despite the heat
Phillip's POV On my way to work I could not help, but kept picturing Frank and Rebecca together. They had gone out and had a lot of fun, judging from how tired she was last night.Where had they gone? What had they been doing? I knew my cousin, he really knew how to spoil a lady he was interested in.Had he kissed her? I shook my head. It was none of my business.There were adults. What they did was their business. So why did I keep thinking of it?Was I jealous. No! Never! Frank was my cousin and best friend. He hadn’t been lucky with relationships and if he liked Rebecca, fine. I was happy he had found someone. She was okay.So what was my problem? Why was their relationship bothering me?I tried to stop thinking about it, then another thought started bothering me.The thought of how she had looked a couple of days ago when her sash had loosened, and her robe had opened. I couldn’t get that picture out of my head, or the thought of how she would have reacted if I had touched her so
Becky’s POV “Don’t mind that silly girl dear,” Anna said, as I wheeled her into the elevator.We had finished lunch, and I was taking her upstairs for her siesta. Phillip, Frank, and Celine had left.“She is so mean and rude I don’t know what Phillip sees in her.” Anna fumed.“It is okay Anna, I don’t mind. Tell me about the charity event. When is it holding?” I asked “It is on Saturday, 9 pm. Sandra Martins is this month's host.”“I have heard of her. She owns a lot of luxury clothing stores. My friend Jenny is her niece.”“Phillip is this month's gentleman of the ball, so I, as his partner, will be the lady of the ball.” She laughed.“Gentleman of the ball?”“Yes. At every ball, the young people elect the most beautiful woman or the most handsome man, to be the lady or gentleman of the ball. The person gets to make an opening speech at the next ball and gets money donated to their favorite charity. Phillip was elected at the last ball. A new one will be elected on Saturday. It is