My Reward; His Punishment

THE NERVOUS

This is the thing I like about living next to nature, away from the city. I am happy that I live here, you don't have to worry about your neighbours or cars or shops. All you have to do is sit back and appreciate the nature and enjoy its eternal beauty, without any fear.

One day, I'd thank Adam for this, only if we could ever talk like a normal husband and wife. Adam is quite rich; one of the richest in our country, still he never compromises with his work. He works alone, without any help, though some trustworthy people are on the list but he is a good father and I can't deny that.

He always talks to Hannah, whenever he gets time, and plays with her or drop her school, and even makes her do homework at times. He is a very loving father.

He spends hours outside the house or in his lab, not showing up to me and Hannah for weeks. I am really jealous of the love of his life; his laboratory. I do take care of his food, water and pills and feel extremely on cloud nine each time he thanks to me.

And today when he came to my room and asked me if he could talk, I was like so scared.

I chuckle at the thought, he is hot, no doubt. And I always feel uneasy and sweaty whenever he's around. Girls die for him, and I can feel them too.

But at once, Hannah's picture come to my mind and I become worried. All this time, I forgot that Hannah is growing up and she may develop the second thoughts in her head regarding our not-so-close relationship.

She goes to school and has friends, and getting doubts or wrong assumptions isn't awkward anymore. Infact, every kid shares things but picking conclusions out of it, is what scares me even more.

Of course, our anti-relationship has not being disclosed to anyone, not even to my Mom and Dad. But Hannah needs to know the truth someday in the coming future because she'll be a teenager soon and our hardest efforts won't be able to hide it.

Teenagers are always so curious and uptight about their feelings. I don't know if I'm a good mother or not, but I really want to be. I'd do anything for that!

"Mom! I am hungry!" Hannah's voice from the kitchen brings me out and I run to her.

"Good girl." I tell her as she finishes her last piece of sandwich.

"I love them, how can you expect me not to finish them up?" She says, phewing childishly and I chuckle.

"Fine now go to your room and begin with your homework. I'm coming within a minute." I say, sipping water from the glass as she gets up from the table.

"Okay Mom." She runs upstairs, giggling. I know she is excited to run away and just play with her dolls instead of homework, by the time I arrive. But I'm not a strict mother too.

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"It's okay!" I whisper to myself, patting ny heart as I feel it speeding up. "Come on."

It's not the first time I'm entering here but my nervouness isn't new either.

I take a step shakily towards the door and finally enter the lab. The smell of chemicals and metal enters my nose, along with a familiar cologne. His cologne.

Beep, beep, beep...

The sound continues to produce as I continue walking, tumbling over some rounded, metal thing but finally reaching the centre.

"Ad-Adam, where are you?" I call, and my voice echoes a bit. I stutter his name because I'm not used to of that name.

"Jane?" His voice echoes but loudly, from every corner around. My name sounds so beautiful when he takes it.

But where is he speaking from?

"Amm..I'm coming." His voice reechoes, making me even more confused. The small, creaky beep sound grows into a sharp, weird booming sound, quite a pain in my ears.

"Mr. Williams is...is here to meet you." I somehow speak out as the sound decreases.

His lab is quite mad like him.

"Please come soon." I end and take a turn to leave when I see him standing, so close to me, that I gulp.

He freezes as he sees me, locks his brown eyes with mine and makes my heart paralysed. His proximity is so high that his strong cologne fume might wrap around my whole body, let alone my nose.