One week has passed and Logan is still not coming home. It was frustrating because he said he's only there for five days, but it took one week. Instead of sulking, I understand him because his work is hard. It's just that I miss him.. And I want him near me. We talk when he calls, and we also text, but it's still different when you see each other. I was just stunned looking at a cup filled with my coffee when I felt the water on my face. I screamed in shock. I looked at the man who's laughing. "What the ... Brick!?" I shouted at Brick, who is in the swimming pool. I'm in the garden while reading a book and Brick is here, I didn't even notice. "Your cup will melt under your gaze, you've been out of your self since earlier" he said. I roll my eyes at him. "Just swim there. Don't bother me!" I shouts at him, annoyed, but he just laughed as if he was annoying me even more. "Woah, hot headed girl. Easy ..." he laughed so I looked at him but he just laughed again. "Isn't Logan calling and replying to your text that's why you're hot-headed right now?" He asks with a laugh. Sometimes I wonder if Brick could predict this because in one week that we're together, he always predicts my problems and emotions like now. I pout my lips and pick up my book. Yes, I understand Logan and his work, but I just can't stop myself from being sad and jealous because he's busy, and I know that Hazel is always near him. I don't want to hate her 'cause she's Logan's bestfriend, but she's a bitch! I just kept reading and ignored Brick. "Hey, Vianne--the hot headed! Answer me!" Brick said naughtily. I ignored him again, but I looked at him in my peripheral vision and when I saw that he was ready to throw water to me, I looked at him badly. His big smile is already etched on his lips. "Am I right?" He asks and repeatedly raised his eyebrow. I sigh in defeat. "Yes, you're right!" I answered and grabbed my book. He chuckled and I saw him came up from the swimming pool and took the towel then hung it around his neck. He sat in front of my chair and looked at me. "You are over reacting ..." W-what? My eyes widened because he said I wanted to speak, but I couldn't because of panic. When he saw my reaction he laughed again and shook his head. "It's only been one week since Logan was gone, and you're already acting like you're a CEO with a big problem. That's why I don't want to have a girlfriend. I might be like you and Logan" he says. I raised an eyebrow at him because of what he said. "Oh, really?" I asks and then laughed, but I immediately stop laughing and looked at him seriously. "Get a girlfriend first, Brick, so you know how Logan and I feel whenever we're far away from each other." I said and glared at him. I look at him again when I heard his weak laugh. "Why are you always angry now? Are you pregnant?" He asked with a laugh. I stopped turning the page of the book when I heard that from Brick. Nothing happened to Logan and me so, it means I'm not pregnant, but Brick's question gave me a very fast heartbeat. My heart was pounding because I knew I couldn’t give myself to Logan yet. I know men have a need and that is to give your self to your partner. I know I'm fine now. Finally I survived from trauma because of Logan, but I still can't give myself to him even though we will be married. Because of the medications that Logan gave me, the memories I erased from my former doctor are slowly coming back and what happened that night is now fresh in my mind. I wonder why that happened to me? Is that my karma because I was reprimanded when I was a kid? That I have looked down on people? Yes, I admit that I was bad then because of the number of people I played with but does that have to happen to me? I closed my eyes tightly, trying to forget what happened that night. "Sorry ..." I was stunned when I heard that from Brick. I can see in his eyes that he is sincere in what he said. To get rid of the awkward atmosphere around us, I raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm not pregnant! I'm just really irritated by your face!" I said angrily and stared at him. But the strange atmosphere didn’t go away because after I said that, silence reigned over us. I heard his deep sigh. "Sorry again ..." he said again. I couldn't answer so there was silence around us again, but that disappeared when Brick spoke. "I know you are sad so let's party today" Brick said frowning at me. "Party?" I asks "Yes. So stand there and get dressed because we're going to the grocery store today" "Where are we going to party?" I asked him again. "Just here in your house with your maids and guards?" He said so I nodded. "Okay!" I said happily and stood up. We walked to together to each other's room to get dressed. ********** We are already inside Brick’s BMW and he is driving now while I'm just looking out the window. We arrived at the grocery store in just a few minutes. We immediately went in to buy the things we needed. Brick picks up the basket while I am shopping for what I am going to cook. Brick also took the things he needed to cook. "Can we be able to finish it? It looks like we bought a lot" I said while looking at the basket that Brick is carrying. "We'll finish that later. Trust me" Brick said. I just shrugged and followed him to the cashier. I looked at the cashier who was staring straight at Brick. I smiled because it was obvious that Brick likes it. He also gets the attention of women. Brick didn't seem to notice the cashier's stare at him because he was busy unloading our purchases. I helped him so we could finish faster. "I'll pay" I said. "Okay" Brick replied. I would have given my credit card to the cashier when he already held Brick's credit card. "I can't allow you to pay for our purchase. It will lose our gentlemanliness" Brick said while etching a big smile on his lips. I stared at him and put my credit card back in my wallet. "When have you been a gentleman? I don't remember ..." I whispered. I heard him cough faintly, but when the cashier looked at him, he stopped and smiled at her. The cashier blushed because of Brick's smile. "I heard that ah!" Brick complained but I ignored him and just shook my head. After Brick and I bought at the grocery store, we immediately went home and here we are now, cooking what we bought. Hilda and Esther are helping me while the other maids are outside to tidy up the garden because we are having a party. Brick, on the other hand, cooks alone. He didn't want any help so we just let him. Him and Logan are indeed cousins-- they don't want help when cooking. "I'm done!" I said happily as I looked at the cake and cookies that Hilda and Esther and I baked. I smile big as I looked at Brick. I look at him from head to toe as if mocking because he isn't done yet. "Don't look at me like that, Vianne. I'll cook it better than you" Brick said and then he looked at me from head to toe like I did with him. "Huh! Mine tastes better, I'm sure of that!" I said and took the cake and cookies to go to the garden. I saw there our other maids and guards grilling chicken. I also saw others tidying up the garden. When they saw me, they immediately greeted me, and I smiled at them. Esther and Hilda and I, put down what we cooked on a table, and then arranged the chairs. Soon, Brick came out with his cooked items. Hilda took some food inside. After the food landed on the table, we immediately sat down on the chair. "We have a lot of foods, ma'am, can we consume all of these?" Asks a guard named Miguel. I was about to answer when Brick spoke. "Yes, we'll finish it, of course ... I'm good at cooking" Brick said proudly. I just fell in love with him. Moments later, we started eating and as we ate, I couldn’t help but look at the maids and guards happily. I shed tears because of their laughter, they came with me to this island to watch me, they're my family here. I couldn't help but be over joyed because they stayed with me until now. "Who wants wine?" Brick came out of the house with wine. I immediately wiped away my tears and smiled again when everyone shouted. I looked at Brick who was looking at me then his mouth formed a words. "Are you okay?" He said it without a tone. "Yes" I said to him as well. He smiled, and filled the glasses with wine. After he put the glasses with wine, we took them one by one. "Let's toast together!" Brick shouted so we raised our glasses. We drank wine together after toasting. Laughter is all that can be heard in our garden tonight. LOGAN'S POV My hand went numb because of what Ceasar said. The child was no longer in the place where the doctor said his son was there even in a warehouse where the doctor first met and the man who was said to be a good Doctor was not there. I glanced at the necklace I was holding that Ceasar had seen in a warehouse. My forehead was furrowed looking at it because I felt different now as if it calmed me while staring and holding it. I seem to be familiar with this necklace ... It seems to me and I always see it. I grabbed my head when it hurt. I reached for the medicine on the table and drank it. I breathed on the back of the chair with my head and closed my eyes. I was shocked again when I remembered that I had to measure because Vianne and I were getting married soon. I picked up my phone and was about to call Vianne when my phone rang because of the alarm. I just closed my eyes in annoyance because my break is over. I grabbed my coat and Stethoscope then walked out of my office. BRICK'S POV I looked at Vianne leaning on my shoulder. I tapped her shoulder while calling her name. "Vianne ..." I called to her, but she didn't even answer. I scratched my head and looked at the maids and guards, laughing happily. I looked at Vianne again, and scratched my head again because of the noise around us still she didn't wake up. I looked at her red cheeks. She looks very drunk because she didn't want to be bother earlier. It's a good thing Logan didn't know we were having a party today, and Vianne got drunk because I was sure I would be killed. "Vianne ..." I called again, but she just moved for a moment and didn't respond. I sighed and put down the glass I was holding and then caught everyone's attention. "Uh, I'll take Vianne to her room first, and I'll come back here later. Excuse us" I said and they nodded so I picked up Vianne. I saw Hilda approaching me so I smiled at her. "Sir, is ma'am okay?" She asks. " Wait ... Didn't you say this is Vianne's first time to be drunk?" I wanted to laugh but I held back. "She's okay, Hilda. She's just drunk because she drank so much" I said and started to climb the stairs. I felt Hilda follow me from behind. "Sir, maybe ma'am is still sick--" She stopped talking so I stopped walking and she turned around but she avoided looking at me. "What are you saying, Hilda?" I asked but she shook. "N-nothing, sir" She said and averted her eyes. I knew she had something to say but she didn't want to continue so I just nodded and started walking again. When we got to the door of Vianne’s room, Hilda opened it. I immediately entered Vianne and laid her on the bed. "Hilda, you should change her clothes or wipe her to get rid of the stench of alcohol" I said and she nodded. I left the room and Hilda immediately closed the door to dress Vianne. I smiled as I walked to my room. I know what Hilda was about to say. I knew Vianne was sick even though Logan or even my father hadn't told me. I know because I was the first to know about Vianne’s illness than Logan and Father. I opened my bedroom and took my burner phone out of a drawer. When I opened it I immediately saw the message of my staff. "So, Logan has already seen the necklace?" I asked myself weakly and then smiled. "I wonder what's his reaction?" I still whispered softly. I lost my smile when something entered my mind. Vianne had that necklace too. You wonder why I know? It is because I entered her room when Logan and Vianne left. I entered to her room 'cause I was looking for her medicine and it wasn't there in her room. Looks like Vianne took them when they left or is she no longer taking medicine? I was about to leave her room that time when i passed her table and I saw her jewelry glass box and I saw the bill that was the same as mine. I immediately opened the box and picked it up. It is impossible for Vianne to have it because no one is wearing the same pendant. This was done by Tita Maura- Logan's mother. Tita Maura used to sell jewelry and their shop was famous back then, and she made us the same necklace as Logan and she said that Logan and I don't have the same style of necklace because she only made it for us, and she didn't even bring out them on her own shop. I didn't wear the necklace that Aunt Maura gave me, but I hid it. I didn't notice Logan's necklace that his mother gave him as if he wasn't taking it anymore. But why? Why isn't he wearing that? I mean Logan likes that necklace, and he doesn't let that necklace go, but why did it go to Vianne? Couldn’t Vianne have gotten that from Logan that night? So when I found out that Logan had ordered his staff to go to the warehouse where we first met the Doctor I put my necklace there in the warehouse for Logan to see and for him to know everything. For now, I need to get into Vianne. I want her to fall in love with me. The goofy grin returned to my lips and I placed the burner phone in my drawer before exiting the room. I’m sure Logan will know everything too, and I’ll wait for that. I saw Hilda walk downstairs. It looks like she's finished dressing Vianne. I slowly stepped my feet into Vianne’s room and opened it. I saw her sleeping deeply. I looked at her face. "You haven't gotten old, Vianne. You've been beautiful since we were kids" I said softly and stroked her hair. I smiled looking at her seemingly sound asleep. I lost my smile when I remembered what she did to me before. I stopped caressing her hair and looked at her intently. Slowly I stood up and started walking out. I was at the door when I stopped, looked at Vianne again and then smiled. "Logan, hurry up and find me before your soon to be wife fall for me" I whispered softly and then went out the door.
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