Alone - 1
When
Martha moved to Washington her relationship with Lionel was a big
confusion of feelings. They decided to put some distance between them
for some time, so he also moved away, to the other side of the world,
he travelled to the Luthor Corp. from Japan, Asia.
Martha wait for
a call from Lionel for weeks, she missed him a lot. Meanwhile, Lionel
was trying to not rang Martha because that could hurt her if she was
trying to forget him. That fear of each one of call the other made
them to continue their lifes.
Some weeks after moved to Washington
Martha met a man from her office who was really nice with her. He
always gave her flowers, and one day he asked her to go out
toghether. They had dinner, they danced, and they spent the night
toghether. After that day they had more dates.
One day...
James (the man) rang Martha at her apartment to invite
her to the theatre, she said him that she couldn't go because she had
a guest for dinner that day. She said that they could go out the next
day. Some minutes later somebody knocked the apartment's door.
M:
James!? Hi! I'm really sorry to not... Ah! - he had punched her and
her lip was bleeding - What's wrong on you?!
J: You have another
man, isn't it? That's why you don't want to come with me today!
M:
Get out of here! - shouted her.
Then a woman came ther from the
livingroom.
The woman: What's going on, Martha? I listened load
voices...
J: Oh... - was the only thing James could say after see
that he was wrong.
M: Get away from me... - said Martha before
closed the door.
The woman was a friend that Martha did in
Washington. Her name was Tina.
Tina: Do you want me to stay?
M:
No, I will be fine.
Tina: But you're bleeding...
M: It's
nothing, don't worry.
Tina left, and Martha sat on the sofa with
the telephone on her hands. She begin to cry. Then she dialed a
telephone number...
From the other side of the phone: Yeah? It's
Lionel Luthor - Martha felt something inside when she heared that
words, that name... that voice... But she didn't say anything - Yeah?
Is anybody there?
Martha left the phone fall on the floor. She
couldn't say anything, she couldn't rang somebody who was at the
other side of the phone to tell him that a man who she's going out
with had slap her... But that wasn't the real reason because she was
crying... no. She was crying because she felt alone, really alone
there.
She took the phone again and rang Clark.
C: Hi!?
M:
It's mum, Clark.
C: Mum! Is anything wrong? I feel you
worried...
M: No, I'm fine - she tride to seem happy speaking.
C:
Are you sure?
M: I am, I just missed you and wanted to know how
you are...
C: I'm fine mum. Do you want me to come?
M: No! -
she inmediatly thought that if Clark went there he would see the
injury in her lip - No, sweeter, you have a lot of work there, don't
worry...
The next morning James went to Martha's apartment.
She opened the door and he was there with a red roses bouquet and a
little box. He gave her the bouquet, then he kneeled down and open
the box. There was a pretty gold ring...
J: Martha, I know that I
did wrong tonight, but if you marry me you will make me the happiest
man in the world and I promise that what I did will never happened
again.
Martha smiled, then she took the ring and put it on her
finger.
M: I will.
J: What?
M: I will marry you, James.
TO BE CONTINUED...