She's The Troublemaker

Chapter 18- The Past Resurfaces

Time. Awaits No one . They say some people are best left in the past along with our mistakes and regrets .....

My hands were sweating , heart beat accelerated , the mere sight of him giving me goosebumps . Tears pricked my eyes as thorns as they threatened to fall . They say the strong one never cry, never quits , never depend . The grip on my boss's hand tightened to the extent that he looked at me with suspicion . who wouldn't be suspicious . As I said the grey never left mine . I could see him standing up , heading towards us . I , on the other hand stood frozen . The smile widened yet again as the walking continued .The first thing I noticed after all these years was that , His limping had improved . At first he used to limp very prominently now his limp had been like a ghost , faded but with a little attention you could notice that limp . Seems like the physiotherapist had made her magic on him . I scoffed . One moment I was scared and the very next I was scoffing . Thats when my mind ticked and warned to make a run . By now he was very near , breaking into a run would be very much a indication that I was still scared . So blinking back the tears I stood firm , released my grip from my boss's  hand and just stood with a smile . A full concrete fake smile . Should have thanked my boss for that training ..

As he came nearer I noticed he had aged a little more . He could now manage to look like my real father for all I cared . He stood in front , so near that it felt as if I was having a nightmare . A very real nightmare of my life . He ran his hand through his jet black hair . Combing it , if you could say . And extended a hand to my boss ..

" Ahh Xavier King . What a pleasant surprise ? Its been years since I had seen you . "

" Who might you be sir ? I am afraid we haven't met before .." 

" So foolish of me to not introduce myself . I am Lucas Standford , I m a real estate legend you might say . I partner with the most successful of the architects to establish a marvel among other buildings. I generally work in the United Kingdom . I believe we had met in Morocco the 13th annual meet for Green Urban Development ."

" Yes , vaguely remembering the past , Mr.Standford ." He extended his hand towards him and shook. While their reunion continued I assumed it would be best if I just disappeared from here . Withdrawing myself I turned to leave when an arm shot out and grabbed my wrist . I looked up at the 6ft tall greek statue as he made no sign of leaving me unacquainted .I tugged and tugged . It made no difference for him .It was as if a 5 year old escaping from his grandmoms clutches . Its impossible to get out . 

" Very Well . How about we catch up a little ? Discuss a little about our profitable venture ? Does tomorrow sounds good to you ? Maybe your -" the grey eyes shifted to mine in a questionable manner as to ask what I was .

" Yes , tomorrow sounds fine . According to my schedule -" He looked over to me . Oops he had said to make a schedule of his plans that day and oh I had forgotten . But according to 'my' memory he didn't have any meetings or dinners in fact he had a big fat free time . 

" Your free from 6 pm sir " I whispered 

" How about at 9 pm Mr.Standford ?"

" 9 pm it is then , At the Armani Hotel . Please do come with  your secretary . Lets meet tomorrow then . Excuse me Mr.King ." Luca shook  hands one last time before he retreatd back into the crowd and vanished . Knowing Luca he will try to reach me but I need to keep my walls high so that he never jumps across those . No one should no what role Luca played in my life . It should be best forgotten by me that he doesn't exist but my brain says otherwise . I was still frozen at my spot not that I was scared , No , I was shocked that he made no move before my boss that he knew me . I was thankful for that . A part of me just wished I take Ethan and run again from his clutches , But we were running our whole lives and just because of one encounter I couldn't take so big decisions instantly . Be it good or Bad , I will have to face Luca one day or the other . So why not now ? Might as well stay then run like a kid . I didn't even know I had started walking and we were already out of the hall . And like a stale bread I went inside the elevator not even thinking whose company I was in and How I had to act . 

The elevator door opened with a ping as I slid out of the elevator and into the silent hallway . My footsteps echoed through the hall . Each click of my heel sharply magnified . The clicking continued as I went past Logans room I  heard someone calling my name. Seems that Logan had come out to bring some ice from the other end of the hallway . Our chit chatting continued the came up the real topic ..

" Don't tell me . Mr.King fired you ."

" For some unknown reason he didn't . But he has warned me enough that if I did some other gig I would be thrown out ."

" Thank goodness . I thought I lost you but why did it took you so long to come back ? I swear I could have watched one season of friends by that time ." he said 

uh what should I say ? Sorry logan boss had other plans and wanted me to dance as we discussed about why I got in ?. No , probably not . Actually boss met a old friend of his and since I was with him I had to stay . Nah .. Maybe-

" So What happened ?"

" He met a partner so it would have been rude to just walk off so I stayed "

"  Oh and he didn't mind "

" Nope "

" Then it means all is well . Goodnight Mel catch you tomorrow ." he winked and left . Why did he always wink it makes me feel something weird . Like I liked it sort of . Deleting all of those unwanted thoughts I took out my room key , an electronic card and swiped in . The door unlocked and I put the key in the light slot provided . The whole room got lit as I kept all the earrings and stuff on the dressing table and went near my bed . Only to get shocked by what was sitting on my bed . Eyes widened I stared at the red envelope among all the colourful bouquets of flowers . Ripping the envelope apart I read .

Dear Lisa ,

         After all these years I finally saw you . Tomorrow is an interesting day . Looking forward to it , lisa . God I miss calling you Lisa .

With a lot of Hate ,

Your

 Luca