Chapter 649 - Back on the island in the Adriatic Sea (2) (2/2)
Toma was very happy and he promised to keep them updated with any progress he makes.
Later that day, Aiden and Sarah compared their impressions about the basement for the artifacts. They agreed that it's well done.
”Besides extra storage, do you have something else on your mind for digging deeper?” Aiden didn't miss Sarah's excitement about going up to fifteen meters depth, and possibly more.
Sarah didn't want to hide anything from him. ”Yes. I would like to have secure room from where we could do our thing. This is much closer to Eastern Europe and having multiple secure locations will benefit us. Also, few bedrooms. I have a feeling that we will need something like this, especially because you are being targeted.”
Aiden thought about what she said. He wondered if she would be this serious if it was not for that kidnapping which was organized with the help of someone who is after him.
That reminded him… if she remembers JoAnna's kidnapping and that it was because of him, does she remember the talk where he suggested that they should split up? He was about to ask but controlled himself. Sarah didn't mention that incident at all, and before her meltdown she would rub those horrible words in his face few times every day. This uncertainty made him uneasy, but he decided to push back his urge to clarify this.
He decided to focus on what they talked about: ”Don't you have a secure room on the mainland?”
Sarah knows that he is talking about the Sigma-army-hideout which they visited during her birthday. ”That one is not mine. Nick's family owns the land, remember? I don't want to count on it or to invest anything in it, since Nick can come and claim it as his anytime. After all, it is his.”
Aiden agreed with her logic. But she missed where he was going with his question. ”Isn't it simpler to buy that land?”
That sounds right, but Sarah is not optimistic. ”Do you think Nick will be willing to sell it? He does not lack money, how much I know.”
”You don't know if he will sell it or not until you ask. If I know anything, that is: everyone has a price.”
Sarah agrees with this. Even if it's not money, everyone wants something. She used to think that she is immune to this, and that there is no incentive that can make her do things she is not willing. But recently she realized that is not true. She would do anything for Aiden and for her right to be with him. Even if he is frustrating her with this newly found idea that they should not go all the way, she can't even pretend that she does not love him more than anything. If Sarah needs to pick between Aiden and the world, she would pick him. That is an easy choice for her because world does not make sense without him in it.
”OK. I will try.” The best she can do is to talk with Nick. And as much as she knows, the land is officially on his father's name. That means there is a chance that she needs to meet and negotiate with Nick's father, and maybe she will not even see Nick. That would work great!
Part of her would like to see that overzealous teenager. Who knows, maybe he got over her and is willing to re-join their little merry group? Last few Sigma-army group emails they bounced around, Nick ignored. That can't be a good sign, but Sarah hopes that he is over it, and that he found some girl who is worthy of him and available to return his feelings.