Nadine

77. Processing

I open my eyes and watch him sleeping on his back. I move off him a little bit. He pulls me back towards him and opens his eyes. I can tell by the light in the room, it is early morning again. He smiles and moves some hair out of my eyes. "You're beautiful."

I run my fingertips across his chest. "I need to go before we get into trouble sir."

"To late."

We panic for a second and I flip around. We are looking directly at Mary standing at the foot of the bed. She has her arms crossed. She does not seem happy at all.

She starts pacing. "Are you kidding me? Is this a joke? In the bed and arms of a man?"

We jump out of the bed. Dipak throws his shirt back on and I run to Mary. "Mary."

"Don't you 'Mary' at me little miss." She pulls me to the bookshelf.

We get all the way to it and she turns to Dipak. "You will be extorted for ever. You are now my servant."

She drags me into the tunnel and all the way to my place.

"Mary."

"No. Bath now. I need to process, I think."

"I will let you process Mary."

"Yes, that's for the best. Let's get you ready for now."

"You're not going to tell on me are you?"

"No. That would not be in your best interest. But... I really need to process this."

"Ok."

She gets me in a nurse dress and I go to work. She's quite mad. I don't think home is where I want to be right now.

"Good morning Thora, It's good to see you awake. Are you feeling ok?"

"Yes thank you princess. I talked to Dr. Cruor this morning already. He told me you all know everything." She starts to cry.

I sit on the bed and hug her. "We'll get you help Thora. We'll figure it out. Stress does terrible things to people. And having your first child, making a family, that is very stressful. It's a lot of changes. But everyone loves you. We all want the best for you."

"Thank you princess."

"I watched Ana for a day. It was bad Thora. Mom tried to kill dad. I told Dipak I want 20 kids. Everything was destroyed. I couldn't hold her around Dipak and Tre at the same time. So I kept having to have the guards take her when they were both around me. And the guards were worthless, they wouldn't hold her right. So I gave her to my dad and he just fell in love. Kept talking about when I was little. Then he wanted a grandbaby." I shake my head. "I can't imagine the stress you feel with that every day. The entire place was almost destroyed and they had to move the dining room."

Thora laughs. "20 is a lot princess."

"Yea but he looks so good with her." I smile thinking about it.

"And why did the dining room move?"

"I'll tell you later baby."

"Thank you for that. Ok you two. I'm going to finish some paperwork. I will return after a bit and it's normal to be slow waking up. Take your time."

"Thank you doctor."

When I get to my office, Dipak is sitting on the couch. "Good morning sir."

"Is Mary going to..."

"She won't tell on me advisor. But she may extort you forever."

He jumps up and wraps me in his arms giving me a big kiss. "It was worth it then. Did you enjoy last night? I didn't pressure you, did I?"

"I enjoy all my time with you. Last night was very enjoyable sir." I stand by my desk smiling at him. "I didn't feel pressured for anything."

He smiles at me and takes his shirt off. I stare at his chest and stomach. So many muscles.

"I love how your eyes get dark by looking at me princess." He steps against me and gives me the sweetest kiss.

"Let me get the cream on you sir or I'm afraid that's not what we will be doing soon." He smiles and turns around. I get the cream all over his back. Then I turn him around and give him a deeper kiss.

"mmmm I definitely want a little more from you baby."

I raise my eyebrows. "Just a little?"

He smiles at me. "I'll be back soon princess. I need to go be Advisor Frode for a bit. If I don't leave now, your dad will be down here breaking down your door again.".

Not 20 minutes later I walk out to the nurses station and there are guards and advisors everywhere. "What now daddy?"

"We need to run some more tests princess."

"WHAT?"