The devastated butler was sitting on the green couch for ages it seemed ,feeling hopeless and lost.
The storm was raging outside and finally he gathered the last bitts of his strength and headed back to his room,convincing himself that all of his fears were unrealistic and that he was just egsosted from the ordeal that he went through this evening and that she was safe and sound at her penthouse and most definitely not thinking of him,or what was more likely blaming him for ruining her evening as she cursed him while drowning herself in the thought of him will be gone from her mind as soon as the hangover headache she is surely going to endure for a couple of hours the next morning disapetes.
That is all that he was to her ,a small distraction from her daily bothersome activities,and the bantering they shared only spiced up her daily routine and that was will soon get on with her life like he never had existed and her quest for rich ,socialite husband will continue,and what he was mostly afraid of is that she will eventually be successful in finding one,just to prove him wrong.
He sighed deeply as he entered his room,that seemed more like a prison cell,cold and empty,and only reminded him of his unbearable loneliness and there and then decided to chase the beautiful blond from his thoughts forever.
He crushed his broken tired body into the bed, alcohol did the trick,he was finally feeling just as sleep was falling onto his heavy eyelashes he heard a quiet knock on the door.
˝Niles...Niles..˝ he heard the nasal voice ˝Nyeeeles...
˝What is it!? he almost screamed at Fran as he opened the door.
˝No ,I will get you no tea,hot chocolate... or whatever came into your mind or stomach..˝
˝But,Niles...˝
˝And I don't care what your mother said,or what your friend Val did...˝
˝I am no longer employed here he was yelling at Fran,already feeling guilty of taking it all on her...˝
˝Niles! Just shut up and listen!˝- she shouted at him.
˝Miss Babcock has been in a car accident!˝
The words pierced through his mind and his heart stooped.
˝Oh,my God...˝-He whispered as Fran took the shocked butler into her arms...