บท 54: LEAVING FOR FIJEX
As Martha turned around, Nathan caught sight of her as she ran through the crowd. His first reaction was to run after but Anaya held his hand and looked around, wondering why he seemed distracted. Her hand pulled him back to reality and he knew that he should not chase after her. Martha ran off to a tween deck and tears fell from her eyes as the cold air hit her face. She could hear the loud music playing above her and it signified the current mood of everyone there - happy!
'To get something out of your mind, you need to have another'
'To get something out of your mind, you need to have another'
'To get something out of your mind, you need to have another' said Martha repeatedly to herself. She dabbed her eyes and face and hoped she was not giving off scarecrow vibes.
"Fingerling, what are you doing here?" asked Ferran and Martha turned around to face him.
"Receiving fresh air. What are you also doing here?" Martha asked.
"There is plenty of air Martha. In case you didn't realize, we are on a ship" said Ferran as he folded his arms before him and arched his left eyebrow to drive his point.
"Oh, are we?" asked Martha jokingly and they both laughed.
"Seems something is bothering you. Care to share?" asked Ferran. She had not seen him physically since the accident and they had only video called one another. The injuries he sustained
"Not really!" said Martha and something occurred to her.
"This is out of context but I still want to ask it anyway. Do you remember the time you told me you liked me and you would like me to be your girlfriend?" Martha asked.
"Yes I do. But, why are you bringing that up now?" Ferran asked as he faced her better and freed his hands by his side.
"Because…I was thinking…"
As Martha was speaking, she saw Nathan come through the path to the tween deck and was facing her. Ferran was backing him and did not know Nathan was there.
"I was thinking if the offer is still open" Martha said and Nathan's eyes dimmed as he bored his attention on her. Ferran's eyes widened. He thought she was a lost cause and he had consoled himself by telling himself that it was better that he still had the opportunity to stay by her side…even if it was as a friend.
"Stop messing with me right now? Are you for real?"
"Yes!" Martha replied with a tight and forced smile.
"Oh my freaking GOD! Is this some sort of New Year blessing or what?" asked Ferran as he enveloped Martha in a hug. Right before Nathan's eyes, Martha returned the hug and even pressed herself closer to Nathan. Nathan turned and walked up the stairs in great indignation.
"Babe, I have been looking for you everywhere" said Anaya as soon as she saw him marching to his room in the ship but he paid her no mind and kept on his way. She chased after him but he shut the door on her face before she could get to him.
As Martha broke from the hug, she held Ferran's hands tightly.
"I was only messing with you Ferran" she said and gave a big fat laugh because of how Ferran squeezed his face.
"People don't joke with such things you know? Who am I kidding? How would you know when you have never been in a relationship?" said Ferran, a percent pissed that he had fallen for that.
"Do you mind showing me then?"
"What do you mean?" Ferran asked.
"You have also been nagging me about my social skills right? I mean that we act like we are dating and through that means I learn what it means to be in a relationship" said Martha as if she was suggesting it.
"Am I thinking what you are thinking? Like are we on the same page at all?" Ferran asked Martha as he stared at Martha like someone who was on drugs.
"Yes you are!"
"You want us to fake date?"
"Yes I do!"
"Alright, I know you do not do things without a reason but whatever reason you are doing this, I hope it's worth it!"
Martha smiled at this over understanding friend of hers. She was definitely playing with the heart of someone and she hoped that by the time he could get attached to her, she would also have been attached to him. She was tired of this cycle that she found herself with Nathan. It was tiring!
"I hear a good tune upstairs, care to dance?" asked Ferran and Martha placed her hand in Ferran's as he led her up the stairs to the deck where the dance was going on.
"What do you want to do?" asked Mr Gabriel as he sat across from his son. Immediately he entered his room, his father had knocked some seconds later to congratulate his son on being on the same par with him. Nathan opened the door thinking it was Anaya and he was ready to bomb her with his words but on seeing his dad, he visibly calmed.
"You don't seem excited for someone who just became a Lord," Mr Martin said.
"I am happy for the award and the privilege to sit on the same table with some of those who mentored me"
"But?"
".. but I feel really troubled, angry and…and scared dad"
"Scared?" Mr Martin asked as he sat at the edge of his chair. That was a word he could never use to associate with his son. Not because Nathan is his son but because he has seen and watched the boy grow up to be extremely fearless. He remembered when his son had killed his first snake and had not cowered away like most children did at that tender age. Probably it could be because he was faced with the responsibilities of life from an early age or because he had lost his mother and sister…but his son had grown up a man, even when he was a boy. That was something he was sorry for! He felt like he had exposed his son early…too early.
"What happened son?" There was silence for some seconds before Nathan spoke with terrible sadness in his eyes.
"Martha is finally tired of my antics. She now has a boyfriend"
"She now does? Since when?" Mr Gabriel asked.
"I guess she must have had enough when she saw Anaya. Father, I terribly want to let go of all and tell her why I can't be with her. This is driving me crazy!" Nathan said.
Mr Gabriel could not blame his son, he was at a similar stage at a point in his life and he had chosen the easier way out. Things went well but the short cut route he had taken cost him his wife and child.
"Do you remember what the doctor said?" Mr Gabriel asked again.
Nathan stood up and shoved his hands into his pockets. He turned his back on his dad as he began to remember it all. When he had told Mr James, he had pleaded for him to forget Martha and move on with his life so Martha could have hers. But, how could he? Martha was his since the very first day he saw her walk down the stairs of his mansion as she came to dine with him. She had stolen everything that was his with her gentleness and brokenness. He was one that would live according to her guide and control. She felt he was the one controlling the fire between them but she was actually the one.
There was just something that has been the only thing keeping him away from Martha. The only thing that made him not to snatch her from that hug, the only thing that did not make him irrational whenever he wanted to make any decision. How could he forget!
When Martha was at the early stage of healing from the trauma, the doctor said she must not be reminded of such an occurrence and she must not feel threatened, like there is an unseen threat over her. If such were to happen, there is a high chance that she would lapse back to that girl she used to be and there might be nothing that could be done at that point. In its persevered state, she could end up mentally ill and eventually die.
Die? A world without Martha? He wanted to push her far because he could not bring himself to tell her that those that were after the organization, had a lead that she might be his priceless entity. They were playing a game and we're trying to weigh between his father and Martha. They were not in a hurry to exterminate anyone and were majorly taking care of the executives by taking away whatever they hold dear. They felt like gods that were bringing judgement!
"I do Father!"
"So what do you plan to do?" Mr Gabriel asked.
"I leave for Fijex tonight"
"Finally given up on her?"
"Never! I just have to work faster. I would rather be hurt than put her in danger. She is safer the way she is and when the time comes, I'll be hers again"
Mr Gabriel stood up from his chair and Nathan turned around. "Congratulations on being a Lord my son. I am going to miss you"
"Same dad. Thanks so much for everything!"
"The ship to Taefei passes soon"
"Thanks dad, I'll get my things ready"
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