CHAPTER 3
"Come", she orders. She tends her hand and I greedily take it.
"Did you come alone ?", she asks
"Yes. Well, Shannon and Tom are joining us tomorrow by train"
"No. They can't. Tell them to stay home, please"
"Uh...". A look on her face convinces me. "I will", I promise. I did not want her to be mad at me. Not so fast. First I want to learn each facial features of her face by heart. I missed them so much. First I want to hold her and never let her go, I want to make her want me as much as I want her. Every single part of her, I realized... And I want her to talk to me, to tell me everything she has lived since she left me. If she had any boyfriend, any guy that was not just a friend... Don't think of it, I order myself. You didn't care about it when you kissed her, why would you now ?
"Comm'on, I'm sure you can walk faster, can't you ?", she says smiling. There we go. This is why I am here. This smile. These roguish sparkling eyes. That is the one I know. And if she wants to play... Without any hesitation, I lift her and rock her on my shoulder.
"Rhydian ! No.. Don't !", she shouts, chuckling. Then I am running, and she is screaming, and all my fears just vanish in the air. Though my hands around her waist make me feel weird. Anyway.
"Rhydian ! Comm'on ! Please let me down !", she cries, still laughing. I softly put her down. She gives me a blow on my shoulder, which I accept with a huge smile. She takes my hand again and leads me to an all little house, between the trees ; I'm quite sure I wouldn't even have noticed it on my own. The house is circled by tiny bushes, full of pretty red berries. Opening the door, Maddy shouts : "Mum ! Dad ! I'm home ! And... Well, we have a surprise guest..." She blushes, her cheeks taking the most adorable color. She carefully watch the floor, avoiding my eyes...
Emma and Daniel come over running, their faces looking a little worried. As they recognize me, I can feel them relax.
"Rhydian ! What a lovely surprise ! How are you doing ?", Mr Smith says.
Mrs. Smith seems less delighted to see me.
"Rhydian", she nods.
"Great Mr. Smith, thank you. Well, not that great since I'm here... I'd like to know... Did you foresee to come back ?"
"Well, kid, the situation is not quite better... Dr Whitewood is still searching us, and she found out a picture of Maddy with that guy on the web so she..." He stops, while I am becoming livid. He quickly looks at Maddy, then at me again and swears softly.
"Honey, isn't it a beautiful evening ? Maybe could we take a walk ?", Mrs. Smith says lightly, looking at her husband.
"Yeah, that's a good idea. Uh.. You two stay in the house, it's dangerous outside". The second after, they are vanished.