Chapter 8: The crawfords

Chapter 8: The crawfords

2 ran to her room and threw herself to the bed, she covered herself with the bedsheet and soft sobbing sounds echoed mildly.

After a while a woman walked in, she came to the bed and sat at the side "first time you brought a man to the house, you didn't even bring that soldier friend of yours?" She said with a soft voice.

2 brought out her head from the bedsheet and glanced at the woman with teary eyes.

The woman squeezed her lips and stared at 2 body with judgmental gaze, 2 understood and came down from the bed, she pressed a button on her waist and the exo suit slowly loosened.

She came out and jumped into the embrace of the woman, apart from her mother this woman took care of her since she was a child, she was the housemaid then, now she was the head of both maids and servants in the mansion.

The woman smiled and ran her fingers through 2 beautiful white hair "if he hurts you then send him away", she said slowly. 2 jerked and shouted "No.. don't!".

"Calm down Angel, I didn't say I would send him out, I said you should" the woman chuckled while taking some strands of Angel's hair that covered her face and putting it behind her ear, Angel quietly mumbled "I don't want to send him away".

"Why do you even like him?, apart from his good looks and figure his attitude is too cold, I don't think anybody will like him" the woman asked with raised brows.

"I don't know, I thought I had gotten over him, I thought I had forgotten him but when I met him..... I don't know if I like him but I...", Angel muttered slowly at the end she stopped talking.

The woman frowned,"who is he?" She queried.

"Derek Hart", Angel replied.

"What.. that's him, but he seems like a different person, what about his parents?", The woman asked in surprise.

"They're dead... His entire family.. he's the only survivor from stronghold eleven", Angel said sadly.

The woman's eyes were filled with pity, she faced Angel who was lying on her lap and said slowly "then you have to wait for him to recuperate, if he does".

Angel turned and stared at her with confusion "what do you mean?" She asked.

The woman exhaled slowly "well some people don't come out from the trauma and cases like Derek's have negative possibilities".

Angel refused to accept it and shook her head "he can, you haven't seen his abilities..." She couldn't finish her words as the woman interrupted her.

"physical capabilities are not helpful in cases like this Angel, it's a matter of the heart and if he doesn't want to let anyone in it's likely that he'll end up as others".

"No.. I don't believe it, I don't", Angel glared at the woman with red eyes. The woman was shocked to see Angel in such a state, she hurriedly hugged her close and said "Don't worry, Derek's case will be different like you said, he's strong".

When she said that Angel began to calm down, soon she slept on the woman's lap. The woman sighed as she couldn't believe Angel had such deep feelings for Derek.

This was a serious case and she needed to talk to Angel's mother. Bots entered the room and moved the exo suit away, the woman gently took Angel off her lap and laid her on the bed, she covered her with the bedsheet and kissed her forehead, she got up and left the room.

She moved towards the guest room, there was many guest rooms in the building so she had to ask the maids.

"Where's the man?", She questioned with a glint in her eyes.

The maids bowed their heads and the maid who took Derek to the room stepped out and led Vera to the room, Vera was amused when she found out the maid took Derek to the last room.

The others were empty and this room was for least important people and judging from Angel's feelings, Derek was important at least for now.

She dismissed the maid and opened the door. She saw Derek sleeping, his chest undulation was too slow for a normal human, she frowned, something was wrong and she knew what it was but she closed the door and left.

This would be Derek's first punishment for making Angel cry.

The night passed peacefully, the next day, Angel's parents were seated at the dining table, they were almost done with their food and would soon leave.

The beautiful woman with blonde hair turned to her husband "Have you seen Derek?" She questioned while taking a sip from her cup.

The man had brown hair with some strands of gray, he wore a golden edge spectacles and had a well carved anchor beard, he was in his late forties and the gray hair was a sign of his exhausting work, he cleaned his mouth and sighed "from Roland's words, he should still be mourning his family so I think his mental state is really unstable and should be allowed to rest for now", he said slowly.

Jasmine nodded "about his abilities, it's still unbelievable even now, but I do not support Roland, Derek doesn't need to go to the battlefield, he should stay at home and rest, he has suffered enough", she said with concern in her eyes. n0velUsb.c0m

Luke exhaled loudly "his abilities can't be hidden forever, it would soon be exposed what better way is there to protect him than to join Roland's squad, besides Roland would take good care of him besides his ability may have been hyped, their emotions then we're unstable so maybe....", The man had not finished his words when his son entered and said "they were wrong".

He finished his father's words while he walked in with his friend, Jake was happy to finally enter Michael's home after a long time.

Jake was also from an influential family but unlike Michael's family which were in the military, his family deals with technology, in fact his big brother was a top scientists in the technological sector, he had a huge crush on Angel, Angel had a huge amount of followers who all had influential background so it was shocking to Vera to see Angel cry over a boy who didn't even have a dime neither does he have influence.

Luke shook his head and chuckled "I never knew you will be back today".

"I came to see my baby sister and wow I'm shocked to hear about Derek, where is he?, isn't he in the building?", Michael questioned.

"He must be in his room, yesterday was a pretty rough day for him", Jasmine said.

"Who's this Derek?", Jake asked curiously.

Michael glanced at him and said jokingly "he's the boy my sister doesn't want to forget, ha!..".

Jake's face turned ugly but he squeezed a smile 'what!', he screamed inwardly but He didn't even consider Derek a threat, even though Angel had feelings for him her parents would never allow such union, because from what he heard Derek was a complete pauper.

Suddenly the door opened and Angel walked down the stairs, Jake stared at her stunned at her beauty, although she had no make up on, she was absolutely gorgeous; her long hair was tied into a ponytail she wore a white top and a short skirt, her expression was bright as she smiled joyfully, she rushed and hugged her brother.

"How have you been?" Michael asked with a smile.

"Great, I will soon beat you on merits" Angel chortled.

"I would like to see you try" Michael chuckled.

Michael glanced at Jake, stretched his hand and closed Jake's wide opened mouth, he whispered,"no drooling about my sister".

Jake nodded and went to the table he sat next to Angel and greeted with a bright smile "good morning".

Angel glanced at him and responded,"good morning".

They selected their dish with Jake selecting Angel's favorite and placing it in front of her, she thanked him and looked around, she questioned with knitted brows "where's Derek?".

"I think he's asleep" Jake answered before her parents or brother could say anything.

Vera entered the room and said "I don't think Derek will be waking up".

"What!!", Everyone except Jake exclaimed in shock. Before Vera could continue the atmosphere turned strange, they all noticed it, both the maids all turned to the door and a man walked in.