Chapter 3; I'm glad you all liked the last two chapters so much Thanks for the great feed back. I'm hoping to have Chapter 4 up tomorrow; I just need to figure out exactly what direction I want to go with this story. Okay, enjoy!
The morning sun glared through the kitchen of Llanfair. Natalie sat at the kitchen table now fully dressed, drinking her coffee. She hadn't seen Cristian all morning. He had woken up before her and told her to sleep in. He said he was going to take a shower, but when Natalie woke up a little while later he wasn't in the shower. She looked up from her coffee to see Jessica enter the room.
"Morning." She said as she reached for the coffee pot and began to refill her now depleted cup.
"You're up early." She said as she poured herself a cup as well, and took a seat across from Natalie. "Where's Cris?"
"I wish I knew. He got up earlier to take a shower and I haven't seen him since." Natalie sighed and she took another sip from of her coffee.
"Maybe he's with Antonio." She took a sip from her mug and continued. "He wasn't in his room this morning. He knows we're supposed to go over the article I'm writing in The Sun."
Natalie looked up at her. "About that Jess, are you sure that's a good idea? I mean I know you want to lure your stalker out in the open and everything, but are you sure it's not too dangerous?"
"Natalie don't worry; Antonio is doing this with me, I'm not alone. He even thought it was a good idea." Jessica checked her watch.
"Shouldn't he have been here by now Jess?"
"He's probably with Cris, they probably lost track of time."
As if clock work Antonio came through the back door, clearly out of breath. He looked at the two women, and then directly at Jessica.
"Sorry I'm late Jess, I wanted to go for a run before we started." He began to catch his breath.
"Where's Cris?" Natalie asked with a hint of panic in her voice.
"He wasn't with me, why?"
"No reason." Natalie said as she got up out of the chair and reached for her coat.
"Listen I'll see you guys later." She began to rush for the door. Natalie was already half way out when she was stopped.
"Natalie wait." Exclaimed Jessica as she caught up to her sister. Natalie turned around to face her.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"I'm gonna check the diner, maybe Cris went to see Carlotta."
"Okay, if he comes back here I'll tell him you were looking for him."
"Thanks." She turned to walk away, but was stopped once more by Jessica.
"Natalie, look I know you've been struggling with something's lately, and I want you to know that you're not alone, I'm always here if you need to talk."
"Thanks." She smiled at her twin.
"Look I have some things to go over with Antonio, and after that I'm going to got down to TheBanner and finish my article, but I was thinking, if maybe you wanted to meet me afterwards at the diner say around 6. We could just talk, like sisters."
Natalie smiled "Jess you have no idea how good that sounds."
"So then you'll meet me?"
"I wouldn't miss it for the world. I'll see you tonight." Natalie turned once more and this time she wasn't interrupted. She was glad that her and Jessica would have some sisterly time to talk, but right now her first priority was finding Cris.
Jessica closed the door behind Natalie and looked back at Antonio. She had a some what unsettled look on her face. She looked away from Antonio clearly in thought.
"You okay Jess?" he asked concerned.
"I'm fine." She said looking up to face him once more. "It's Natalie I'm worried about."
She sighed and continued. "I never see my sister happy anymore, and I'm really scared for her Antonio. I'm afraid that there's something more going on here, something that she can't control on her own, and to be perfectly honest I think it all goes back to Cristian."
Cristian silently crept in Llanfair being sure to make as little noise as possible. He closed the front door behind him and looked around the foyer. Realizing he was alone he made his way up the stairs holding close a small black bag to his side. He wouldn't loose Natalie, he just wouldn't. She could never know about this, never he thought to himself as he opened the door to Natalie and his bedroom.
Chapter 3; hope it was worth waiting for.
