"Ms. Liz, phone for you!"

Trish just informed me as soon as I popped into my office. I hurriedly checked on it expecting it was my friend overseas. We were planning to travel in a week. Everything is ready.

"Yes, Liz Parker on the phone. How may I help you?"

"Good to catch you today Ms. Parker. Is everything ready?

I was referring to the wedding reception although I received an email, yet I just want to confirm."

That baritone voice. I got smitten over this stranger's voice. I pinched myself.

I was brought back to that "voice" I heard many times in my life. It couldn't be him. The sound, the tone, the accent, everything. No...Not in this call.

"Excuse, am I still talking to someone?"
he sounded so coolheaded.

"Ahmm sorry I got caught up with a very urgent matter on the other side. Pardon me Mr?"

"Mr. Welsh!"

disconnected...

"Are you okay Lizzie?" Brylle put me back to my senses when he pinched me. My heart was beating faster. Everything seemed to be coming back.
I sat down and tears started to roll down my face.

"hey, girl is everything okay? Now you got me worried.
"It was him. All the information I received for the wedding was his. I had a gut feeling from the beginning. He's getting married Brylle.
Trey is getting married."

"You mean Trey, Tristan's dad? As in like Trey, the whatever, duh? Brylle was annoyed. He knew the real score between Trey and me back when we were still working together in the United Arab Emirates.

******

We were celebrating his promotion. All of us, but I never get myself drunk, just a bit tipsy. Hmmm rose wine with 11% alcohol still has a great effect on me which I took a sip just to know how it tastes as it was a dare, just for a fun drink. Pretty much wholesome still. I told the crowd that I needed to go home as I still have some work to finish. They were laughing at how workaholic I had been.

Trey offered to drive me home since he volunteered to give a lift to Sydney and Kalvin. The four of us in his car whilst Syd and myself were in the back seat. Kalvin decided to drop by at a nearby store to buy something for his mom and Sydney decided to go with him.

"hmmm, where to maam?" Trey glance at the mirror so I decided to transfer to the passenger's seat. There was silence in the car. Nice calm soft music was playing.

His phone rang. He tried to ignore it. It kept on ringing.

"Yes, Lorraine?"

mmm, must be the girlfriend.

"You kidding me right?" he's a bit teasing. "Okay fine, how many boxes you want?" he's on the phone still enjoying his conversation with Lorraine.

"Hey, Liz, would you like to keep me company?"

I was intrigued. He wanted me to keep him company while he was talking to a certain Lorraine on the phone? This guy must be nuts.
He bought two boxes of crispy creme for Lorraine and we dropped them at her place. She's adorable. She simply called his grandmother just "Lorraine!"
She's such a lovely granny at her age. We enjoyed the crispy creme until late like 1am? You got to be kidding me!

We were indulging his grandmother on the couch while watching her wedding day film. It was a special moment. Trey carried his granny to her room and put her comfortably sleeping. Looking at how closed he was to her grandma was so unexpected.
We decided to let her sleep.

"So what are we going to do now?" I asked quietly not to disturb her.

"I can still drive you to your place."

The house helper nana Fe asked whether we would stay for a night as the room was ready. I can't let him drive as it would take almost an hour to reach my place. I decided to chill around at the veranda connected to the room. It was 2 a.m. Hmm, the ambiance was so captivating!

"Can't sleep eh?" Trey appeared suddenly.

"Jezz you're giving me heart attack Trey Jansport Thomas Welsh!

"I love it when you say my full name Lizzie. It sounds special." he came closer giving me that chill.

"Thank you for staying tonight. It's Lorraine's and grandpop's wedding anniversary. She's so happy to see you as well.

"Why are you calling her just Lorraine?"

"She wants to hear as if grandpop is still alive. She told me I sound like him back during his younger years. She wants to relive the moment of him being around. I've seen how they love each other and I love my grandma so much. She's all I have."

"Oh Trey, I was not expecting how close you are to your grandmother.

"Granny likes you. She thought you're my girlfriend. I can't make her sad today so I said yes.

"You did?" shocked was an understatement.

" I just want to say goodnight to my girl before going to bed. We sat comfortably and....

to be continued....

Images used: Photos by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

Image of a man and a woman on the veranda: Photo by Anete Lusina from Pexels

Veranda Image: Photo by Taryn Elliott from Pexels

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