chapter 26

The truck paced, fast and Nevile's car even more fast. For was putting down from his eyes. He just missed a treacherous accident. “Nev!" Elsa cried loudly, before this she had never called him Nev, he slowed down and looked at her. There was a familiarity in her tone. “I said I know to drive, okay! So don't challenge me..." Elsa's heart throbbed. “Nevile get me down, I want to go home." She said, sadly. “Elsa... I am sorry," he spoke back. She had sensed that his anger had cooled down. It was like lava freezing after a volcanic eruption. “You are just like a volcano," she smiled. He smiled too, or was the first time he smiled that way at the vague comments she made. She felt familiar to him ... “But this volcano is giving you a divorce," he said in a clear tone. She felt the void throb in her heart. The music in car was on, the fragrance inside was same. But it all felt null. “It's the same." Elsa said, Nevile said nothing. Suddenly Nevile's phone rang. And the ring tone played in the speakers of the car. It was connected, by bluetooth. Nevile picked the phone, it flushed on the small screen in the car, it was his grandfather who called. The housekeeper was speaking through his grandfather's phone, “Mr. Lobo, The pillar of the Lobo dynasty, is almost about to collapse, he needs you and Mrs. Lobo. It was long ago your grandmother passed away he is the only one left, he is not even in the position to speak, but he told me to call you and inform you to come here with Mrs. Lobo." “What?" “With .... With Mrs. Lobo?" “Mr. Lobo please don't speak anything that will hurt senior Lobo's sentiments, please, the phone is on speaker." Senior Lobo looked with weak eyes, “I want Elsa here." He said weakly. Neville agreed and hung up the call. “Grandad wants you home with me, I mean my childhood home." “Yes I heard that!" “Nice," there was some excitement in his tone. “But I have a meeting scheduled with Dr. Cyril, tomorrow." “Don't worry I'll drop you. Let's see what granddad says. Anyways after he gets a bit okay we can go ahead with the divorce." The mark Nevile had made on Elsa's arm flashed at him. “Oh no Elsa!" “What's wrong now? Neville..." “The mark, I am sorry I didn't realise that in the fate of rage!" He said, with a little remorse in his tone. “That's okay, I know what to do. But I also need to inform Gale, that I am not going to be there till tomorrow." “We don't know how many days Elsa," Nevile said worried. His grandfather was the only thing he treasured after Elena. After amongst 30 minutes he recieved another call from his grandfather. It was again the housekeeper on call, “Mr Lobo where have you reached? Make it a bit faster, please. He is weak!" “More half an hour to go." Nevile replied. He raced with his car, this time not with anger but concern for his grandfather. “Oh shoot!" “What is the matter now, why did you stop the car?" “petrol! I forgot to fill the tank, don't worry I have a spare can inside full of petrol." “Then do that fast, it's we need to reach, granddad isn't well." Elsa said in haste. “F**k it's empty!" Nevile cried. “Nevile! Call Xavier, or Edward, fast." Nevile called Xavier first and he agreed to help. Things were settled in 15 minutes, and they continued the drive. A few minutes ago Nevile had seen Elsa scold him like a wife. For a few minutes he saw his mom in him. Who always scolded a carefree Nevile. “Haha! The exact same words." “which words Nev? Sorry Nevile?" She said. “Why are you calling me Nev suddenly? Like Elena... I remember only she called me Nev. Elena and sometimes Xavier." “I said right sorry Nevile..." Nevile frowned. “We are almost about to reach, you know right what to do? Cover the finger marks, pretend to be a good wife, and we need to line a happy couple, as always." He said sternly.“I know that better than you... NEVILE." she said stressing on his name. “You enter, I'll call Gale and tell I won't be there for a day or two." She added. “Shut up, Elsy! You know right we don't know how many days, may be even a month or a week. So wait before you call Gale." “But Nevile it's late night, Gale will be worried, It's almost 12:30. I had told her I'll return by 12:00, as I have an urgent important surg... Nothing, I mean meet with a man." The car stopped, Nevile's expression darkened, “Meet with a man? So late, and that meet was arranged at Rosewood Villa? Nice logic Mrs. Elsa!" Neville yelled. “How does your mood swing so easily NEVILE. Ok I'll text Gale and call her later, I bet you she must have not slept still." She took a pause and added “I only have her..." Nevile reached the villa... It was really big, splendid, lavish, it had a massively large silver gate, which opened automatically for him. He went inside with his car, and parked it in the garage especially message for him. Elsa had come here before, the place of where she put up an act of a perfect wife. It was 12:45 by the time they reached, the housekeeper knew that Nevile had arrived by the sound, he ran towards the parking lot to recieve them. They got down from the car... “Mr. and Mrs. Lobo, come in come in,"  he escorted them inside. “Anything to drink?" He added, “as usual Nevile asked for a cup of hot black coffee." Elsa ran to see grandad, while, Venessa Nevile's bigger brothers wife stopped her, at the entrance of the staircase. “Who do you think you are? Nevile doesn't love you... If that is the case why in earth are you here? You don't need to put up an act of being Mrs. Lobo! You may leave now..."