Shimmers & Shrouds (Abstruse) (16 page)

She was invincible. S
he was my girl.
 

I grinned at her message.

I read her message over and over again. She was so right. Speech on birthday did sound gross.
 

I was foolishly grinning at the screen when Mrs. Norrington knocked the door. I looked up and reassembled my expression. She was smiling shyly, aware in some corner of her mind that I was a total
lunatic. I agreed with her on that part if she believed that.
"Thanks a lot Mrs. Norrington. You're early, its not even quarter to eight."
She nodded and sauntered towards the sofa, and picked up my clothes.
"Where to put this, sir?"
"Umm, I thought I have to wear it after the bath." So there was no need to relocate them.
She shook her head. "Plans have changed, sir. The birthday ceremony will be from seven in the evening."
Birthday what? When was I going to see her then?
"In the third wardrobe, next to the shelves of towels." I guided her.
"Sir, Mr. Sunross told me that you wanted a speech." She hung the suit inside the wardrobe.
"Yes."
"How long should it be?"
"Not more than three minutes."
"When are you going for a bath, sir?"
“Umm... after checking the text massages!" I choked. She sounded like my mom and I was missing her today, very much.
"Sure sir, I'll be keeping your dress here, on the bed."
"Sure." I focused back on the message. Mrs. Norrington and I hardly talked with each other. She was a kind but stern lady. It used to take my entire level of courage to ask if she could help me out with the purchasing of jewellery and all the girly stuffs that my girlfriends usually fancied for. She always made me nervous.
After she left, I concentrated on the task that was interrupted.

I waited for the response, and the arrival of a new message made my heart skip a beat.
 

Damn!
I wanted to make love to her. She was so irresistible.
 

The hell! She wasn’t invited? Why would grandma do this?