Chapter 623 - Snowman (1/2)

Aiden is in the bedroom, lying flat on the bed with his arms behind his head. He is staring at the ceiling and thinking about Sarah.

His mind is filled with her and the events from last 24 hours. When they are together, no matter how much she smiles, he can feel her uneasiness and it's bothering him. Yet when they are not together, he is uneasy, and desperate to hold her and to feel her next to him.

Aiden groaned in frustration because he can't find a way out of this. How can he fix this? Why is it so difficult to breathe? Is this guilt because he hurt her? And what is with this feeling of helplessness?

He feels that Sarah is drifting away from him and the pain of his soul ripping in two is unbearable.

He heard muffled giggles and laughter from outside and he went toward the window.

Aiden wondered how long was he in the bed, spacing out, when he saw that three sisters already have about two thirds of the giant snowman finished?

He sat on the windowsill and watched three sisters play in the snow from the bedroom. They were working on their snowman with occasional interruptions by snowball fights and Sarah and JoAnna even made few snow angels.

He was able to see that JoAnna and Sarah are not letting Sophia bend and lift heavy pieces that make their snowman.

Based on the giggles and laughter, he can tell that they are having fun.

Aiden looked at Sarah and wished that soon he finds a way to fix their current situation so that she directs such a bright and carefree expression toward him.

…

Outside, Sophia is working on snowman's belly decorations while Sarah and JoAnna are making a large snow-sphere for the head.

”OK. Guys are not here to eavesdrop, and I got my emergency snow-fix… what is the status between you and Aiden?”, JoAnna asked Sarah when they placed snowman's head in place.

Sarah paused. ”I told you… we are working on it.”

”How are you working on it? Details?”, JoAnna persisted.

Sarah hesitated for a second before responding. ”Nothing much. We didn't have much time since yesterday, did we?”

JoAnna was not willing to leave it at that. ”Based on what I know, neither of you slept last night. That gives you a lot of time to work out things. What did you talk about?”

”We didn't talk much. We had food and packed for this trip.” Sarah didn't lie, she just skipped most of the night.

JoAnna caught on Sarah's unskillful evasion. ”How long is your meal? And it's only a four day trip. Considering that you are traveling often, it should not take long to pack, correct? Where did the rest of the night go?”

Sarah didn't respond, she turned to the snowman and was patting it to smooth out the sphere which made its body.

JoAnna gave a meaningful look to Sophia, and Sophia understood that she should provide her assistance. ”Sarah, we are only trying to help. If we know what you talked about so far, we can understand better your situation and offer meaningful advice.”

Sarah exhaled. ”When I woke up, I messed up… OK? I caught him packing a suitcase… and I assumed that he is packing to leave. But then I realized that he was doing it for this trip.”

JoAnna scrutinized Sarah. ”What happened between you catching him in packing offense and you realizing your mistake?”

Sarah cleared her throat and answered shyly: ”Maybe I removed him from group of people who can use Eve… and I locked the whole house down.”

JoAnna burst into laugh. ”You can't be serious? You locked him up! You can't be in the right state of mind if you are locking up the man you want to keep!”