Chapter 39; Joel ?
By the time she left her heart was racing already.
She entered the washroom and went to the sink to wash her face which was warming up.
" Huh… Why am I feeling like this again ?" She asked the reflection in her mirror when she finally got a time to stare at her lips.
' I wanted to do this again !'
She remembered what Canary said to her in the morning and touched her lips.
She remembered the kiss feeling again and found herself smiling.
As she did this an old woman came out from one of the toilets and found Lisa lost like this.
She gave her a doubtful look that brought Lisa back to reality forcing her to remove her hands from her lips.
The old woman shook her head and left.
Lisa touched her chest.
" Why am I feeling like this whenever I think of the kiss?" She asked in whammy wondering if kissing makes people feel like that.
I'm calming herself down she went back to her friends and found them chatting happily that they were all laughing. Seeing them like this made her smile and feel relaxed and she joined them later.
It was getting to 9pm when they decided to leave.
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Canary and Lucy waited up to something like midnight as the Doctors prepared to release Alexander to go back home. They got him a wheel chair to take him to the car and Canary participated in giving him a push.
Lucy walked besides him gently this time she didn't want to leave him for a moment.
They went together with him back to the mansion and he was to have the rest of the medication and treatment from the Mansion.
He was taken directly to their bedroom and Canary helped to put him on the bed. After that he left the room.
He was so tired when he reached his room he slept.
***
The following day Lisa came for work but she couldn't stop thinking about the kiss again.
' I swear today I'm not going to his office no matter what happens. It's better I don't set my eyes on him.'
While she busy draw some sketches Jenny came before her and stood with her arms crossed before her chest.
" Lisa, I would some coffee." Jenny teased.
" I would get it for you but as you can see I'm trying to sketch something." Lisa answered.
Jenny chuckled in disbelief. " Should we say that what you are doing is more important?" She asked.
" Lisa, Go for the coffee other wise you will annoy her." Nicky who was seated next to Lisa whispered.
Lisa also smirked with lack of credence. " Ms Jenny, I respect you as the team leader but when I'm in my working time please respect it too." Lisa replied.
" How dare you reply to me like that ?" Jenny asked angrily.
Lisa got up confidently to Jenny's height and said.
" Lisa, Calm down !" Nicky tried to warn Lisa but Lisa didn't listen:
" I have respecting and serving you since the day I came here, please give me some respect too." Lisa begged.
" What ? Have you forgotten that I am the team leader ?" Jenny raised her voice.
" Yes, You are and that's the very reason you should respect others. Being a team leader is to guide and show us the right way but not to use us as your slaves. " Lisa said.
Jenny wasn't believing that Lisa was saying this.
" Listen everyone !" Lisa spoke out loud for everyone to hear and they all paid attention.
" From now onwards, I Lisa I'd not going to do anything for Ms Jenny unless it's concerning work !" Lisa declared before everyone.
" Has she lost her mind ? Doesn't she know that Jenny is our team leader ?" A few murmured softly.
" You see, No one has opposed that." Lisa spoke to Jenny with satisfaction.
Jenny was felt with anger and she raised her hand to slap Lisa but before her palm could reach Lisa Jenny's hand was caught in space.
Jenny's hand was caught in space.
They were all shocked to find that it was Canary himself stopping Jenny from slapping Lisa.
" Mr Canary.." Jenny herself called his name in shock.
Canary pushed away Jenny's hand so hard and everyone noticed and kept silent.
Lisa herself hadn't expected to meet him again like this.
" What do you think you are doing ?" Canary asked cruelly.
" She disobeyed me. I was punishing her." Jenny muttered.
" Who gave you the permission to start punishing others ?" Canary asked.
A few designers murmured again because they clearly remembered the day Canary gave Jenny permission to punish Lisa as much as she could.
" Mr Canary…You gave me the permission yourself." Jenny said also not believing him.
Canary found himself remembering that and learned his throat in embrassement.
" Lisa is no longer a junior here: have you forgotten that she's one of the reasons we won the Pearls show ?" Canary asked.
" Sir I.."
" Shut up !" Canary cut her off immediately.
" From today on wards, You have no right to touch any of these workers here. Have you heard ?" Canary commanded in a serious look that staked Jenny.
Jenny first swallowed hard in anger and then said.
" Yes sir, I have heard." She said.
After that he left without another word.
Jenny looked at Lisa angrily and went to sit back choicelessly.
Lisa also sat back but she wa amused by Canary's character again.
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Lucy was at the Mansion with Alaxander and Ketra besides them. Lucy was talking endlessly trying to figure out if Alexander remembered eveything and he nodded to what he knew and shook his head to what he didn't know.
This made Lucy happy actually she was just blissful to be near him.
They made sure he had his dinner early and by 8 they took him to his room to have a rest.
Lucy changed into her night wear and she was about to join Alexander in the bed when she thought of taking water first but on checking the room fridge water was done.
She sighed releasing that she had to go downstairs for water. She had just slopped downstairs when she saw a man enter the house from the living room.
She stood still and her expression changed immediately when she recognized the person who just entered.
He was non other than Joel. He had finally shaved off his beard and he dressed in a clean grey trench coat and khaki pants.
" Joel ?" Lucy asked in a soft voice.
Joel smiled and said. " It's been long, My dear Sister."
Lucy was still lost but when she heard her young brother's voice her eyes reddened. It's been over twenty years plus since she last saw him.
She slopped down from the stairs and rushed over to hug him. When she hugged him her eyes released a tear.
She was so happy to see him again after all these years.
In contrary when Lucy hugged Joel he gritted his teeth in anger.
Lucy released him from the hig and cupped his face.
" Joel, It's really you, you have grown so much" She said touching him to make sure that everything about him was good.
After realizing that he wasn't reacting she released him and tried to dry her tears with her thumbs.
" How have you been Sis ?" Joel asked.
" I have been good. But there's no day I didn't think of when you will come back to us." She said.
" Then don't worry sis. Because I am back." He said.
" That's great. I hope you will not leave me again." She said.
" Of course sister. You are the only family I have. Why would I run away from you again ?" He asked.
Lucy smiled in her tears and said.
She smiled in her tears and said.
" True, This is where you belong. This is your family." She said.
" Well, It has been long. Where is Alexander, I guess still at work." Joel spoke pretending as though he didn't know that Alexander had had an accident.
" Huh… He got an accident a month ago.
" What ?" Joel asked as though surprised.
" He's in the room. We can go and check on him." Lucy said and led Joel upstairs.
When they got inside the room Alexander was still loooking.
Joel smiled when their eyes met. Lucy went and sat down besides Alex on the bed.
" Honey, Joel is back to us. Do you remember him ?" Lucy asked.
Alex took time to observe him but he seemed not to recognize him so he slowly shook his head.
Lucy got up and said. " It's been long since he saw you. I guess he doesn't remember you for now." Joel said.
" Sorry about that. I didn't know that such a thing could happen to him." Joel said.
" Don't worry, The Doctor said that he won't be remembering somethings for now but with time he will recover his memory." Lucy explained.
Joel smiled when he heard this from Lucy.