Love Thy Neighbour by Annecia Ellies (fantasy books to read .txt) 📕

Chapter Twenty Four

Friday evening, Morgan and Zoe went to the Retirement function at the Ministry of Tourism in Scarborough. Filipe decided to spend the evening with Dawn, getting to know her better so he took her out for dinner. They went to the Pavilion Restaurant in Black Rock. They dressed casually and since Morgan took the car he hired a taxi to pick them up and gave the driver a set time to return for them.

“So Filipe, we read the report about Emmie, who exactly did you get to do the search?” Dawn asked him when they were seated.

“I have a team who does research for the magazine, from places to people, they can find anything. They usually find anything I ask for as they have good contacts in some reputable places. I asked them to do a search and let me know what they came up with. The result is what you have in your hands.” Filipe replied, looking at her and anticipating the next question. “I’m so sorry to be the bearer of the bad news though but at least you can know why he did not return.”

“Yes, thanks you for caring, it means a lot. What if I want to find out more will I be able to get some more information?”

“Depends on what kind of information you need to get. When contacted, only one brother, Hugo, was cooperative. The other one didn’t have much to say. He confirmed everything, saying Emmie had passed, he died at the accident site, was buried close to home and had no immediate family besides his siblings and parents.” He paused, “I asked him about their sisters, he told me their names but didn’t want to give me much information about their location. I asked if he knew of any children or descendants he said he couldn’t give me much more information unless we meet in person, so that is about it. If you want something in particular I will see what I can do.”

Dawn continued, “I remember the name of that sister Elsa, I even saw a photo of her, but of course she wouldn’t look like the photo now because it was over ten years ago. She knew about Morgan, even sent stuff for her when she was a toddler.” she said with a slight frown on her face. “Emmie was not alone, he has a child, why didn’t he tell them about her?”

“What do you want me to do, find her?”

“I don’t like how the report says he was childless, Morgan is his. The family ought to know about her.” Dawn said her face still serious.

“I will contact Hugo again and set up a meeting. If possible and he wants you to go up, will you be able to? Just for a few days even?”

“Sure I will.” She replied looking a bit hopeful.

“I will let you know as soon as I have more information ok, it’s a promise. I will do what I can.” Filipe said, resting his hands over Dawn’s on the table. “Don’t worry about it anymore, if there is something to find out I will find it for you. You’re right, they have a right to know about her, they are her family.”

“Thank you Filipe, thanks again. So tell me more about you and your plans, I will come to your Café when next I visit Morgan in Trinidad. You really like my Morgan a lot, I can see it in your face.”

“Yes, I’m afraid I like her a whole lot of lots”

“Don’t be afraid, it’s a good thing” Dawn said, and they both laughed. “I’m glad we can spend this time together Filipe.” She smiled when he smiled at her.

The waiter came with their meals. The conversation changed to politics, business news and the world’s economy but they both had an enjoyable time.

“Tell me some more about your mother” Dawn had said halfway into the meal. “Megan said she is an Interior Decorator like Saurelle.”

“She is a beautiful woman, self-sufficient and very talented.” He showed her a photo of Sophie on his cell phone. “She loved my dad, he was ill for some time so his passing wasn’t that hard on her, but it was hard nevertheless. Since then she more or less busied herself in the book club, she still does decorating but not as much. She always says she has trained enough girls to carry on her work. She is involved in a lot of charity work and is quite a happy lady.” He smiled then said, “I would love for you to meet her one day.”

Dawn smiled, “well if you and Morgan are serious about being together it’s bound to happen sooner or later.”

“Believe me, I am, Morgan is getting there.” He winked at her and she smiled.

He focused a bit on Dawn, she is a beautiful woman, he wondered how come she hasn’t met anyone she wanted to be with since Emmie, and he decided to find out.

“So, tell me Dawn, after you realized Emmie wasn’t coming back what did you do?”

She stopped eating and looked at him with a faraway look in her eyes.

“After about two years of him not showing up I stopped looking out for him. Morgan asked for him a few times, I always told her he will come when he can. Eventually she stopped asking, she was always a brilliant, sensitive girl, whenever she wanted to ask she would go instead and look at the pictures I kept of him. She knew I didn’t want to talk about him not coming back, she also knew he loved her because he always told her he did.”

Filipe nodded his head, he silently promised to see if he can find the sister she said knew about Morgan.

Dawn then continued, “I just busied myself in raising my daughter and making sure my business survived to take care of us. Other men came along, but my heart belonged to Emmie. We just lived our life in our corner of the world. Then Morgan grew up and went over to Trinidad. She comes as often as she can so I’m ok with it, I’m also over there fairly often as I have friends and family over there.”

Filipe nodded, he knew what it was like to love someone so much that he couldn’t imagine anyone else taking their place.

They finished dinner and decided to take the dessert home because Dawn said she was filled, Filipe in turn didn’t want to have dessert while she had none. They asked for a slice of cheesecake to take for Morgan, as they both knew it is her favorite dessert.

Filipe’s cell phone rang, he picked it from his pocket and smiled when he saw Caleth’s name on the screen. He asked to be excused and chatted with him for a while. Dawn heard pieces of the conversation as she finished up her desert. It was just a courtesy call though, Filipe was updating him on the accomplishments so far with the Café. He asked about how it was going with Morgan but Filipe couldn’t really say much with Dawn right there possibly hearing all that was being said. The call ended after a few minutes and he asked Dawn if she wanted anything else. When she indicated she did not he signaled the waiter for the bill, then they waited in the lobby until the cab came to pick them up.

Morgan sat eyeing Zoe as she danced with a guy called Ed, his full name Eduane Cullen. He has been making the moves on her all evening, she finally gave in and agreed to dance with him. She told Morgan as soon as she was finished and came back over, she needed to find some excuse for them to leave, Morgan agreed because she was tired, the party is a success and their job there was done. She sat talking to Saurelle on the phone while stuffing her face with fried wantons. Saurelle told her Flynn called her a couple times asking if she can speak to Morgan because he believe they can work things out. She smiled as she remembered she had blocked his numbers on her cell phone. She told Saurelle that she had made up her mind to see where the relationship with Filipe goes.

“Girl, he sounding too desperate fuh me eh.” Saurelle was saying to her

“I know, he starting to make me wonder about his mental state. Why can’t he just move along? I can’t believe he still wants to be together, I have nothing for him and he has nothing for me, what is wrong with him?”

“He probably now realize what he had, and realize he do shit eh.” Saurelle said snickering

“Maybe when I go back I will talk to him, show him that I’ve moved on.” Morgan decided.

“I think not miss lady! Leave him be, that might just stir up trouble especially for you and Filipe. I will beat him off you, you just wait and see.”

“Filipe took mum out to dinner tonight” she said to Saurelle

“Really? Way to go Filipe, I knew I like that guy.”

“Yeah, he said it will give him a chance to see what else she needed to find out about dad.”

“Honestly Morgs, do you all really want to go there? I know it’s your dad and all, but I feel you all will be disturbing the dead if you do too much digging.” Saurelle said with a bit of concern in her voice.

“I know, but mom says I have family there and they have a right to know me.”

“How do you feel about that?”

“I don’t feel anything. To me he was dead long time it’s just that we’re finding out now that is true. Whatever he did or had is long lost. Whatever is lying sleeping, I find it should remain asleep. I don’t want to find out. He’s already not present in my life, I don’t want memories of him or what could have been to haunt me.”

“I understand, maybe you should let your momma know how you feel.”

“She does, thing is, she wants to find out for herself.”

“Oh, well let her, it may bring her some sort of closure about the entire situation.”

“Maybe” Morgan whispered, “Maybe it will.”

Filipe saw Dawn inside the house and then walked across to Auntie Winnie’s place after making sure that she was settled in. He took a quick shower and went online to respond to some emails. He kept looking at the time and his mind kept straying on Morgan, she said she would be home before eleven, it was three minutes to eleven. He was about to call her cell when there was a soft knock on the door. He opened the door to see a tired looking Morgan with her hands filled with boxes. He took them from her and they came inside his bedroom.

“What’s all this ma Cherie?” he asked placing the boxes on the table

“Some finger food from the party. Brent and Madison, the caterers, insisted that we take some things with us. They were trying to overstuff the guests, apparently they overestimated the appetite of the people.” She said grinning, “How was dinner with mom?”

“Oh, it was wonderful, the food was great and we both enjoyed ourselves.”

“Glad to hear. Did she harass you about dad?”

“She wants me to try to get in touch with your aunt Elsa. I told her I will try.”

Morgan sighed, and said “ok.”

Filipe approached her and put his arms around her waist and kissed her.

“Are you staying the night?”

“You know I can’t Filipe.”

“I don’t think mom will mind.” He kissed her again. He started pushing her towards