Chapter 15

The next day things had lightened up a bit or so I thought, when I came downstairs they had all taken thier breakfast and gone to thier rooms, the help had asked me where I would like to eat.

She stood in front of me with a cheerful smile and oval eyes which reminded me of Kal, "I would eat here I said sounding unsure".

"Okay miss"she said before dissappearing.

I sit down and look around, the house looked like ghosts were sitting ducks, it was silent and it made me feel unwanted the more, I need air I tell myself, but I can't go anywhere and I don't really know anybody here.

The maid comes out and place a plate in front of me, I see potatoes finely chopped and some eggs by the side, I raise my head to look at the maid and there he was in front of me.

His eyes sunken like he has no slept for days, I look around and he was gone again, I am hallucinating, he can't make it this far on his own.

I stand up and look around but I don't see anyone, I wonder how he would have made it into the living room of the jonah's undetected, it sounds like I was just hallucinating because I miss him, my desperate need is creating a projection I tell my self or I might be really hungry since I had not eaten much yesterday.

I bend my head and eat slowly enjoying my quiet breakfast until I see Annabelle rush out of her room, she is all smiles and questions, "dear cousin tell me about your lover, I want to know".

I have already told you too much, if I i tell you anymore I will have to kill you, I said with a straight face.

Please! She begged I could not ignore her charm and then I asked,,"where did I stop last?

You were telling me about where you met before mother came in, did you meet him again?

Yes I did, he had gone to work on another farm as a loan which father had given to a friend.

And when he came back, I felt relieved and we kept meeting early in the morningin the flower garden, he told me his name was Kal and that was it, slowly I learnt some of his languages and thought him english.

"wow" I have been teaching magret English too.

"Who is magret? I asked

" She is our cook, she knows how to read and write now, " she replied.

That is all Annabelle I said finishing my breakfast, that's nor all you have to tell me the juicy part she cried.

I don't answer her, I just walk up to my room, it would be best if no one saw me here.

She followed behind me but when I reach my room I shut the door and lock it, I lay on my bed and wait, it then occurred to me, I should have asked her to show me around the county.

"Hello" a voice said from the side, I scramble in fright, standing up to see him standing at the edge of the room like a ghost.

Kal! I called his name and then he leaves the corner and walk towards me, I am afraid but I do not run from him, I wait for Jim to come close I wait for him to run his hand on the side of my face, then I hug him tight, praying he doesn't vanish, hooping not to be hallucinating again.

"I have missed you", I hear him say as my heart begin to pound inside my chest, "I have missed you more", I replay back.

What happened?

how did you get here?

"Have you eaten? I ask him watching his eyes as he sighs and sits on the bed, he them rests his back as we hear a knock on the door.

Open up I hear my uncle's wife call to me, I look around for a suitable place to hide him, but he goes under the bed before I could even say a word, I walk to the door and open it.

She has a half smile on her face as she asks me who I was talking to?

"No one", I reply.

"I heard you talking to someone just now and your cousin said you ran to your room and shut the door." she said with her eyes searching the room.

"She was asking me too many questions I replied irritated,and I did not want to talk do I came back to my room to rest." I replied letting her in as I walk back and stood by the side of my bed.

She began to search the lockers and drawers as though he could hide in one of those.

He is not here I said.

Who is not here she asked stunned,i did not ask if a man was here, I only asked you if you were. Talking to someone, so a man is here.

I could not control it now the eruption building inside my head, telling me to strangle her, telling me to do it before she looks under the bed, telling me to run downstairs and keep going and never stop but I don't do all of that I just stand there and wait as she checks under the bed and then stands up and walk out the door, she did not say anything to me, leaving me confused as to what had happened.

I stay there contemplating before I hear a suggestion on my head to check under the bed, and I do it and find it empty, I check my room and find it empty Kal has vanished into thin air.

That was why she left confused, she was embarrassed or confused I could not tell but I think she could be experiencing both of them.

Annabelle walks into my room," what are you looking for Martha?

"Nothing" I say.

"Would you like for me to take you around the county, I already asked father's permission.

" Yes dear I would love that",I replied.