Someone Like You

Part Thirty Nine

Chapter Thirty Nine

Neither Toby nor Daniel could help Theo, and he was consumed with anger on a constant basis. The only thing that seemed to save him was Melody, and more surprisingly, Mansell. So he spent more time at home than ever, pretending that Sadie wasn't fooling the rest of the world that she was fixed, that she was clean, that she wanted to be a mother more than anything else.

At night when everyone else was asleep, he worried, playing out in his head what would happen if Sadie got her way. And that led to long sleepless nights.

Then the text came from Nina. Finally.

Lying on top of his duvet, he smiled, not a short message, and a very apologetic one. She missed him...that made him grin inanely.

"Can I call you? I really need to hear your voice."

Her reply took a few moments to arrive, but each second felt like an hour.

"Maybe in half an hour...sorry I'm not giving you much here."

He knew all about that.

"I'll be waiting."

And he was.

"Hi." Her voice sounded like heaven.

"Nina...I've missed you too." He listened to her chuckle, then added, "I'm not a man of words."

Still chuckling she offered, "an action man, hey?"

He was beaming at that, glad that she couldn't see his face, "I try."

It was then that the phone became muffled and he could hear Nina talking, but not to him. Eventually she came back to him.

"I am so sorry; this is just such a crazy time for me..."

He sighed, "can I help?"

"No, not really. I wish I could tell you what was happening, but it's not my decision, do you believe that?"

Considering that before answering, he knew that she'd not lied to him to date, that he was the one who'd treated her badly. "I want to believe that, so I do..."

"I wish I was there...but I'm not...and we might be going away for a few days."

He groaned, "away? Who's we?"

"Lilah...she's having a really rough time at the moment. A few days away, somewhere warm might help...I don't know."

"I thought she'd just come back from Cyprus."

Nina sighed, "she has, but...I don't know. She needs a change of scenery that isn't work I think. I don't know. We may go to my cousin's."

"Is there any chance we can meet up before then?"

"Aren't you too busy with all your shit?"

He thought about all that was going on, he had more work than he knew what to o with, but Mansell had his carer, Melody was in day care...he had a second in command. "I can be with you by half past ten."

The sigh that escaped her lips and along the phone line was almost carnal in its nature, and Theo's body almost shuddered, and suddenly he was hard, wanting. "Say you'll open the door."

"You can't come here. Lilah...she's not up to guests."

He was almost drooling, "anywhere...I'll meet you anywhere."