Chapter 21

I stayed calm in my seat when I was asked to and he drove straight to the beachside. Even though I loved to be at the beach, I was afraid of the water but Aikens didn't know about that and I didn't also want to ruin our day out so I just kept it to myself. We walked along the shores as we sang "Perfect", by Ed Sheeran. We began splashing water on each other till his friend approached him. He left to speak with his friend while I continued walking in the water. After a while, I began feeling uneasy and distant away from him so I began to scream. Since he was speaking to a friend, I had to put in more effort so that he would hear me even though it was difficult somehow.

Before he could hear my cries, I was far away from the shore. He dived into the sea and swam as fast as he could to rescue me. I felt unconscious when I felt his touch on my skin. I thought I was going to die but I regained consciousness due to the CPR performed. The first thing I did was to tighten my grip around Aikens' wrist.

"Please don't leave me", was the only words I could say to him.

He carried me into the car and drove me to his place. Feeling so tired, I just went straight to my room to sleep to regain some energy. I sat on the bed for sometime before finally drifting to sleep. My peaceful sleep was disturbed by a knock on the door. I yawned and slept again but the knock wouldn't stop coming.

"May I come in?", a lady spoke.

"The door is opened ", I said lazily as I wake up to sit on the bed.

"Good evening my dear", the lady dressed in a white dress greeted .

"Good evening, how may I help you?"

"I was asked to come check up on you"

"Well, I'm fine just feeling tired "

"You will be fine, you should be more careful next time "

"I will", I said with a smile.

"Aikens nearly got a heart attack out of shock", she said and we both laughed. After sometime, she left me alone.

Because I was in the room, I didn't know it had gotten dark until I came out .

"Are you okay now?", Aikens asked.

"Yeah I'm fine"

"You have to be fine because we'll go to the law firm tomorrow and Jazzy will have to go back to Canada"

" so soon?", I asked sadly.

"Yeah her vacation is over"

"I'll really miss my little sister"

"Not little sister darling, it's sister in law", Aikens chipped in.

"Whatever"

"Now go inside and rest for tomorrow. As for Scotts, we will deal with him later"

"Please be careful", I said before heading towards my room.

Jazzy had been out of the house since morning because she had to sort out some documents at the embassy before her trip the next day. She returned later in the evening looking so happy meaning everything was on track for her. Jazzy leaving me was like when I was leaving home. That thought drew my attention back to my mum.

'I'll have to go and check the mail tomorrow after class ', I thought to myself.

Jazzy walked into my room fo find me laying on the bed.

"I heard you will be leaving tomorrow ", I asked her.

"Yeah", was the only answer she could give.

"I'll really miss you"

"Me too, and I want to ask you for a favor "

"Which is?", I asked her.

"Please promise me to take care of my brother, he's all I have left since our parents died"

I never knew Aikens had gone through such trauma growing up. No wonder he didn't like to talk about his family. I knew he wouldn't tell me even if I asked him so I had to find out from Jazzy.