Chapter - 5 Desperate

***Tristan Blackwood***

I woke up as my alarm rang. It was 5 in the morning. I got ready for jogging. I was wearing my sweatshirt and came out. The entire mansion was silent. The human alarm (Remisha) will make noise after 8 a.m only. I opened the front door and came out. I started to jog to my garden. I felt someone's presence from behind. I looked back and saw Remisha in a sweatshirt and pant was jogging towards me. She is definitely not a morning person.

"Hey! Good Morning!" she said reaching near me.

"Isn't it too early for you to wake up?" I asked looking at her. We were jogging.

"I started it today." she said.

"Why?!"

"Yesterday, Mr. Grandpa said that he is able to walk at this age because he did exercise everyday!... People of his age are lying on the bed, but he is soo strong. I want to be like him." she said with a determined look on her face. This brought a small smile on my face. She is different... really different. I shook my head and looked in the front. I went out of the main gate while jogging and she came following me out.

"Wait! I'm going to have a long run. Since it's your first time, it should be better if you take it slow or else your legs will hurt." I explained to her.

"Oh come on!" she said slapping her hand on my back. "I'm not that weak. Let's go!" she started to go in the left direction. She was not going to listen to me anyway. I quietly took the right direction which I always take. "Hey! Wait for me!" I heard her shout from the back. She came beside me and frowned angrily looking at me then she looked at the front. I found it cute. I find myself smiling again.

She was jogging with me and was telling me some crazy thoughts about nature. I have been jogging alone for the past few years. Before that Asher was with me. I was really close to him but I didn't know he was doing all this just for my so-called father. Thinking of Asher, I looked back and there he was following us from a distance as he does everytime. I can definitely see the angry look on his face because of Remisha. Remisha noticed me looking back and she looked back. Remisha stopped jogging and so did I.

"OMG, Isn't he the same one of whom I kicked where the sun doesn't shine?!" Her explanation about him made me chuckle. "Why is he following you?!" she asked.

"Ignore him! Let's go!" I said to which she just frowned.

"You go! I have to deal with him."she said and started to go towards him. I sighed and leaned on the tree. I knew that he would not harm her but I want to see Remisha's reaction when she gets to know that he is a cop. She went near Asher, "What is wrong with you man?! Why are you following us?!"

Asher looked at me and then at her,"I am not following you." Asher was looking calm so he must have investigated her.

"Then what are you doing here?!" she asked keeping both the hands on her waist.

"I am doing my job." he said and looked at me again. I rolled my eyes. I hate him. I hate him when I came to know that he is a cop. My best friend... My best friend who was always there for me was just there because he was doing his job.

"And what is that?!" she asked again. "Don't give some shitty excuse. You are definitely not a sweeper because you don't have a broom or a shovel. You are not a gardener because you don't have anything that proves that you are here for gardening. There's not even fruit in the trees that you have come here to pluck them. You can definitely not be a park ranger as you...."

"COP!"

"W-WHAT?!" she had big surprised eyes and her haw felt like it was going to touch the ground any minute. I chuckled at her reaction.

"I am a cop." he said and took an ID from his pocket and showed it to her. "I am Lieutenant Tom Windroff. Yes, I am a cop and…" he looked at me. "his best friend". Remisha also looked at me.

"You are not my best friend! You are nothing to me!" I yelled standing straight. How dare him to call himself my best friend? He is nothing to me. She was still in shock. "Let's Go Remisha!"

Remisha walked towards me. She was still in shock. When she reached near me she said,"I hit a lieutenant where the sun doesn't shine." She kept walking towards the front. I followed her and soon walked beside her. She walked some distance and looked back. Probably looking at Asher. She then looked at me.

"What?" I asked her.

"Is he really your best friend?"

"Was"

"What happened?!"

"Asher betrayed me."

"Asher?!"

"When he introduced himself to me at first. He said his name is Asher. We were together almost everytime. We had a lot of fun. Later I got to know he was good to me just because my father gave him a job to protect me." I explained to her.

"You know it's not true Tristan!" Asher yelled from behind.

"Go to hell Asher! And stop following us!" I yelled without looking back. I started to walk fast.

"Why are you still calling him Asher after knowing his real name?" Remisha asked for which I don't have any answer. I know it's probably because I'm missing the old Asher more. How good it could have been if I had not known about his real self? He being a cop made me hate him more. I felt Remisha hold my hand and I looked at her. "You want to get rid of him?" I frowned at her. She came near me. She kept her hand on my shoulder to make me bent . "Run!" she whispered in my ear and dragged me. I started to follow and run. We were still holding hands.

"Hey! Why the hell are you guys running?" We heard Asher's voice but we ignored him. Remisha looked at me and smiled. The view can't be expressed. It made my heart warm. There was a turn on the road. Asher was still some distance behind. I pulled Remisha to hide behind the bark of the huge tree. We were both panting and smiling looking at each other. "What the hell?! Where did they go?!" I held Remisha close to me so we won't be visible to him in any way. "TRISTAN! TRISTAN! Stop playing around! Where are you?! That girl! Argh!" then we again heard him go somewhere. Once he went from there I noticed how close we were. I was holding Aisha's waist and my other hand was on her shoulder. Her back was touching my front. She was holding the hand which I had on her waist with a smile on her face. She was trying to look behind the tree to see where Asher went.

I subconsciously tightened my hold and kept my forehead on her shoulder. I felt her freeze in my hold. I don't know why but I wanted the moment to stop here forever. I don't want to let her go.

Why am I doing this? Maybe because I found the warmth that I needed in my life. I sighed. Am I that desperate to have someone in my life? I left her. "Let's go!" We reached the mansion. She was laughing and jumping where Asher would be searching for us. Once we were on the floor and were about to go to our rooms, I reminded her about the first day of the job.

"I am always ready Boss!" she said with a salute while going to her room. I just smiled at her behaviour and then went to my room.

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