Lady SeleneCarlos and I were resting by the pool when Melissa's call came in. It felt surreal, a gentle smile appeared on my face as soon as I saw it. She rarely called and whatever this was, it felt good.“Are you going to pick that up or not?” My husband's voice infiltrated my thoughts.“O-oh yes, I will,” I grabbed my phone and before I picked it, it dropped.Her call entered again, almost immediately. “Hi Melissa, how are you doing?”“I'm doing great,” she answered with a scratchy voice from the other side. I wondered if she had been crying again.“Have you been crying again? Where are the kids? Are they with you?”“No they are away for the lessons, I'll pick them up later. I came to sit with Alex for a while.”“That's so sweet my love,” a smile unconsciously appeared on my face. “How are you holding up? How is he?”A long deep sigh followed after my question. It wasn't a good one and instantly my motherly instinct kicked in.“Melissa, what is wrong? Is something wrong with Alexa
MelissaIt seemed that the heavens were with me and my kids. Doctor Henry had informed us that Alexander was responding faster to treatment, his eyes weren't just open but now he could move his eyeballs around and sometimes groan at whatever we said. That alone cleared all the tears stored away in my tear gland. We joked around and played, even though he could only do brief movements, it gladdened my heart.“Presently he's in a minimally conscious state,” Doctor Henry said. “With his present rate of improvement, in a couple of weeks he should be better. Just remember my rules; no tears, no sad stories. We need him to be up and agile in no time.”I did the next thing that registered itself in my head. I shook his hand and drew him in a tight hug. “I'm so sorry for that,” I pushed my falling hair behind my ears and smiled. “Thank you so much for all your help, I'm really grateful.”“It's no problem, Your Highness,” he bowed a little and turned away almost instantly.I absorbed my gasp a
MelissaI stood in front of the class, taking them on the concept of art. It was a beautiful and lovely day, my spirit was uplifted. Like something great was going to happen.“So I believe that we've once talked about the concept of art,” I began, walking around the classroom. “So I'm going to talk about one very important part that every artist must have. Can anyone guess which aspect that is?”“Contextual?” A voice came from the back of the class.“By contextual what do you mean?”“Like it can be influenced by historical, cultural or even personal context.”A new grin appeared on my face, proud of my students. “That's a very good point Jaden but not exactly where I was going. Any other person to try?”“Aesthetics?” another student, Charlotte said.“Come on Charlotte, every art is beautiful in the eyes of its beholder. No matter if the world claims it's ugly. Every art created is beautiful, do not forget that.”No one offered to try again, so I decided to continue my teaching.“You k
Lady SeleneWe had no idea that Alexander would be able to communicate with us fully today. Bree as usual took her self appointed job most seriously and when Alexander finally regained himself and lost whatever memory he had, she had to introduce herself as his wife. What an effrontery.Immediately we got home, she wouldn't leave Alexander's place and both of them huddled up together in front of us.I was burning with anger, my husband was dying of disgust. Felix's emotions were hard to read, he was one who kept his emotions hidden. After trying both methods of making her see reasons why she should let them be, she decided to do this.Melissa's phone went unanswered, maybe if she had picked up earlier, all these wouldn't happen. But now wasn't the time to be throwing blames at her, she has to make sure the kids are fine and also keep her sanity.The door opened and I traced her eyes to the scene that welcomed her. I could see her almost shattering from the inside.“Wh-wh-what is going
AlexanderSince I couldn't trust my memories, I decided to accept whatever was told to me. And the fact that Mimi and Carl did not deny, I believed it to be true. Immediately the door opened and a long dark haired lady with blue eyes walked in, my heart raced faster. She was looking confused and heartbroken at the same time.Was she one of my admirers before now? She is so devastated seeing the current position my wife and I are in.I tried to think about it but nothing reasonable came through. Before I could blink twice, Mimi was dragging her in, they stayed a while and I took that as a cue to really talk to Bree.“Are you really sure she's just a family friend? She looks like she was expecting more than what she met.”“Well my dear husband,” Bree's hand smooched my chest through my cloth. “Who are you going to believe? Me or her?”I forced a smile out of my mouth, stroking her cheeks. “You, my dear.”“Good,” she said and rested herself on my body.My thoughts were rummaging with on
AlexanderFinding her place wasn't as hard as I thought, all I did was log the address given to me by Mimi into the GPS, and voila, I found my way.I straightened my t-shirt and trousers, ruffling my hair just the way I liked it. The way I used it to sweep ladies under their feet those days I was in college.I rang the doorbell and waited patiently for the beautiful lady who was going to answer from the other end.“Albert check who's at the door,” I heard her voice from inside. That must be one of her kids. A flash of memory went through my head but I wasn't understanding. It felt like déjà vu, like I've experienced something of this before. Not to ruin my date with a headache, I debunked it and focused on the task at hand.“Daddy,” the little boy screamed and jumped into me, making me catch him just in time.Upon hearing his scream, 2 other kids scurried out and found their spots at my legs.“Daddy?”“Daddy is back,” they whined happily and shoveled me inside.Miss Dawson was with an
MelissaThe day had barely begun and I could feel my entire body succumb to its tiredness. My eyes felt like they had suddenly become lead and my legs wobbled badly, I desperately needed a good rest.Just like every other night, I had spent the entire last night in the school library again, trying to catch up with the term's work, forgetting that I worked a morning shift at the local eatery."Melissa, we have an order at table 10 and table 23," the voice of the manager dragged me out of my reverie."I'm on it," my voice scratched, failing to go higher than it was. I stretched my limbs and they felt like they had weighed more pounds overnight. I grabbed the tray housing the cups of coffee and walked into the main restaurant."Here you go," my smile came so faintly that you could barely notice it. I dropped the first order at table 10 and walked towards the next table. As I neared table 23, a customer in a hurry bumped into me from behind, causing me to spill the coffee on the very fine
AlexanderImmediately we arrived at the office, I turned towards the receptionist. "Get me Damien, have him come to my office immediately.""Yes sir," she stood up and scurried away to Damien's office.Felix held my bags and walked into my office.He bowed. "Sir Alex, I would like to apologize on behalf of the lady's behavior. If I had stopped her in time, things wouldn't have happened the way it happened.""You don't have to worry Felix, I'll make sure she's punished. You can leave now."He faced the door in time, about to go out."What was her name again? I didn't quite catch it.""Melissa," Felix replied."You can leave," I dismissed him again and repeated the name to myself, smiling. "Melissa. Such a feisty one, I promise to clip those wings of yours."My mind traveled back to what happened in the restaurant, truth be told, she wasn't at fault. I saw it all but the words had left my mouth before I could refrain from saying them.Her response made me repeat the same word. I wanted