One last time

When Martha did not say anything, the woman added, "Your husband is very daring I must say. Ignoring our threats, he is still doing what we asked him not to. What a brave and stupid move."

Martha fronwed deeper and wondered when did Chris receive the second threat? She had no idea about it and why didn't Chris tell her. "Well, I have no idea about the second threat but since my husband decided to ignore it so I guess he doesn't care who you are or what you want and neither do I." 

The woman smiled and said, "Hmmm I like your confidence. I was expecting a shocked or panicked expression from you but-anyway. I just want to tell you that you must ask Chris to stay away from the mess that his friends are trying to drag him into. He isn't supposed to enter or be a part of it and if he does, he is inviting trouble."

Martha chuckled and asked, "Wait, is this a threat or a warning?"

"What do you think?" The woman asked.

"Seems none to me." Pausing for a while, Martha added, "My husband is not a child, he knows what he is doing."

"You don't understand, it's dangerous. He isn't supposed to be there. He is supposed to lead a healthy life he-"

Cutting her off, Martha asked, "Who are you? And why are you so concerned about Chris?" Martha could see fear and concern in the woman's eyes, something that a stranger would never have someone he doesn't know. The similarities between their facial features and eyes were telling Martha a lot of things but she didn't want to jump into a conclusion. She wished what she was thinking wasn't true because if it was, it would be a huge blow for her husband. 

"I am one of the people they are trying to mess with." The woman said.

"Why only Chris? Why aren't you threatening others and asking them to stay away?" Martha curiously asked.

When the woman did not say anything, Martha added, "Listen to me, I don't know what your exact motive is but I have this feeling that you mean no harm. And I think you decided to approach me because your consecutive threats didn't work on my husband so maybe you wanted to scare me so that I would force Chris to stay away but that is not going to happen. I have a rough idea about everything that is happening and I know that Kevin and Silvia need all their friends right now. It would be selfish and mean of me to force Chris to discard his long time friendship with Kevin and just back off. Chris always says that when they are together, they are the strongest. I don't know what the outcome of this might be but I don't want to live with the lifelong regret of not helping my friends when they need our support and help." 

Pausing for a while, she continued, "My father has always taught me not to step down or give in if someone tries to threaten us because that is what cowards do. He always taught my brother and me to fight back and win of course. Maybe you mistook me for a rich, timid and a scary cat heiress but I am not. I may look ladylike, delicate and gentle but trust me this is just the appearance I choose to show to the people in and around me. And it's not like I am going to let Chris get into this all by himself. Initially I wasn't so interested in what was going on because Chris told me it's nothing but after talking to you, I wish to no more. You just sky-rocketed my dim curiosity over this matter."

Just then the bodyguard entered the washroom and asked Martha, "Is everything okay ma'am?"

"It's alright, just give me two minutes." Martha said.

The bodyguard nodded his head and left.

Grabbing her bag, Martha smiled at the woman. "It was nice meeting you."

"Are you not gonna run away if Chris gets into trouble? Are you willing to suffer with him?" The woman asked.

Turning around, Martha smiled, "Well, Chris and I know very well how strong our bond and relationship is so I don't think so I have to explain this to an outsider or rather an enemy." before walking out of the cafe.

After Martha left, the woman took a deep breath.

Just then her phone buzzed.

"Eva where are you?" Joseph asked.

Eva smiled and said, "I just met our daughter-in-law."

Joseph widened his eyes in shock and asked, "What? You met Martha? How is she? I mean-"

"Joseph, our son chose the right woman for himself." Eva proudly exclaimed.

…..

Inside the car.

"When were you planning to tell me about the second threat you received Mr Walker?" Martha asked.

Chris scratched his forehead and cleared his throat. "Well, I was going to tell you."

"When?" Martha asked.

Chris sighed and stopped the car. "Look babe I am sorry for hiding this from you but I didn't want you to worry."

"Hiding things from me would make me panic even more and may give me more anxiety attacks. I would rather die knowing everything than not knowing anything at all." Martha reasoned out. Martha hated when someone kept things away from her thinking that she would freak out. Well, at first maybe she would freak out but later she will definitely try to work on it.

"I am sorry for keeping things away from you, I shouldn't have." Chris never liked keeping things away from his wife but he didn't want her to keep worrying about everything all the time.

Martha sighed and hooked her arms around his. "It's alright just don't hide things from me in the future okay?"

Chris nodded his head and readily agreed. "I promise I won't. Hey but who did you know about you?"

"I met someone at the washroom." Martha decided not to hide anything from him.

Chris frowned and asked, "Who?"

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