"*Pant* *Pant* *Pant" heaved Natasha as she was running, she was already very tired and exhausted.
"Come on Natasha, you can do it, you just have to run a bit more" she said to herself as she encourage herself, she felt like she was going to faint any minute.
Her heart was pounding, her lungs were pumping as she was trying to run, she was trying to get safe, and hide away.
"Don't give up on me, just a little more" said Natasha as she gave it her final push and she ran even faster.
"Time!!" called Benjamin as he held a stopwatch in his hand and he stopped it from counting.
"Three minutes, well done Madam, this is better than the last time" said Benjamin as he smiled, he and Natasha were currently at the small running track behind the manor.
Natasha had ran three laps around the track in three minutes, and that was very impressive for a normal human being that was not training to be an athlete.
Natasha heaved until she finally collapsed on the grass, which alarmed Benjamin and he rushed over to her.
"Madam are you alright??" asked Benjamin as he bent down to the ground ,he looked very worried, but what he saw next shocked him even more.
It was the Madam, and she was even crying???? What made he cry?? asked Benjamin to himself, did he maybe do something??
Natasha was crying really hard.
"If only you had been that fast back then, if only... then you would have still been alive" said Natasha to herself as she cried even more.
"Madam please talk to me say something" said Benjamin in concern.
"Are you alright??? are you hurt??" asked Benjamin as he could see no physical injuries, he did not want to get in trouble because the Madam just suddenly started crying.
She had been very fine just a minute ago, but now she was crying like a baby, and the sight broke Benjamin's heart, he had never seen her like this, he always thought that the Madam was a very strong woman.
And he admired her, she never gave up, and she was improving very well with her martial arts in such a short time, and Benjamin wondered what could have made her have so much pain and agony.
"Madam... please say something" said Benjamin sadly.
"I am alright Benjamin" said Natasha as she stopped crying, she had lost herself in her pain for a moment that she even forgot that poor Benjamin was here, she must have given him a scare, because she must have looked like a crazy person who could not control their emotions.
"I am okay" she said as she dried her tears and she sniffed.
"Are you sure Madam???" asked Benjamin in concern.
"Yes, I am" said Natasha as she sniffed.
"I think that is enough for today, we can continue tomorrow" she said as she sat up on the grass.
"Okay then Madam, if you say so" said Benjamin as he was reluctant to leave her like this.
"Yes, so you may go now, see you tomorrow" said Natasha.
"Okay Madam" said Benjamin as he did not overstep his boundary and he left and did as he was told.
As soon as Benjamin left Natasha was alone on the field, and she began to cry even more, it was not easy at all to come to term with the fact that she had died.
She had actually died!! and as if that was not enough she was given a chance to come back to change how the course of her life would go, Natasha just found it all so overwhelming.
She was trying to be strong, she really was, but it was not easy at all, she kept all she knew and her problems locked deep within her, she could not tell anyone at all because they would think that she was crazy.
This was all just too much for her, the heavy load on her chest, and the more she carried it the more she was unstable, just like what had happened right now, she just could not handle it anymore.
The memories of how she had died, and how she had tried to run away, and she ended up being killed all rushed back to her as she was running, she felt really scared and terrified, and she ended up letting all her emotions loose.
All the tears that she thought she had finished shedding had returned, and they were even more heavy than before, she just could not take it.... but she had to... for herself and for her daughter.
Natasha stopped crying, she felt much more better as she had let out all those tears, she stood up from the grass and she wiped her tears and sighed, her eyes were red and puffy, she would have to calm herself down before Joy would see her like this.
...
"Good Morning Madam" said Alfred as he saw Natasha walking down the stairs.
"Good Morning Alfred" said Natasha as she smiled slightly she was not in the mood to be cheerful today.
"Madam I just wanted to inform you that Miss. B has fully recovered from her terrible flu and she will be coming to tutor Joy today" said Alfred as he smiled.
"Ahh I see, thank you Alfred" said Natasha.
"Please tell her to meet me in my office when she is done tutoring Joy, I have something very important to discuss with her" said Natasha.
"Alright Madam, I will make sure to do so" said Alfred.
Ahh speaking of discussing Alfred had just remembered something very important.
"Ahh Madam, did the you see the Young Master yesterday???" asked Alfred as he was curious if maybe they had an argument or something else, because the Young Master really looked angry yesterday evening.
"No... No I didn't" said Natasha as she seemed to be thinking.
"In fact, I was not aware that he had come home yesterday night" said Natasha.
"Well Madam, yes he did, he came home early yesterday night, and he asked me where you were because he wanted to speak with you" said Alfred.
"Well that is strange, I did not see him at all yesterday night, or even this morning" said Natasha as she did not care at all, maybe he had more important things to do than to come and argue with her over utter nonsense.
"This is truly strange" said Alfred as he looked suspicious, it was unlike the Young Master to behave in such a manner.
"He did not even eat dinner yesterday, or breakfast this morning" said Alfred.
"Well he is a grown up man, I am sure that he will know when he needs to eat" said Natasha as she knew what Alfred was trying to do.
He was trying to make her worried about Dom, and that would not work, Alfred and Grandfather were exactly the same.|
"Maybe he forgets things like that Madam" said Alfred as he laughed awkwardly.
"Well then he needs to learn how to unforget them" said Natasha coldly, and Alfred laughed sheepishly, his plans were not working, the Madam seemed to be totally uninterested in the Young Master.
"Well then Alfred, I have many things to do today" said Natasha.
"Please remember to send Miss. B to my office, I will see you later" said Natasha as she walked away she did not even wait for Alfred to reply.
"She is really not in a good mood today" said Alfred to himself.
...
"Come in" said Natasha as she heard a knock on her office door.
"Good Afternoon Mrs. White" came the voice of a young woman no older than Natasha by a few years, she had brown hair and brown eyes.
"Good Morning Miss. B" said Natasha as she looked up from her laptop and she smiled.
"Please have a seat" said Natasha.
"Okay" said Miss B.
"I heard from Alfred that you wanted to see me" said Miss B as she sat down.
"Yes Miss. B" said Natasha.
"Please Miss. White, just call me Patricia" said Miss. B as she smiled.
"Alright Patricia, and please call me Natasha" said Natasha as she smiled.
"Okay Natasha" said Patricia as she smiled.
"I wanted to see you today, because I have been thinking, and I want Joy to start going to school" said Natasha.
"Oh alright, I agree, Joy is a very intelligent girl, and if she goes to school, she will be able to grow more with her peers, and learn more" said Patricia.
"Going to school would even improve her social skills" she said
"My thoughts exactly" said Natasha as she smiled.
"Well then Natasha, In that case, I will compile some names of good schools that could be suitable for Joy, and I will give them to you for you and your husband to compare based on your tastes" said Patricia.
"Oh that would be great" said Natasha as she smiled.
"Yes, so just give me some time, and the next time I come to tutor Joy I will give you the list" said Patricia as she smiled.
"Thank you" said Natasha as she smiled.
"It's no problem at all" said Patricia as she smiled back.