"I'm really worried about her" Vivienne said pacing about

"Do you think we should go to the police?" Kate asked her father equally worried.

"Let's wait a day or two. If she still doesn't show up then we'll carry this matter over to the police"

Just then Winifred, the last daughter walked in

"What did Mel say?" Lionel asked

"She said that Yvonne had gone to see Zach yesterday morning at his office in his ship and since then, she hadn't seen any of them either. So I went over to the docks and checked myself but the ship was nowhere to be found" Winifred said

"Do you think they both went sailing together?" Vivienne asked incredulously though not believing for a minute that her elder sister could do something as drastic as that

"Though Yvonne is not exactly the boring, nerdy type, I hardly think that she would do something that foolishly exciting and not tell us or even give us a call or send a text message" Kate said snortingly

"Well, I did tell her to get a story from Mr Zachary Knight at all cost" Lionel clipped in guilty, haven be quiet since

"What?!! Dad!!!!!" The three girls all chorused, surprised.

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"I hope they don't go to the police and report about a missing person" Mel said worriedly to her only daughter Ahsha after she'd just finished confiding in Ahsha and telling her about her matchmaking plans

You shouldn't have tried to even play that sought of prank at all" Ahsha chided reprimandingly "but now that you have, what do we do? How do we keep the Fitzman from going to the police?"

"I think I have a plan" Mel said. Her head sparkling with another idea. She was happy Ahsha had said 'we'

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"Where am I? and why're we on the same bed?" Eve asked Zach

"This is our new room for possibly weeks to come. I was telling you that when you passed out"

"Oh! Right. I can remember now. By any chance, are we going to die out here?"

He merely chuckled "oh no. By any chance, it would be fun out here. There's enough food that can last us for months to come, enough games and entertainment, we definitely wouldn't get bored, tired or dead" Zach said assuringly still bemused.

"That's a relief then. Is it possible to call my parents and tell them that I'm alright?"

"There's no network out here. It wouldn't be possible, I'm sorry"

"It's okay as long as I don't wind up dead"

"We could go shopping" he suggested

"Shopping?" Eve asked cocking an eyebrow

"Yes, shopping. We have a boutique here on the boat"

"But who would sell for us if no one else is on the boat?"

"Everything on the boat is indirectly mine. So when we get back to shore, you can pay me back"

"Well okay. Let me have a shower first" Eve said excitedly and jumped off the bed.

Zach merely laughed on the bed, sighing. Feeling contented as he watched the sashaying of the retreating derrière.

Few minutes later, Eve came out, clad in a towel, with water dripping from her hair. She dried her hair then sat on the vanity chair and started combing through the golden mass

"So tell me, Zach, why in the world does a guy have a vanity table in his room?"

"My girlfriend. She insisted I have one in my room since she was going to be sharing the room with me"

"So you don't have a solid house in Boston?"

"Oh I do. I just spend more time in the boat than I do at home"

"Did you guys break up?"

"No. Why did you say so?"

So he's really in a relationship with another girl, Eve thought wryly

"So why did you kiss me if you had a girlfriend Zach? Not once but twice! And why would you leave your so-called girlfriend to come here for a whole year?!"

Oh yeah! She was jealous

"Well, naturally, she would be my fiancée since I proposed to her but something came up that was capable if tearing us apart. She got pregnant..."

"So you didn't even want to be responsible for the baby you created?" Eve said cocking an eyebrow and trying to act normal when inside, her heart was slowly cracking in two. They couldn't work now. She didn't even know she had wanted them to, until now, and she had absolutely no idea why she was defending this girl.

Zach answered with a smile playing on his lips, aware of the situation he had purposely created. If she was jealous, then it meant she felt the same way for him. Eve was attracted to him too and somehow, that thought pleased him. " no, that's not it. The child wasn't mine. We had both agreed to not sleep with each other 3 months before our marriage, then four weeks into the three months, she started having morning sickness. The doctor told us she was pregnant. That she was two weeks along but there was no way that could be possible since we had already sworn to a vow of celibacy a month before until she confessed that she slept with someone just out of desperation. A one night stand, that I should forgive her and still let the wedding hold. I was heartbroken and confused. She should have come to me if she was so desperate. we would have broken our celibacy vow together but she went to seek comfort from somewhere else. Worse, she never planned on telling me. How was I to know that she wasn't going to try and seek her so called comfort from someone else once we were married? Our first child was going to be a mistake so I told her that I couldn't do it anymore. but she begged me, sincerely begged me and said I shouldn't break up with her yet. I should give he time to fix our relationship back and eventually we agreed for a little separation to sort out our lives and see where we both stood and I quickly took the opportunity to come here when my mum called. So in a way, Marilyn is still my girlfriend, we're just quite separated right now and by now, she should be looking for another sexual partner to soothe her itch, now I'm not around" Zach ended irritatingly. Maybe he shouldn't have brought this topic up in the first place, seeing it could still affect him this much.

"Oh Zach, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have jumped into conclusions like that. You must have really loved her to put up with all that and still want to be with her. How long have you guys been together now?" Eve said concernedly, jealousy immediately fading away

"Three years now. I only just recently proposed" Zach said with his head down, wondering why he felt al good after telling Eve the story

Eve immediately left where she was seating and came to the bed where Zach sat, then drew him into her bosom! trying to comfort him.

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