your coffee. I'm leaving in a minute." She walked in kitchen.
With lots of guilt and grief, I sipped the coffee. Grief was for her mother's actions.
Shit. The coffee didn't have a single ounce of sugar. "It is sugarless." I followed Eva in kitchen.
"Am I your servant?" she asked in a cold voice.
"Are you from Russia?" I asked slowly.
"Nathan..." she clenched her fingers. It was clear that she was controlling her anger.
"Are we in the cold war, dear?" I asked her the straight question.
"No, we aren't," she replied in low, sad voice.
"Then why? Why such talk?" I couldn't bear that she was angry at me. Her simple gaze of disappointment broke my heart. I couldn't stand being a disappointment in her eyes.
"Because you were not there when I needed you." Tears splashed from her eyes. I wrapped her in my arms. She resisted it and pushed me away.
Forcefully, I pulled her back into my arms."Then you should tell me what happened."
"I waited for you in the cafe for more than an hour. The waiter looked at me like I was an idiot." She started sobbing silently.
I cupped her face in my hands, and wiped her tears with my thumb. "I'm really sorry, darling." I hugged her tightly and brushed my hand over her back. "Calm down and tell me what happened?"
"My mother, she wants me to get into the fashion industry. She will force me, Nathan, and I don't want that."
"Sit down first." I walked her to the couch. Taking a seat in front of her and I took her palms in my hands. "Listen, sweetheart." Slowly, I stroked her palms with my thumbs. "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"She made me confused."
"Answer my question first," I persisted.
"If you ask my heart, I want to be an athlete. I have always seen myself in my running shoes. When I was a child, I won my first race in school and that was greatest moment of my life. My mom and dad were there at the school that day. They were happier than I was. My mother gave me expensive running shoes. It is a special memory in my heart." Her face showed a soft smile and her eyes were lost in memory. She looked so innocent. For the first time that morning, she smiled like a child. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling her fresh scent inside my lungs. Her cherry red lips were inviting me for a kiss, but this was not the moment.
"What a beautiful memory. But why did everything change?" I placed my hand over her heart.
"After few years, my mom took the business over. Then everything changed. She changed, her attitude changed. She became so driven that sometime I feared that she was not my mom anymore. She is like a business tycoon, who cares more about her business than family." Her face turned dark. I felt sorry for her. She had never expressed such feelings in front of me.
"I'm sorry, babe. I don't want to comment on your mother." I touched her chest. "But I want to tell you one thing. The real wish lies here. See how happy you are thinking about that special moment?" I touched her head. "The confusion lies here. It creates pictures you don't want to see." I pulled her chin up to look into her eyes. "The world is scary out there, Eva, and the heart is alone, packed in a tiny space. You will have to listen to it. It will make you happy, with more happiness than money can buy."
She smiled faintly. "Thanks, Nathan." She hugged me. "You are my inspiration, but why did you need to drink yesterday?"
"Financial conditions can be worse sometimes, and old habits die hard. I don't want to hide this from you, but I'm..." I cleared my throat. "You know, not good on the financial side." I told her the less scary truth, the truth I cared less about. I couldn't speak about her mother, it would have killed her on the inside. For the first time she had opened her wound to me, and it was nothing other than her own mother. If I had told her about my meeting with her mother, she would have died, right then and there.
Slowly, I had to get her away from her mother's influence. I could see what she
With lots of guilt and grief, I sipped the coffee. Grief was for her mother's actions.
Shit. The coffee didn't have a single ounce of sugar. "It is sugarless." I followed Eva in kitchen.
"Am I your servant?" she asked in a cold voice.
"Are you from Russia?" I asked slowly.
"Nathan..." she clenched her fingers. It was clear that she was controlling her anger.
"Are we in the cold war, dear?" I asked her the straight question.
"No, we aren't," she replied in low, sad voice.
"Then why? Why such talk?" I couldn't bear that she was angry at me. Her simple gaze of disappointment broke my heart. I couldn't stand being a disappointment in her eyes.
"Because you were not there when I needed you." Tears splashed from her eyes. I wrapped her in my arms. She resisted it and pushed me away.
Forcefully, I pulled her back into my arms."Then you should tell me what happened."
"I waited for you in the cafe for more than an hour. The waiter looked at me like I was an idiot." She started sobbing silently.
I cupped her face in my hands, and wiped her tears with my thumb. "I'm really sorry, darling." I hugged her tightly and brushed my hand over her back. "Calm down and tell me what happened?"
"My mother, she wants me to get into the fashion industry. She will force me, Nathan, and I don't want that."
"Sit down first." I walked her to the couch. Taking a seat in front of her and I took her palms in my hands. "Listen, sweetheart." Slowly, I stroked her palms with my thumbs. "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"She made me confused."
"Answer my question first," I persisted.
"If you ask my heart, I want to be an athlete. I have always seen myself in my running shoes. When I was a child, I won my first race in school and that was greatest moment of my life. My mom and dad were there at the school that day. They were happier than I was. My mother gave me expensive running shoes. It is a special memory in my heart." Her face showed a soft smile and her eyes were lost in memory. She looked so innocent. For the first time that morning, she smiled like a child. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling her fresh scent inside my lungs. Her cherry red lips were inviting me for a kiss, but this was not the moment.
"What a beautiful memory. But why did everything change?" I placed my hand over her heart.
"After few years, my mom took the business over. Then everything changed. She changed, her attitude changed. She became so driven that sometime I feared that she was not my mom anymore. She is like a business tycoon, who cares more about her business than family." Her face turned dark. I felt sorry for her. She had never expressed such feelings in front of me.
"I'm sorry, babe. I don't want to comment on your mother." I touched her chest. "But I want to tell you one thing. The real wish lies here. See how happy you are thinking about that special moment?" I touched her head. "The confusion lies here. It creates pictures you don't want to see." I pulled her chin up to look into her eyes. "The world is scary out there, Eva, and the heart is alone, packed in a tiny space. You will have to listen to it. It will make you happy, with more happiness than money can buy."
She smiled faintly. "Thanks, Nathan." She hugged me. "You are my inspiration, but why did you need to drink yesterday?"
"Financial conditions can be worse sometimes, and old habits die hard. I don't want to hide this from you, but I'm..." I cleared my throat. "You know, not good on the financial side." I told her the less scary truth, the truth I cared less about. I couldn't speak about her mother, it would have killed her on the inside. For the first time she had opened her wound to me, and it was nothing other than her own mother. If I had told her about my meeting with her mother, she would have died, right then and there.
Slowly, I had to get her away from her mother's influence. I could see what she
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