Chapter 1112 - A vacation in Fairfield (2) (1/2)

Aiden observed the painting that got Sarah's attention and he understood that is THE meadow. The one Sarah told him about. There is no other explanation why she is staring so intently at that painting while she almost-ignored hundreds of meadow-forest-mountain photos he showed her so far.

”Where is that?”, Aiden asked the old man expectantly.

The old man took the painting and brought it to the front for them to see better. He can see that they are interested. Customers! But he does not have an answer to Aiden's question.

”I don't know. When I moved into my current house, this was on the wall.”, he explained. ”That was more than twenty years ago.”

Aiden saw that Sarah's mood dropped. He placed a hand around her shoulder and kissed her temple.

Well, this is the closest they reached to finding THE location for their wedding. If nothing else, he can use this to create the landscape on the island because he will make sure that Sarah gets the wedding she dreams of. Thinking about that… he is running out of time. He said six months when he woke up, and now he has only four months left. Creating a landscape is not something that can be done in a week or two.

”How much are you asking for it?”, Aiden negotiated with the vendor.

After purchasing the painting, to Aiden's surprise, they went to a restaurant for lunch. It was not a very luxurious one, but it was decent. Definitely much better than those food trucks.

After lunch, Sarah wanted to go to few more places, but the painting was cumbersome to carry around and she was afraid not to damage it, and didn't want to leave it in the car either because she developed some strange attachment to it, so they cut their outing short.

After a quick grocery run, Sarah and Aiden returned to the apartment.

”Sarah, your mother accepted to meet with King this Saturday at 11 AM in New York...”, Eve said when they entered the apartment.

Eve is monitoring King's email accounts, phone calls, texts, and data transfers. Sarah and Aiden are aware that he wants to meet with Stella, but so far she didn't accept.

”Sarah?”, Aiden was confused. ”When did you get Eve to call you by your name?”

Lately they always use earpieces or ear studs, so he didn't hear Eve address Sarah over the speakers. Before speaking, Eve will scan the area, and if there is a possibility to be overheard, she will not use speakers. In the Cliffside villa, there is ALWAYS someone around.

Sarah was still processing what Eve said and it took her some time to respond. ”Uhm… 'Madam' was strange, I could not get used to it. And I thought how Eve is my friend, and my friends call me by my name, so…”

Aiden nodded in understanding and called: ”Eve, call me Aiden.”

”Yes, Aiden.”, Eve confirmed.

Sarah saw that Aiden smiled proudly that he got Eve to treat him in the same way Sarah did, but she was not in the mood to pay attention to naming conventions. Her mother is going to meet with King, in person!

”Eve, send me the information where they confirmed time and place for their meeting.”, Sarah requested.

”You don't think of going?!”, Aiden asked in panic.

”I…”, Sarah paused. ”What do you think I should do?”