Rubbing her eyes with the heels of her hands, she finally opened them. It was light now, and the first thing she saw was the light fitting hanging from the ceiling. She blinked, why had she never noticed that before? It was different, that wasn't the same light fitting she saw when Eric showed her to her room, that was a pretty little chandelier, this one was brass coloured, a large ring with two other rings wrapped around it with little LED lights embedded into the metal.
Amelia turned her head towards the window, or where the window was supposed to be. She never managed to look more than a foot above the pillow. Sparkling blue eyes and a sweet smile considered her confusion.
Gasping in shock and horror, Amelia shot her head to the right to see Nick resting his head on his crooked elbow and showing a broad smile.
Amelia turned scarlet, she looked again from one man to the other, and if she were standing up, her jaw would have hit the floor.
Nick left the room, and Gabriel stroked his hand over her back. He gentlyeased some of the quilt from her grasp, but she still clung on to some. She wasn't ready to face him yet. Huh, maybe in fifty years she might be able to look at a picture of them!"Amelia, it's okay, please don't cry, you will make your throat hurt again."
"Amelia?""Yes, I'm in the bath.""Are you alright?" Nick asked."Yes, thanks, I'll be out in a few minutes.""Okay," there was silence for a few seconds. "Have you got lots of bubbles, darling?"What? Darling? Was he waiting for her? What did he want? "Er yes, lots of bubbles.""Oh, that's good," he said as he stuck his head around the door, wearing an irrepressible grin.Amelia gasped and covered her breasts with her hands, crossing her legs and crouching lower in the water. "Out! she yelled."Don't be silly love I can't see anything," more's the pity, he thought. You're all covered in bubbles. Shall I wash your hair?" Nick smiled at her and reached for the showerhead."I, I, I can do it," she stuttered."Much nicer if someone else does it though, don't you think?' he sat on the edge of the bath and turned the water on, "Tell me if it's too hot."&nb
Jessica Elwood looked around her bedroom at all the posters of Nick Henderson, she would be sorry to leave them all, but she knew which one she had to take with her. His smile was so familiar to her. It felt like it had been part of her all her life. His was the last face she saw when she closed her eyes at night and the first face she saw when she opened them the next morning. She listened to Nick singing all the time, especially on the way to her Saturday job. She had lied to Mr Bashir, who owned the local corner shop and newsagent about how old she was. She'd told him she was fourteen, well it wasn't a lie anymore, today was her birthday. Her mum had forgotten, but that was nothing new, half the time she couldn't remember her name. Tonight, she would cook something nice for them both she just hoped that none of her 'uncles' would be at the house. Still, if one of them were at home, she would, nip out and get a Chinese.She kept the house as clean as she could, but it was difficult
As it turned out, Amelia had a couple of days relaxing at Cawlin before chaos broke out. On Wednesday it rained all day, and they sat in the cinema room watching films, and Netflix and scoffing popcorn. On Thursday the weather was fine, and she explored the garden with Nick and Gabriel."Oh, is that a maze? Can I go in it?" Amelia looked up at Gabriel. almost jumping up and down like a five-year-old"Of course you can," he laughed, he looked at Nick. "What do you think, Nick?"Nick grinned, and his eyes narrowed at Amelia, "I think there should be kisses if we find you."Gabriel laughed, "When we find you." He turned to Amelia, "Okay Millie, You have got two minutes to lose yourself. It's a huge maze, so you should have plenty of time.They watched her run to the entrance and disappear into the hedges, admiring her plump, wiggling arse."We'd better start thinking about that letter you got the other day. What
Claire Henderson looked at the pictures on her desk. In the back of her mind, she knew this was going to happen. She was surprised that it hadn't happened sooner. Nick looked so young in the photo, eighteen, still a child in many ways. Though he was sensible most of the time, and she knew that he was a good man.The package pushed through the letterbox contained letters and photos, but the message from Jessica was heartbreaking. A child was looking after her addict mother and only running away because she was in danger of being a sex slave. If any of this were true, even if she weren't Nick's child, she would make sure she was safe.****They walked back through the gardens to the house, Gabriel and Millie walked, Nick took off at the speed of sound back to the house. Gabriel pulled his phone out talking and reached for Millie's hand. He squeezed it gently, rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand. Gabriel finished his call."Hey I'm sorry
"What!" Lucy yelled across the table. Her mouth fell open gasping for breath, and tears were falling down her cheeks. "Please, God no, don't let her be yours."Amelia, who was sitting next to Lucy, put her arms around her, "It's okay, Lucy, it'll be okay."
The next morning everyone seemed to be up early for a Saturday morning. When Millie walked into the kitchen, Gabriel was slaving away, making bacon sandwiches for breakfast. Jess and Lucy were sitting at the table with an iPad looking at clothes. Claire was over on the sofa, talking on the phone. Now that she was here, the only one missing was Nick."Morning everyone, " she said, walking over to the coffee machine.Gabriel gave her a stunning smile "Good morning darling, did you sleep well?" he asked as he wrapped his arm around her waist and planted a kiss on her lips.She watched the slow grin on his lips. She blushed, fancy kissing her in front of the girls and Claire, "Gabriel. don't do that" she said through gritted teeth."What? Why not? I love kissing you."She shook her head and moved away from his arms, "I just feel bewildered Gabriel, am I a housekeeper? Am I your girlfriend? Or," she searched for the words, "am I just someone
Millie's terrified scream had Gabriel, Nick and Jess shooting to their feet."Betsy!" yelled Gabriel.They charged down the kitchen stairs, to find their shaken housekeeper up on the kitchen counter, leaning back into the wall, still screaming."Shh! It's only Betsy!"Gabriel stepped between her knees, putting his arms around her."Calm down, Millie. You're probably frightening her.""It's a snake!" she squealed, pointing to the orange corn snake, slithering across the kitchen floor towards Nick.Nick bent with an outstretched hand, allowing the snake to coil its way up his arm."Get it out of my kitchen now!""Millie its okay, she's harmless."Gabriel lifted Millie off the counter and soothingly stroked her back as Millie clung to him, hiding her face in his neck. Her beautiful big bosoms, shuddered against his chest as she tried to control her fear, and he wished, not for the first ti