After dealing with the staff member, Benson goes to Ally’s room. He unlocks the door and opens it slowly. He never knows exactly where she is. She may be behind the door. He enters to find her laying in bed. She has her back turned towards the door and is staring towards the window.Benson walks up to the bed and waits for her to acknowledge his presence. She does not.“Good afternoon, Ally” Benson tells her. She does not move or respond. He stares at her for a few more seconds. It irritates him that she treats him like this. If she only knew what he had to do to keep her alive after the stunt she pulled with Ronald. He was able to deal with Ronald, having him fired at the facility. He is not afraid that Ronald will ever come into her life again. He also got word that Doctor White was in on the plan and have dealt with her too. She will never be able to practice again in this country.“I would like to show you something.” Benson tells Ally. Ally lays in her bed. Not moving at all and
Eric wakes up the following morning. The first thought that crosses his mind, is that Ally has not been for a check up since she came back. He wonders how the baby is doing. When he found out she was pregnant, he was so excited to become a father. He could never share this excitement with her because she was not in a good place and when she was discharged from hospital, she was taken. Even when she came back, he couldn’t share his excitement with her. She was just not the same person anymore.Eric gets out of bed with effort. He will have to arrange someone to go see her at the house. He cannot trust her to go to an appointment. Eric takes a hot shower to force himself to wake up fully. He steps out refreshed and ready for the day. He gets dressed and ready for work. He smiles as he steps out of his hidden bedroom into his office. No commute today. He missed staying here. He lived here for a long time after he had a fallout with his father. He only moved back to the house after Ally w
Megan waits in her room most of the day. She looks up when she hears a soft knock on the door. Agatha stands in the doorway, waiting for her to acknowledge her. Megan stands up and takes a few steps towards Agatha.“Morning.” Megan tells her.“Good morning, Mrs Symons. The doctor is here to see you. Would you like to meet him in the downstairs room or should he come up here?” Agatha asks her. There is no emotion on Agatha’s face. She does not let it be known what she is thinking or feeling.“I will see him in the downstairs room. Thank you.” Megan tells her.Agatha nods and turns to go to the downstairs bedroom. Megan follows her in silence. Megan cannot ignore the pounding of her heart as she approaches the bedroom. She does not know how she will be able to get the doctor to keep her secrets. Agatha stops next to the open door and indicates with a gesture of her open hand for Megan to go in. Megan nods at Agatha and enters the room before Agatha pulls the door closed behind her.The
Eunice is lost in thought while expertly preparing the ingredients for the meal she is planning to make. She is most at home in her restaurant’s kitchen. She has an exquisite kitchen at home but it doesn’t really compare to the state-of-the-art kitchen she has created for herself over many years at the place where she spends the most time.The ache deep in her heart threatens to overwhelm her as she methodically goes about her preparations. Just as her thoughts almost completely consume her reality, she notices movement coming from the back door to the restaurant. The kitchen leads out into a little ally that they share with another restaurant next to hers. The door is always open, but no one ever comes in through it.She watches the little girl sneaking into her kitchen from the corner of her eye, pretending not to see her as she goes about her business. The little girl walks quietly towards her. She takes slow, careful steps until she is close enough to Eunice to see what she is pr
TWENTY YEARS LATERAlly steps through the back door of the restaurant kitchen where she just had the worst date ever. Luckily she knows the Chefs in the kitchen and they let her escape through it. She thanks her friend that closes the door behind her, before taking the few steps down to the sidewalk.It is already dark outside. Ally wished she never came on this date. Never again. Blind dates are not the way to go. From now on she will insist on meeting the person in a group setting before spending one-on-one time with anyone. Thinking about the man she left at the table in the restaurant only makes her want to gag.Ally takes out her phone and dials her roommate’s number. Megan answers on the second ring. She is the most reliable person she knows. She always answers and she is always willing to help.“Hey Hun.” Meg’s sweet voice rings over the phone.“Hey! Are you busy?” Ally asks Meg. Meg has a very busy social life. Something Ally tries to avoid at all costs.“Hanging out with frie
As she closes her mouth, excitement fills her. The sauce on the bottom of the fork he used to decorate the plate, is the first element she tastes. As she pulls the fork from her mouth and bites down on the cube, the different element’s flavours explode in her mouth.Ally closes her eyes as she takes in every texture and flavour of the bite in her mouth. She is in awe. She savours every moment of it before swallowing. When she opens her eyes she finds herself looking straight into the master of this creation’s eyes. This man is an amazing chef.He looks at her expectantly. Ally raises her eyebrows and slowly shakes her head. She is speechless.She places the fork back on the plate and shakes her head slowly again while looking at the plate.She finally brings her gaze back up to his.“That was…. unbelievable.” She finally tells him.“Thank you.” He says, smiling at her. “I must tell you, watching you eat it… was… very satisfactory to me.” He gives a small chuckle. “But don’t worry, I w
Ally walks into the kitchen of the restaurant where she is head Chef. She looks at her surroundings and cannot help but think about the kitchen she was in last night. Meg comes into the kitchen just behind her, putting on her apron as she walks. This kitchen is nice. That kitchen is extravagant. She would love to work in that kitchen, but then Eric would probably be her boss and she would not be able to concentrate on her work at all.“That was one damn fine man you were with last night.” Meg tells Ally as they reach their normal work stations. Ally’s work station is almost set apart like Eric’s is. It is just does not have special lighting and it isn’t as big is his. Meg falls into her routine and busies herself with preparations for the night service.“That is almost an understatement. I cannot remember ever meeting a man that can wreak havoc on all my senses in seconds.” Ally tells Meg.The whole day, while Ally works, she cannot keep her mind off Eric. Everything about him attract
The evening service is busier than usual that night. Ally runs most of the night. She is dead on her feat at the end of it. When everyone tosses their aprons in the wash bin and leave the kitchen, Ally follows without even rechecking everything. She will come in earlier today to recheck. It is already two in the morning. She needs sleep.She goes home and makes haste to get into bed. She falls asleep instantly.Ally wakes a few hours later. Even though she got much needed sleep, she still feels tired. It has been a busier than usual week. There are a lot of conferences in the city and most of them are near the restaurant where she works. She sits up in her bed and drags her phone closer. There must be a million messages that needs answering.Ally scans through the messages, deleting anything that seems mundane and quickly giving attention to anything to do with business.She is somewhat disappointed that she did not receive anything from Eric. She gets up to get ready for work. She wa