Chapter 836 - Sisters screams (1/2)
~ Fairfield ~
September 23
”Aaaaaah!”
Sudden scream gave Aiden a jump. He was sleeping… What's with the noise? Sarah! She is not next to him!
Aiden scrambled out of the bed and rushed out.
He found Sarah on the sofa, staring at her laptop and not moving. If not for her blinking, he would think that she turned into a statue.
Her face is pale… she looks terrified.
”Sarah, love? What happened?”, Aiden asked as he cautiously approached her.
She didn't react.
Aiden sat next to her and looked at her laptop. She was reading work emails.
”You are slated to give a presentation on security enhancements at White corp. during the company meeting?”, Aiden's face lit up for a second and then he remembered how Sarah is petrified of those things. She does not like being in the spotlight or people looking at her… but he thought that lately she made progress related to that.
”Hey…” Aiden touched her chin to make her face him. ”It's OK. You can do this. And you will be great. I will help you.”
She plunged herself into his embrace.
”I told Jeff not to put me on the spot…”, she whined.
Aiden rubbed her back gently. ”Jeff is on his honeymoon. Oscar is in charge now… and he probably does not know. But you can do it. Or do you want to tell him to pull you out of the lineup?”
”This is already sent to the whole company!” Sarah was close to hyperventilating. ”If I pull back now, everyone will know that something went wrong. And they will probably think that something is wrong with me, or my performance, or who knows what… but it will not be anything good.”
She took few deep breaths. ”I would like to step up and do this… but I'm afraid that I will mess up and make a fool out of myself.”
Aiden wanted to tell her to snap out of it and to stop doubting herself, but he felt that Sarah is trembling, so he decided on a softer approach: ”How about this… there is no need to cancel anything at this point. You prepare your presentation, and I will help you practice. If you don't like it one week before the meeting, and you are not comfortable about it, then you can back off. OK?”
Sarah nodded and buried her face in his chest.
~ Island in the Pacific Ocean ~
(Almost at the same time when Sarah's scream woke up Aiden…)
”Aaaaaah!”
Sudden cry startled Jeff and he rushed out of the bathroom with only towel around his waist. He was in the middle of the shower and he still has soap in his hair.
”What happened?” He frantically looked at JoAnna.
JoAnna beamed. ”They are coming here!”