headed off, without awaiting her reply. She was
used to his chauvinistic ways. He was just being Samuel, she thought. He had
headed off to the casino, where he had hoped that he would make a fortune that
day, and then he would finally be able to lead a life worth leading.
Chapter 3
The Mishap
As for Abby, she had been sick all day. She had been
having a flu, so bad that she just wanted to curl on the ground and sleep the
whole day. Yet, she had been looking forward to this the whole month and she
was happy. Samuel was off where he belonged, and Abby was hungry. She had not
eaten the whole day, just so that she could enjoy the buffet at the cruise.
She headed off to the Mediterranean deck
and queued for her turn to head into the buffet restaurant. A young man brushed
past her and sped into the restaurant. His side view looked a little familiar,
but she shrugged her shoulders, since she didn’t know who he was. She waited
and waited, and finally it was her turn. They swiped her cruise guest card and
she was ushered to a small table for two, though she was really dining solo.
The array of food was spectacular, and Abby was delighted, since she was
hungry. She headed straight for a cup of warm coffee, placed it on her table,
and then went on to the selections to get more food to fill her starving tummy.
Little did she know that the next moment would change her life forever.
A middle-aged man who was balding walked
straight right into the restaurant and judging that there was only a solo table
with a cup of coffee on it, admist the other tables filled with big families
and rowdy children, he instantly whipped out a sachet and poured the contents
into the piping hot coffee. It was dinner and everybody had been too busy
eating, that one had seen his actions. The man then made an exit, and
disappeared into the crowd.
Abby went back to her table, feeling a
little pathetic to be eating alone without her boyfriend, Samuel. Nevertheless,
she had consoled herself that he had been nice enough to accompany her for this
cruise and she really shouldn’t complain. Who was she to demand so much from a
man anyway? He was someone so impressive and she was but a plain Jane. So Abby
crunched into her garden salad, took a bite into her beef. She sipped her
coffee.
Samuel was having a really rotten day.
His luck at the table had been terrible and he had been losing almost every
round. The money which he had brought to cruise, was about to be squandered off
completely by him. As he sipped a glass of apple cidar, frowns began to be
written all over his face, as he begun blaming Abby for having suggested the
stupid idea of a cruise vacation.
It was beginning to take effect as Abby
was starting to slip off from her consciousness. She wondered if it was the
cough prescription which she had taken earlier. The world was spinning around
her, and she was beginning to wonder if she was fit enough for a vacation. Her
mother had warned her not to go on a holiday since she was feeling sick but
Abby had not listened.
If only Abby had listened..
She began ambling her way back to her
cabin which was Cabin 81 but her head was spinning and she could hardly make
sense of her way. She saw a cabin door which was left slightly ajar and a
walkway of petals which led to the cabin. Abby broke into a grin. Samuel was so
sweet to have lied that he was away to plan for this, she smiled.
The lights were completely off as she
managed to make her way to the bed. Samuel caressed her and planted kisses all
around where she wanted him to do so. He then used his fingers to make sense of
where were her clothes, and gently lifted them off her. Abby was complete, with
the man whom she had loved the most, giving herself to him. The moment was so
inexplicable. She knew that he was the one whom she wanted to be with forever,
and he knew that she was the one whom he had wanted to be with forever.
“ I love you Samuel”
“ I love you