Second Chance-In the mist Book 1 novel Chapter 12

"Why is she needed here?" she asked suddenly, looking at me, listening to the sound of my voice.

"Miss Rebecca, as you well know, I'm an actor. Although I know you still don't believe me, there will be days when I will be away from home and it's not convenient to leave you alone." 

"Are you afraid I might escape? Don't be afraid, I couldn't in this condition" 

I didn't know why, but she said it with a trace of regret. 

"That's not why she's coming here. As you've probably figured out, I can't hold you by force if you don't want to. You are free to go whenever you like. It's just that I somehow felt the need to take care of you after the attack you suffered and I happened to be around to save you." 

"Okay, my mistake. I didn't mean for it to sound like that. In this case, it will be a pleasure to meet Megan," she concluded with a slight smile on her face. Was she even aware of how beautiful she was?

After helping her make herself more comfortable in the living room and taking her suitcase to a room downstairs, I volunteered to make us some coffee. As soon as I entered the room with the tray, I heard a few knocks on the front door. It had to be Megan. I placed the tray on the table and excused myself.

"Megan, welcome!" I greeted her with a smile so wide even I didn't know I was capable of having. 

"It's nice to know you're welcome in a home, especially your own. I was really wondering how you were doing?" Megan was a jovial person and Rebecca will do her good talking to her. 

As I knew it was a direct attack on me, I reacted in my defense.

"I know I've kind of neglected you since I lost my mom, but..." 

"You don't have to apologize, you're not to blame. It's better late than never, right? Now, where's Miss Rebecca?" she interrupted me without a chance to further explain. 

"My dear, first of all, it is a pleasure to meet you and I am sorry to do so under such circumstances. I would have liked to have met you over coffee. But, to answer your question, Luna...is a kind of nickname...that Dominic here...uses with...his friends. Women, especially. He would not use that kind of name for a man, was he?" Megan's explanation was a bit forced, but I would not push it either. If I was honest with myself, I didn't really care about that right now. All I wanted to do was recover and get on with my life. I had a lot of contracts on standby and I either had to honor them or cancel them with a notice that I had to release as soon as possible.

"Ladies, you'll have to excuse me. I have a business meeting outside of New York. I'm meeting with my agent to discuss the next role I'll have to accept," Dominic spoke up, and I could already hear him taking his car keys and after greeting us one last time, he stepped out. 

 I still didn't get what was happening here and why Megan had to come all the way here. Somehow, I realized I was under that man's enchantment and couldn't think for myself right now. Something was definitely happening to me when he was around. As for Megan, from the tone of her voice, she seemed like a charming lady. And another thing, I was certain of. Dominic was very fond of her, and vice versa. 

"Okay, now I'm going to need you to tell me who you are and why Dominic has requested you here?" I began a conversation that couldn't be put off any longer, anyway. I could have sworn we were going to spend the whole day together. 

"Honey, I'm one of Dominic's alter egos, his inner voice, or whatever you like to call me. He invited me here because he feels he can't deal with you" 

My wonderment was so deep and I could swear I could have witnessed Megan's grimace. Because I bet, she was actually grinning just now. But to be honest, no one prepared me for her further statement. "Darling, if you would ask me, I think he likes you and doesn't know what to do about it. So, he called for help. Me!" I would have liked this sentence to never exist.