Saved by the sea

Chapter 6

The next day went smoothly... well smoothly is a strong word.... well lets say okay...

Oliver was unavailable once again to see me... so I concentrated on work...

But when I finish this... I will have more my honeymoon with Oliver... and it is worth it...Just thinking about spending time with him...A week just me and him...My heart beats faster just thinking about it...I push those thoughts away and concentrate on the task at hand.I have been working without taking a moment to rest and my eyes are taking the toll for it... the lines and numbers began to blur...I guess that is enough for today... as I check the clock to see that it is already well past nine PM...

Shit...

I look around to see that there is no one else in the office....

I released a deep sigh... and began to gather my things to go home, when I received a text...

It was from Oliver...

"Hey babe. I will be out of office tomorrow, so I will see you at the ceremony...

Your dad will pick you up at eleven, be ready :) see you then."

And another one pops in right after the first.

"I appreciate all the work you put it so we could have a honeymoon"

I message him right to say that I will be there...

And I also asked where he was going tomorrow...

But I never received the answer...

Before I even made it out of the office my phone began to ring...

And it was my dad calling...

"Hi, Daddy..."

"Hey, Pumpkin. why are you not home?"

Shit...

How does he know that?

"I was working late daddy..."

"Beka... you just got better after yesterday... you shouldn't push yourself too hard before the wedding..."

"I know... I know... there is just so much work to be done before the wedding... and Oliver wants to take a few weeks off for a honeymoon... and you know that work never waits.. so I have to finish it all before the weekend...."

I heard a defeated sigh from the other end of the line as my father answered me.

"Okay.. okay... how about I make dinner for both of us?"

"Mhm... great daddy.. but I will only be home in... about fifteen minutes..."

"I know you are not home yet... because I was outside of your apartment and you were nowhere to be found... so I let myself into your place..."

"Daddy...well okay I will hurry home..."

"Great... I will be waiting and we can discuss your wedding..."

Shit... he wants to talk about my wedding.... I don't know s**t about it... Oliver's mother doesn't talk to me about it..."

"Why... why don't we talk about something a little more interesting instead?'

It is great that he can't see me right now...

If he did...

Well my dad could always tell when I was lying by just looking at me...

"Okay...see you soon baby girl..."

"Bey daddy..."

I hung up as I reached the bus stop and I think I was in luck today, because the moment I reached the bus stop my bus arrived...

It took me less time than usual to get home

As I walked into the apartment I smelled the heavenly smell of my fathers cooking.

I pulled off my coat and threw it over the back of the couch as I made it into the kitchen.

"Hi daddy."

"Hi sweetheart... look what I found inside your door."

Next to my father in the kitchen stood Oliver...

"Hi Oliver... I wasn't expecting you to join us this evening..."

He produced a smile that I had never seen before...there was something... something fake... and twisted about it...

"Yes baby, I wanted to check on you after yesterday..."

But he knew that I was at work...

What the fuck...

Before I could ask any further questions the doorbell rang and Oliver rushed to answer it.

"I wanted to make spaghetti, but Oliver assured me that you would love something from one of those popular restaurants..."

"Oh no daddy...I would have loved your spaghetti..."

"It's okay baby, I know you are only saying this to save your old man's feelings...."

"No daddy..."

"Shh... it's okay. Why don't you change and I will set the table with Oliver?"

"Okay daddy..."

I changed into one of the prettiest pajamas that I have... and rushed back into the kitchen to find my father had already set the table and had the food sorted...

"Sorry that I kept you waiting..."

"No, we just finished, Oliver is getting the wine."

"Oh... great then."

Oliver walked in holding an expensive looking wine bottle in his hands...

"This is the most expensive wine they had... It will do... If I knew that we would be having dinner I would have gotten something better from my father's cellar..."

"It is Okay Oliver... sit... the wine you have looks great... the food looks deciduous... and the company is the best...Family..."

The last part brought a deep sadness my in fathers voice and face... but he chased it away and returned his usual smile...

"Lets dig in... and Beka... why don't you tell me more about the wedding?"

"Mhm... Daddy..."

"Oh mister West... It will be a simple family gathering... this will suit us better than a big celebration... the whole thing will take place in my mothers club... there will be around fifty people there..."

Well.. this was all new to me... I tried to keep my face straight and not give myself away to my father... so I was happy that my father was concentrating on Oliver rather than me...

"After that we will take my father's yacht for a ride around Barbados for our honeymoon... we should return in a week..."

My fathers face had this shine of happiness on it... he looked so happy... I hadn't seen him this happy in the last year...

"Maybe you would like to stay on your honeymoon a little bit longer..."

"I wish we could, but I can't leave work for that long... and my half brother is returning in a week and a half... he is having a rough time... and he needs support... so father asked me to keep him company..."

"Oh... that is so sad... and what happened to him?"

My father asked before I could... I knew that Oliver had a brother... well a half brother... he was five or six years older than him...

"He is a hart surgeon... there was a difficult situation... and his last three patients died... he is struggling a bit... sorry... this is a hard topic to discuss..."

He got quiet...and my father turned the conversation the other way around...