Free Blackmailed For Vengeance by Marie Kelly

hurt”
    Yanis had looked back at the
woman “Well I hope very much not to be the one to hurt her” he
finally managed an uneasy feeling filling him at the insincerity of
his words
    “You have known each other for
a while” he asked, suddenly wanting to change the direction of the
conversation
    The woman had smiled “Yes,
almost 3 years, I had fallen outside and Lee came to help me. Since
then that girl has looked in on me nearly every day. Makes sure
that I have all my shopping and dinner” the woman had smiled softly
“She has kept me going, I look forward to her visits”
    Then she had looked back at
Yanis
    “But now she has somebody else,
and I have to say that I don’t blame her in the least. You are a
very handsome man Mr Demitri” she said appreciatively
    Yanis had laughed out loud
    “Lee did say that you spoke
your mind Mrs Green” he chuckled as she had laughed back with
him.
    “At my age young man she said
you are allowed to”
    He had nodded back
    “Look after her Mr Demitri” she
said suddenly very serious “If there was ever anybody who deserved
good things it’s Lee, although I can see from the way you two look
at each other…” her eyes seemed to move to a far away place as she
looked over at a picture on the fireplace
    “My husband” she pointed to the
picture. Yanis had looked over at the smiling man wearing an army
uniform
    “We met during the war, fell in
love and got married as soon as we could” she had sighed softly
    “but he was killed during the
last year of the war, and I never met anybody else who could match
up to him…now that’s the kind of love that lasts Mr Demitri” she
said her shrewd eyes passing on the message she knew he
understood
    At that point Lee had
reappeared carrying a tray with tea, biscuits and a large
sandwich.
    “OK, Mrs Green” she said softly
“I’ve put your dinner on a plate, so it just needs to go in the
microwave for a few minutes….and I thought you might want a
sandwich soon, so just to save you having to make it”
    Yanis had watched Lee, with a
small frown on his face. Once more her actions showed a different
person than the one he knew her to be.
    “Lee, stop fretting” the older
woman giggled, looking at Yanis
    “A lovely girl, but what a
worrier” she smiled her eyes full of devotion for the younger woman
before her.
    They had all sat for an hour
drinking tea, while Mrs Green had told stories of her engagement to
her husband and they had had to be vague, as she had tried to find
out the details of the wedding
    “We have to work out dates and
things still” Lee had said her eyes lowered to hide her discomfort
at lying “the engagement was a spur of the moment thing” she had
said looking over at Yanis, who’s lips had curled in an involuntary
smile at her slant on his blackmail.
    As they left Mrs Green had
given Yanis a small kiss on the cheek and hugged Lee, wishing them
all the best and they had moved back into the car.
    Lee had given an involuntary
sigh of relief as Yanis had quickly looked over at her his face
thoughtful. As he started to drive the car he had looked over at
her once more
    “Lunch?”
    Lee had looked at the time,
suddenly realising that she was hungry and nodded
    He had taken them to an
expensive restaurant, where they had instantly been seated at the
nicest table in the room.
    “Your Mrs Green is a lovely
lady” he had said as the waiter had left with their orders
    “Yes she is” Lee had said
gently “Thank you for being so…” Lee had searched for the right
word “gracious”
    Yanis had laughed, his eyes
twinkling at her
    “Now that must have hurt you”
he said with the laughter in his voice, as she had involuntarily
laughed back with him, nodding.
    They had both relaxed, and
laughed together, as they had eaten their lunch. Lee had been
surprised, just as the previous time they had spent alone together,
to realise just how much she was enjoying being with him. However,
her mind had still gone