Chapter 10: Beginning of something new

“Is she alright?” Don Antonio asked Susan who just walked out of Lisa’s room.

“Yeah.., she has fallen asleep,” Susan muttered. She approached the sofa to sit but became hesitant, she heard that Don has a disorder, he doesn’t like women around him, not to mention touch him, and it got her wondering how he was able to carry Lisa earlier.

She remained standing in front of the sofa, as she fidgeted with her fingers. Antonio who was replying to a message on his phone, realized the space beside him was empty, then looked up at the woman who was standing still, with an expression he couldn’t decipher.

‘Why is she standing,’ he thought Susan was approaching to sit, but it had been a few minutes now, but he didn’t feel the sofa dip, and since he was busy with his phone, he just remembered she wasn’t seated beside him. He looked up at Susan.

“Are you going to stand there?” He questioned.

“I… um, umm you’re sick.” She replied, staring down at her feet, still playing with her fingers.

“I’m sic