Chapter – Stop the Elevator
I was reading an email from Cooper. He was family, actually Esmeralda's great great great great mother Adela married to Copper's son Ryan hundreds of years ago. Both Ryan and Adela decided not to become vampires. I was going to respond to his email since he was back in England when my phone vibrated it. I pulled it out of my pocket and it was Nathaniel's text.
"granpa, we are on the fifth floor and about to go on the elevator..I need to you stop the elevator and trap her in it with me" I shock my head. The thing this boy thought of. I called him.
"No" I said
"please" he begged
"not happening" I said
" please, i will do anything" he begged
"if I agree..which I am considering, you are to be completely professional, Do not try one of your tricks"
"fine" he said
"okay but I want something in return. No more drinking, for God's sake we are Muslim. No alcohol" I said
"I swear on my father's grave I will not drink alcohol anymore but please just do it. For me" he said and I hung up the phone. I logged into the registry and stopped the elevator and looked at the camera of the inside of the elevator.
My daughter walked in. "Dad, fire Nathainel and her" she said and walked to my desk. I was looking at the small sized video of the inside of the elevator..it had no sound. "oh God what is this" Esmeralda said and clicked on the video and made it full size and put on the volume.
"oh no we are stuck" Nathaniel said looking at Scarlet. I just laughed. Esmeralda took my phone for my desk and read it.
"seriously Dad" she said and pulled a chair and sat next to me. "what are you doing to this poor girl, don't you know your grandson."
We both looked at the full size scream. Scarlet pushed the emergency button and nothing. "i'll call someone" she said and pulled out her phone "no reception" she said looking at my grandson.
"oh no we are so stuck" he said and turned around from her and smiled at the camera to us and gave me thumbs up.
"unbelievable" Esmeralda said to me full of anger. I just laughed and kept looking. My grandson turned around and walked to Scarlet as she took steps back from him but the wall of the elevator door stopped him. "don't you know your grandson" Esmeralda said shaking her head.
"so you slapped me Love" he said and put both of his hand on the elevator wall and trapped her.
"I am sorry" she said in a whisper, she was really nervous from her voice.
"uhmm that is more like it Love" Nathaniel said laughing
"don't call me Love or I will slap you again" scarlet said nervously
"Love, slap me again and I will shut you up" he said
"shut me up" she asked
"yes Love like this" he said and was about lean in and kiss her when Scarlet escaped him by going under his arms that were next to her head.
"Dad release the elevator" Esmeralda demanded
"no, he sore on Adam's grave that he would not drink...i'll release the elevator when he tells me to" I said and looked back at the screen.
Scarlet sat down in a corner and looking u at Nathaniel said, "I am going to be working here, I am not who you think I am. Go fool around with the girls from IVP, they are drooling over you anyway. Do not even try with me, I am not like that" she said with anger
"drooling" Nathaniel said and sat in front of her "jealous?" as asked and laughed. Now Nathaniel's back was to us.
"oh you wish" Scarlet said and laughed
"hey, your necklace is just the one my grandpa has" he said
"this is the only one" Scarlet said touching her necklace
"no, my grandpa as one" Nathaniel and reached for necklace and touched it and looked at it's back. "are you Muslim"
"no why?" Scarlet said and pulled her necklace out of his hands
"oh because o f the prayer on the back, it is a protection prayer from the Koran. Just like grandpa's necklace"
"I thought this one was the only one" she said looking at her necklace. She thought I had given her my Esmeralda's necklace but I had made a copy of it for her.
"so, tell me about yourself" Nathaniel asked
"why" she said raising her eyebrow
"we are going to be working together" he said
"what do you want to know" Scarlet said and let go of her necklace
"start with you family" he said
"My family" Scarlet said and smiled "well I have a father, grandparents and aunt"
"and your mother" he asked
"oh she was killed, poisoned" she said with sadness
"oh I am really sorry" Nathaniel said
"so am I" Scarlet said looking down at her hands
"who killed her" Nathaniel asked
Scarlet laughed and touched her necklace and looked up at my grandson "tell me about you family"
"well my father died in a car accident when I was nine" he said
"I am sorry" she said
"yeah he was not a vampire and due to the accident grandpa had no choice but turn my mother since she was so badly hurt" he said
"how is your grandpa like" Scarlet asked
"why you asked" Nathaniel asked critically
"oh because we are going to be working together" she said
"he is great, I can get away with anything with him. I just have to beg first but I get my way" Nathaniel said and I laughed and looked at my daughter,
"see, iti s true" Esmeralda said.
Nathaniel continued "he is a man of a few words thought but he is like from a different time. He barely knows how to use a computer and never texts. The other day I texted him and he called me and at the end of our conversation he said 'lots of laughs" he thought lol meant thar"
They both laughed. Of great.
"oh my grandpa is the same, he is hilarious thought. I got him an Ipad for Christmas and he just looked at me in shock. I thought he loved it but he has not even used it...he says he doesn't need it but I think he does not know how" Scarlet said laughing
"old vampires" Nathaniel said laughing
"how old is Thomas?" she asked
"what is up with you calling my grandpa Thomas, do you know him" Nathaniel asked laughing
"no" Scarlet said nervously "I am sorry, it will not happen again." She said smiling
"he is very old...like too old. You should see his hand writing he writes in the most beautiful script. He writes like a girl" Nathaniel said
Esmeralda laughed at me and I just shook my head.
"is he married" she asked. I looked at Esmeralda and she shook her head
"grandpa no...God no I have never seen him with a woman" Nathaniel said
Scarlet smiled and said "I am so sorry for breaking that frame"
"oh don't worry, my mom will probably replace it tomorrow. We have copies of it at home" Nathaniel said
"oh" Scarlet said smiling and touched her necklace. "who wrote that?" she asked
"oh some child, grandpa thinks the letter is hilarious." Nathaniel said laughing
"you really like your grandpa don't you" she asked
"yes, he is my everything. My brother, father, and grandpa. But most importantly he is my best friend" Nathaniel said.
I looked at Esmeralda and she looked at me. "your son calls me his best friend" It made me incredibly happy
"why won't he, you trapped him in an elevator with the girl he like...oh let's not forget the girl that likes you" she said shaking her head. I looked back at the screen.
"first times in Spain" Nathaniel asked
"yeah I moved one week ago" she said
"I have been here all my life, let me show you around, We can leave Granada and go to Madrid, Barcelona. This weekend" Nathaniel said
"no thanks" she said
"it will be fun, you will have an amazing time" he said
"thank you but no. I am actually trying to settle in to my apartment" she said
"oh I can help , do you need someone to help you shop for furniture or carry boxes" Nathaniel asked
"no i got it Prince Nathaniel" she said his name in a tone
"well we are done for today since it is our first day" Nathaniel said.
"I guess" Scarlet said and put her long hair behind her hears just like my Esmeralda did
"it is almost lunch time" Nathaniel said and looked at his watch
"yeah but we are stuck here" Scarlet said
"once the elevator moves you want have lunch with me" he asked
"no thank you" she said shaking her head
"I know this great place, close by that has the most amazing flan" he said
"flan" Scarlet asked smiling
"yes, the best you must try it" Nathaniel said
"alright, if we can get out of here. I love flan so.." she said
I minimized the video and released the elevator. "oh look at that" Nathaniel said and helped her to her feet. The elevator doors opened and Scarlet walked out.
Nathaniel looked at the camera and silently mouthed "grandpa I love you, I adore you, you you are the absolute best" he said and smiling he left the elevator.
I closed the screen.
"I know how this is going to end" Esmeralda said and walked out of my office.
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