Mark bit his lip to keep from yelling out something nasty to that little punk that had his arm around Hannah. He seen they were coming back from scuba diving. That punk had his nasty little hands all over Hannah. He wanted to go punch his lights out. He stood there and watched as they parted. Mark walked over to her.
Hannah looked up into Mark's intense eyes.
"Hi." Hannah said.
"Hey." Mark said not quite sure what to say.
"Umm Listen, I know yesterday I came off as a jerk, I didn't mean too, really sometimes my mouth gets ahead of my brain." Mark said looking down.
Hannah grinned he was so cute, trying to apologize.
"It's okay. I may have overreacted a bit to, but I don't like being bossed around by anybody." Hannah said.
"I really am sorry." Mark said.
"Listen could we go somewhere and talk? I got something I want to discuss with ya?" Mark said.
"Sure where do you want to go?" Hannah asked.
"Well I figured maybe we could have lunch in my cabin?" Mark said.
Hannah smiled up at him.
" I would love to, Let me go change and I'll meet you there in 30 minutes." Hannah said.
Mark grinned.
"Okay." He said. He gave Hannah his cabin number and left whistling. If everything went as planned he and Hannah would definitely be spending more time together.
Joey paced back and forth in his shop. What the hell was he going to do? He had to tell Hannah but he knew it was going to hurt her finding out she had been lied to all these years. He picked up the phone and called Ruth.
"Hello?" Ruth said.
"It's Joey." He said.
"Hello, you really knocked Bradley for a loop." She said.
"Well he deserved it, I could have done a lot worse believe me." Joey said.
"The reason I'm calling is I don't know what to do about Hannah, I got to tell her, but God know I don't want to hurt her." Joey said.
"Joey wait till she gets back, don't call her with this. I'll be there with you when you tell her, this is not something you should tell her over the phone." Ruth said.
"Yea yer right. I'm just so scared how this will affect her." Joey said.
"Its not going to be easy, but she loves you already, she will be fine, it will just take time." Ruth said.
"Ya know, I had you pegged wrong all this time, I thought all ya cared about was yer money and yer name." Joey said.
"Joey I was born poor and my mother insisted I marry Bradley, because of his name and his wealth, for a lot of years I thought I had lost my humanity and feelings, I became another piece of decoration for Bradley and that was all. But I discovered I still had a spark in me and I decided to do the right thing." Ruth said.
"Ruth ya did a real decent thing, and I thank ya for it." Joey said.
"I have to go, don't worry Hannah will be fine, and she's stronger than all of us." Ruth said.
Joey said good bye and hung up. He hoped Ruth was right.
Mark opened his door at the light knock.
"Hey." Hannah said smiling up at him.
Mark smiled. She looked cute. She had on a tank top and a pair of short overalls. She had her hair hanging loose around her shoulders.
"Come in Hannah." Mark said stepping back to let her in.
Hannah went to step in and tripped. Mark reached out and grabbed her catching her.
"Sorry, you know I'm a klutz." Hannah said.
"I never get tired of catching ya Hannah." Mark said looking into her eyes.
Hannah smiled.
"I hope not." Hannah said.
Mark took her hand and led her over to the small table.
"I hope pasta salad is okay, I didn't figure ya would want anything heavy for lunch." Mark said.
"That's fine." Hannah said setting down.
Mark sat down across from her.
They ate in silence for a few minutes.
"Hannah I got something to discuss with you. I want ya to listen to me with an open mind and I hope when I get through you agree with me." Mark said.
Hannah was more than curious now. What was Mark up to? She wondered.
