Three Loves of Martha

by vertrauteaugen

To my friend Berta. Wrote her a story with three characters of Richard Armitage (John Standring, Dr. Alec Track and Harry Kennedy). Hope you like it. Martha and her friends Jane and Tracy are visiting Cornwall during her holidays and she hopes her friends won't use this trip for more blind dates. Martha has enough of lies about true love and gave up believing to ever

10. Chapter 10

Chapter 10 – Alec, the other cousin

Martha drops her dish and crawls on the floor afterwards. She feels her hand gets injured and John comes to her helping her stand up. "Let me do this. Alec will look after your hand. He is a doctor"

Martha wants to say she knows but she says nothing. Alec doesn't say something as well. Maybe he forgot her but Martha didn't. Her eyes are watching him while he washs her hand and makes sure she won't get any infection. Alec doesn't look at her. It's a strange feeling to see him again and don't say anything. Martha feels invisible but knows it's not true. Some time she has to say something and opens her mouth. "Thank you"

"It's nothing. You are not really injured. John wants to take special care, isn't it John?" Alec lets go of her hand and goes to the others. Martha rubs her hand not sure what to think of it.

"He maybe is right. I... I'm worried you... Are you okay?" John touchs Martha's shoulder and she looks at him. It's now she sees how all three look like the other. John's beard and cap is hiding some of his face but the nose is all the same. "Why do you all look like the same man?"

"Yes, we all look the same. Funny, isn't it? Our fathers and our grandfather had the same face. We can't deny we are family" John rubs the back of his head. Martha thinks he is the nicest of the three cousins and asks him to give his cousin Alec a plate to join them for dinner. "I stay here for a moment and... look after our dinner. It will be ready very soon"

John nods and leaves. Martha is alone for a moment and watchs out of the window. Sun is going down soon. It's a nice evening but not for her. Her scar and her heart hurts. She doesn't want to think of Alec and hopefully John's hence is soon repaired and his two cousins leave quickly.

"Martha, do you need any help?" Tracy comes to the kitchen and holds her friend's arm. "John's other cousin scares me. He looks so angry. Did you see him? John says he thought Alec arrives tomorrow"

Tracy is shaking a bit and Martha distracts both of them with cooking. Her dinner needs more garlic and an extra onion. This keeps vampires away and maybe unwanted guests and men she doesn't want to remember.