Becky's POV.“What do you mean by leaving?” Phillip asked.“What I said. I am leaving the house,” Anna said.“But why?” Phillip asked. “What is wrong? Did something happen at the doctor’s place?”“Nothing happened at the doctor’s place. But I am not going to stay in that house if Rebecca isn’t.”Phillip’s jaw dropped. “Come on Gran-”“I am here to inform you that Rebecca and I have gone house hunting.” She lied. “Since you insist on her leaving, then I am going too.” “But Gran-"“No but. If she goes, I go too. I have already found us a house, and we leave on Monday.” “Gran, we discussed this. I have told you why."“And I am telling you what I’m going to do unless you change your mind. So you had better have a rethink.”Phillip glared at me. “Is this your idea?” He demanded.“It is my idea,” Anna said firmly. “I am not senile. I can make my own decisions. And I have made it. If Rebecca goes I go.”“Listen Gran-““My decision is final. Think about it and make yours.” She turned to me,
Celine's POV My dad had been calling me all morning, but I refused to pick up his calls. I knew what he wanted to say and was in no mood to hear it. He had given me no peace ever since I had met and started dating Phillip. Every time it was the same question."Has Phillip proposed yet?""No? Well, make him."As if it was possible to force a guy to marry you in this century. I sighed. I have tried every trick I know to get him to commit, but no way. The fact we were sleeping together hadn’t helped. I glanced at my watch.Lunchtime. I left my building and took a cab to his office, hoping to convince him to take me to lunch.“Mr. Dale isn’t seeing visitors,” his secretary told me, but I ignored her and barged into his office.“Hey babe, how about lunch? I asked smiling.He raised his head and my smile froze.“What are you doing here?” He demanded angrily. “I don’t remember inviting you over.”“I missed you. I was hoping we could go to lunch together.”“Look, Celine, our arrangement is
Becky’s PovI had just stepped out of the shower that morning, when there was a heavy knock on my door.“Coming!” I called.It came again, much louder. Either the person didn’t hear me, or they were just being annoying. I put on a robe and opened the door.Phillip came in. He was dressed in a dark suit and snow white shirt. He looked extremely handsome. The sight of him, and smell of his muscular cologne, took my breath away. Until I looked into his eyes, which were very unfriendly.“You have gotten what you wanted, haven’t you?” He said glaring at me.“Good morning, Mr. Dale,” I said sweetly. “Anything wrong?”He ignored me. “I don’t know what you did to my grandmother to get her so attached to you, but since she is, I have no choice but to let you stay.”“Thank you, Mr Dale. But I didn’t-““Don't thank me! Left to me, you would have been replaced with someone more competent.” I stared at him, trying to control my anger and desire at the same time. I wished he were ugly, so it would
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