Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 153

“Lady?” The woman said silently, but due to the tavern being dead silent, everyone heard her. The woman had tears start showing in her eyes, as she tried to reach out to Nida.

“Lady! It is you! I know those eyes anywhere! It’s your mother Lady, I’m so happy you’re alive!” At this point the woman reached out and tried to take nida’s hands, only for her to slap them away. Nida had the look of a demoness, as she looked at the woman who she grew up believing threw her away. She looked at the woman, and only said four words,

“My name is Nida!” As she fixed her with a cold stare. Lady’s tears ran down her face to fall onto the floor at her feet at her daughters rejection of her. It was this point that Shane who had also gone into shock, became aware of the situation. He recalled the woman that took the thing his wife birthed away, and was filled with fear for a brief moment. When he didn’t see her around though, he grew bold and fixed his glare onto Nida. Nida’s attention was switched to Shane as she detected his hostility.

“I threw you away you little freak bitch, did you return so I could finish the job?” Shane sneered at her, it was this point that Randell stopped looking at Lady and turned his attention back to Shane. At this moment however, Lady moved suddenly between Shane and Nida shocking the whole tavern. Where there was only defeat a moment before, her eyes blazed with fury as she tried to protect her daughter, even if she didn’t accept her. She had only taken his abuse before, but now she spoke to him clearly,

“Don’t you lay a single finger on her! I failed to protect her all those years ago, and I won’t repeat the same mistake!” Randell found her courageous actions admirable, which was why when Shane reached forward Randell grabbed his arm. Shane looked at him in surprise, but Randell only had a smile on his face as he introduced himself.

“My name is Randell, sir and madam, I believe it’s more proper to introduce my self as your son-in-law though.” Before Shane had time to register Randell’s words, he kicked him clear across the room onto a table where he stayed down. Lady took a moment before she realized what Randell said, and recalled he said Nida was his wife earlier. She then started looking him up and down as if appraising him. Lady quickly turned her attention back to Nida however, and tried to talk to her.

“M- Nida, please let me talk to you. Even if you don’t want me in your life, just let me say what I want to. Please just let me apologize…” As she finished her sentence Lady started crying again, all her fury from a moment ago lost. Nida was about to refuse her with a glare, but Randell quickly grabbed her and walked a slight distance away.

“Nida, I think we should listen to what she wants to say.” Nida looked as if she had been betrayed as she protested.

“Did you forget he just said he threw me away, if office assistant hadn’t gotten me I probably would have died! And you want me to try to forgive them?!” Randell nodded as he heard her words, but in his mind he had the thought Shane threw her away not Lady. In office assistants story she had only met Shane, and Lady said she wasn’t able to protect Nida. This along with the way she acted tonight, Randell felt it would be best to attempt to form a relationship with Lady at least. He decided to use his secret weapon in this argument, even if it was a low blow.

“I only know if it was me, I would give an arm and a leg to see my parents or sister again.” Nida flinched noticeably at Randell’s words. He told her about the accident, even if she didn’t understand some of the words he used like “airplane”. So she knew that chances were high that Randell’s familywas dead, or even if they miraculously survived, as a lost person there was no way Randell would ever see them again. When she compared their situations, she at least had a chance to form a relationship with her mother; she knew there was no denying the connection. Looking at the way she acted, it was like she was throwing a temper tantrum.

“I suppose we could at hear her out…” As she wasn’t speaking quietly, Lady beamed when she heard her accept. Randell then turned to her and said,

“I know it is late at night ma’am, but do you mind if we intrude on you for a bit?” Even though it was almost the middle of the night, Randell felt they had to do this as quickly as possible so Nida didn’t change her mind. Lady’s smile widened even further at his words.

“Of course, my house isn’t far from here and I can put on some tea.” Her husband completely forgotten, Lady quickly led the way to the door. Randell leaned over to Felix, and said,

“Take care of Shane for me, don’t do any thing too drastic for now though.” Felix nodded at Randell’s words, and he also went to the counter before leaving.

“How much for the table and chairs?” He asked in order to pay for the damage. The bartender just shook his head though, while looking scared that Randell might try to do something to him if he asked for money. Randell sighed, and reached into his coin pouch and pulled out five silver coins.

“For the damages, the rest can go towards drinks for your patrons.” Hearing Randell’s words the bartenders eyes went wide, and the customers cheered. He knew it was quite steep for repairs, but figured it might earn some silence regarding Nida being a mutant. Even if it didn’t, they might drink enough to forget most of the details. Settling the matters, Randell followed Lady out and towards her house.

As Randell and Nida left with Lady, Felix was arranging it so that Shane would be out of the way for a while. He had kept a stash of herbal ingredients for poisons, and mixed something that would keep Shane knocked out for the next few days without killing him. He then stashed him on a barge that was about to leave, even at this time of night, and then returned to the inn. He had interpreted Randell’s words to not do something drastic as killing him, so he considered this quite mild.

Randell and Nida were following Lady through the streets of Lawrence city. She didn’t say anything though, and just silently led them to her house. Randell wasn’t sure if she was quiet from anxiety, or if she was purposely waiting until they arrived at her home. As they were walking, Randell swiped the mirror from Nida’s pack, figuring this was something that needed office assistants input.

Not long after they left the inn, they arrived at a two story house that looked quite cozy. Randell looked up at it and saw some light upstairs, he realized that Nida must have some brothers or sisters or something. Lady stopped and pointed to the house,

“This is my home, and where you were born Ma-, Nida. Let’s go inside, I’ll get some tea started and you can meet your brothers.” Nida had a look as if she didn’t know what to think, especially when Lady mentioned that she had brothers. Randell then patted nida’s back, and said,

“I’ll be a couple minutes, until I join you guys you should talk a little bit and learn more about each other before jumping into the heavier stuff.” Nida gave Randell a look like he abandoned her, and Lady had a look as if she wasn’t sure what to think. Randell gently pushed Nida into the doorway, and turned around to walk towards the alleyway. There he pulled out the mirror, and activated it to talk to office assistant. Nothing happened for a moment, then her image showed up on the tiny piece of glass.

“Randell? What’s going on, where’s Nida?” Even though it was the middle of the night, Randell could see quite a bit of light, as well as Elise and Wendell on her end. In the background as well, he could see the wooden siding of what looked like a new house. He was somewhat excited because this meant they were building houses already, as the last time they talked to office assistant they were living in tents. He was now a little anxious as well, because he wasn’t sure how office assistant would react to this situation.

“Well you see, she’s currently talking to her mother, and her brothers….” The threes faces on the other end froze as they registered Randell’s words, then from office assistants, he saw a flash of confusion, realization, then finally fury.