Arthur pov“ She is stubborn,” I muttered to myself raking my hands through my hair, No one had made me more unsettled than Dani and right now could hear her and the delivery guy having a back-and-forth. It only made me laugh, it was very funny and kind of annoying. She argued and she declined the order again, it took all the nerve within me to ignore them and go back to check the review of the new product and see how well it is doing in the market.I also had to drown myself in meaningless paperwork just so I could ignore her. I sighed as I was working on a document. I couldn’t skip it. I was focused on how it had to be presented and how it had to be arranged.I couldn’t possibly give it to her to work on, I needed my full attention on it, asides that the whole dinner was on my mind. I was trying my best to make sure it had no flops, the best I would do was to send it to Danielle for her opinion.I realized that she would always give her opinions whether asked or not. It is kind of
Arthur Pov I turned and I was right, it was Danielle. She was dressed in a casual outfit. She was laughing. It seemed like the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. She wasn’t alone, she was with an older woman and someone else too actually, a little girl. She giggled alone, I parked the car at an ice cream spot. She hasn’t noticed me but I already did. “Can we stop here?” My cousin asked and I wasn’t really moved or surprised.“Yeah sure.” I didn’t ask him questions or show concern, he is in his early twenties: twenty three to be exact and he wanted an ice cream, I know it has zero age limit but it felt funky regardless.“I didn’t know you would agree to have me get ice cream.”He said and I only smiled. “You can get what you want.” I replied to him.We had gotten down from the car and I stood behind her in line, she didn’t notice either.I had to call her out. “Danielle.” I said in a low tone,I was really invested, she didn’t want to have dinner with me, or escort me but she is ha
Danielle.As soon as I turned around, I glanced over to Avalon and she already had a smudge of the mixed flavors all over her mouth. Her face was turning red and her eyes were becoming very tiny.“Mummy, it hurts.” She said as she started crying. I already knew what this meant and all I could think of was how to get her to the hospital fast. I rushed and I pulled her to my side.“It’s okay baby, mummy is here. Okay?” I said that to calm her down. I looked over to him, he seemed clueless and unaware of what was happening. Confused at best actually and I can’t blame him.“What’s happening?” He asked cluelessly and I didn’t even have the time to answer. I kept on shushing her and hoping it would relieve her. But it didn’t.“We need to get her to the clinic.” My mum saw what was happening and she knew. “She is having a reaction to that ice cream.” My mum said as I carried Avalon and headed towards the door. I needed the pain that she was feeling to stop. I didn’t know where Arthur wa
Danielle POVThe next morningI couldn’t sleep much as I slept for a few hours,I had the same nightmare, I kept dreaming about Avalon having the same allergy reaction with no one but me, everyone didn’t pay attention to us.Her tears and her wails broke me down in ways that I didn’t like at all. I went to her room and I stayed with her until it was the morning.As soon as the sun was rising, I went to the bathroom, I washed my face and I made sure the eye bags weren’t there anymore. I have a product for it so I used it. Even if I was stressed out and sad, I laid out my hands by the sink and stared at the mirror.I sighed and I tried not to cry or even shed one tear, the series of my face smiles didn’t seem to impress me but I still tried my best but it didn’t work out. I didn’t try anymore. Instead I went to take my bath and made sure I was soaked in the bathtub. I felt fresh and new.I walked out and went straight to my room, I made Avalon there. “Good morning mummy.” She greeted me
Arthur POV“What? Why would I do that?” I said to her as I found her question to be unrelated and totally crazy. “You better not get ahead of yourself and by the way, I hope you are very much aware that not everything is about you.” I replied to her firmly as I turned to her, we made eye contact and she realized the truth.She didn’t say a word and I guess that shut her up. I had other things to deal with than some issues last night. It had ended and there wasn’t a need to bring it up.She didn’t say anything for a long while and I was completely comfortable with that. She needed time to think about her accusations.“What meeting are we going for?” She asked after a while and I paused my scrolling. I turned to her and I answered.“Well, you will find out when you get there. You will know what meeting we are doing for. Okay?” I said as I shook my head, I didn’t sound disturbed as I should instead I just let it all go.I could tell that she was anxious, she wanted to know what the meeti
Danielle.I sat down in the car and I waited for him to bring up where we were going but he didn’t say a word. I was worried that this might be another meeting or some silly thing, all I have on my mind at this point is my daughter and I can’t even be with her at this stage. I sat there wondering where this trip would lead too. I tried to call my mother but she wasn’t with my phone. I needed to be with Avalon but then I guess I might be late. As soon as we get to the office, if he doesn’t need me, I will be at my daughter’s school. I didn’t see a reason why she would hit someone but then i was curious, I just dealt with her allergy yesterday and now she is fighting. I closed my eyes and I sighed.“Where are we going?” I asked him but then he didn’t reply until a while later.“What’s Avalon school address?” He asked and I didn’t know what to reply- I didn’t know what to tell him or- no I was stunned as to why he asked that question.“We- we don’t have to go. We don’t have to go.” I kep
ArthurI heard as she muttered the thank you. I only nodded without looking at her, I could see her through the mirror.It was absurd for the principal to think Avalon was at fault, and the nerve of the boys mother.I was glad that she and her daughter were safe, that little scene that I just experienced toiled with me, I wondered if there were times when they had no one to defend them, a male figure.It was a quiet car ride, Avalon seemed to be dozing off. I wasn’t going to take them home immediately, it was almost lunch and i am sure we all needed to eat, Avalon especially. She handled it well and I was proud of her.“We are going to eat.” I said as I parked into the lot. Danielle sat up, she didn’t even realize it either.“Oh now?”She asked as Avalon sat up properly.“Mummy, where are we?” She asked and Danielle turned to me.“We are at- at a restaurant.” She stuttered as she took in her surroundings.Avalon remained on the spot and I moved to her with a small smile on her face.“M
Danielle POV“Morning,” his voice was slightly polite, i placed his coffee on the desk as he went through his files.“Good morning Mr. King.” i replied with a small smile, even though i expected him to look up he didn’t.“How’s Avalon?” he asked flipping through some papers, i watched him with his brows creased and his lips in a thin line.“She’s doing well,” i replied not sure if he wanted to hear more, i tried my luck. “She also sends her greetings.” He doesn’t reply and i mesh my lips together into a thin line.“Thats good.” This conversation was going nowhere and nothing seemed to get Arthur to be less uptight. “Is she at home?”“Yes, she’s with my mother,” I answered again, he paused this time and finally looked up at me. His eyes were fixated on my face, as intense as a cop on a suspect during interrogation.“What is it? You seem to want to have a heart-to-heart.” he stated leaning back into his chair, he tilted his head to the side and rubbed his chin. My face heat up in embarra