Wing Of Change
Chapter 56

Aria couldn’t sleep through out the night as she kept drifting in and out of sleep. Her mind is obviously occupied with the thought of Frank and that other woman.

She woke up the next morning with throbbing ache in her head and some part of her muscle as well which was as a result of her endless tossing and turning throughout the night without replaceing any peace of mind.

She crawled out of bed and walked into the bathroom with a loud yawn before stretching some of her aching muscles.

She didn’t even bother to check her phone for messages. she was pretty sure and beyond doubt that, Frank endless messages and missed calls would be waiting to greet her the moment she does hence her need to avoid it.

While in the bathroom,she tried not to look at her reflection in the mirror either while she carried out her morning routine .

Aria was sure she won’t like whatever would be staring right back at her.

She knew what her appearance would look like if she even dared to look at herself even for a second.

She could very much picture red buffy eyes staring back at her in despair and she didn’t want that so she forced her feet to move along, with each step taking her back towards the bedroom.

She dragged a short black romper over her head and down to her knee and just pulled her hair up into a bun while walking into the kitchen to make breakfast.

She grabbed the foodie bag from last night stashed into the fridge and placed the rice and chicken inside the microwave before she took a seat beside the kitchen counter waiting for the timer to go off.

Aria was still waiting when she heard her front door erupting with steady hard knocks.

She didn’t have to open the door to know who was harassing her door so early in the morning so she choose to ignore it.

Few more minutes_she could hear Frank calling at her to unlock the door so they can talk it out.

She could very much hear the desperation in his voice as she leaned against the door and still very much adamant not to heed to his plea.

“Please open the door Aria. I know you are in there”He called again.

She walked over to the door and paused before it.

Aria was about to walk away from the door and back to the kitchen when she heard a voice that didn’t sound familiar but she knew who it belonged to.

Daniel.

What is Frank doing over there with that child for crying out loud. She almost screamed back at him as she turned and unlocked the door and pulled it open only to have them both staring back at her.

“You brought the kid here?” Her eyes washed over the child’s smiling face for a second before settling back on Frank.

“Good morning” his little voice greeted her and almost melted her cold facade.

She took a deep breath to calm herself completely before replying.

“Good morning dear. How are you?” She asked and almost regretted it when she noticed the wide grin on Frank’s face.

Daniel gave a low respond but he doubt if Aria had heard him as her attention was now on Frank.

Frank on the other hand stood in all his manly glory beside Daniel with one hand grasping his little fingers while he had the other one tucked away in his blue jogger; a cute smile plastered on his rather handsome face as he continued to smile at a not very smiling Aria.

“Can you please stop smirking and just tell me what you are doing here with Daniel?”

Frank took a quick glance at Daniel and back at Aria whose arms were now crossing her chest with a frown grazing her forehead.

“You know how much I hate moments like this one. You and me acting like two strangers meeting for the first time is really not cool but to answer your question as to why I had to bring Daniel. I knew he is the only chance I have at earning your forgiveness again. He even got you to unlock the door a while ago, and now that you have, please just hear me out”

He made a move to reach for her hand but she took a step back and glance over at Daniel who was watching him with a pout.

“I’m only going to let you in because of Daniel” She warned with a weak glare directed at Frank and a little smile at Daniel

“Thanks”

**

Frank did his best to explain what happened and why he was with her at the eatery while Aria tried her hardest to actually listen without contradicting every single word that came out of his mouth.

“So how does getting Daniel ended with you kissing his mother” she couldn’t help but asked him in frustration as she sat at the opposite cushion with her arms crossing her chest and glaring at him.

“It seemed to me that you haven’t being listening to all I have been telling you? For the last time Aria_I did not k**s that woman. She just grab hold of me and planted her lips on mine like a leach” he explained again for what seemed to him like the last time.

“So you are telling me, she suddenly felt the need to k**s you and just did it? just like that?!” She asked again with a raised brow.

“Of course she did. I mean why would I even want to k**s her when I can’t even stand her for crying out loud”

Aria tense demeanor relax a bit as his word registered in her mind. She was sure Frank had a point there with that statement because she really can’t picture Frank falling for that woman again, especially not after everything she did.

“But you acted as if you enjoyed it and my presence was a bother” she argued weakly.

“I was just surprised and also at the fact that you were also there with that_that guy” he countered back with a scowl.

“Well, that guy as you call him has a name and he happens to be my neighbor and we only went there for food if you must know” she snapped right back at him.

“Yeah right. What’s a coincidence huh?”

“What do you mean by that”

Frank only shrugged.

Aria would have insisted for him to explain what he meant by that statement but right about then she heard her timer going off.

She shot him a glare before She walked off to the kitchen leaving Frank to stare after her and wondering what she was up to.

“Where are you going?” He asked with an uncertain gaze as he trailed her from behind.

“Where else? To the kitchen obviously”

“But we are not done talking about what happened yet” he reasoned as she stopped before the kitchen counter and turned around to face him.

“Well am hungry and my breakfast is ready”

She pulled out the food and dished some in a separate bowl and gave it to Daniel who only murmured a thank you and began eating just about immediately.

Seems he was just as hungry as she was which only mean Frank too must be feeling the same way too.

Aria was still very upset with him as she sat down with her plate of rice without sparing Frank a second glance or a simple word of invite

“I’m hungry too you know?” She heard Frank speaking to her.

“You deserve to be starved after what you did last night” she replied with her mouth full.

“C’mon please..you and I know what happened last night was just a set up..you are just using it to punish me right now” Frank had lamented.

“Yeah whatever. You still haven’t been forgiven” she reminded him still, not giving in to his antics.

“What else do you want me to do so you can forgive me Aria” Frank was desperate and frustrated at the same time as he sat there staring at her with a furrowed brow.

Aria on the other hand seem to be having real fun seeing just how desperate Frank was to getting her to forgive him right away.

“I don’t know Okay? It’s not easy to unsee the horror I saw last night”

“Oh my God!_you are such a drama Queen you know that?” Frank had accused while throwing his hands in the air.

“At least I don’t go around kissing people like yours truly” she countered back making sure each word was dramatically air quoted just to add impact.

“Okay, I give up”

Frank was tired of begging but he didn’t give up either as he just slouched back on the cushion with his eyes glued to Aria.

“Don’t look at me like that okay? This is all your fault not mine”

“Yeah right it’s my fault but it’s going to be yours when I die of starvation in your house”

Aria said nothing to defend that last comment until she noticed Frank walked over to Daniel and took him by the hand.

“C’mon son, let go get real breakfast”

They both made it to the door before each halted at Aria’s word.

“Wait!” She cried out.

“You can share mine” she offered without looking up at Frank. She was sure to have a change of mind if she saw the knowing grin on his face.

“Are you sure?” He asked her with a raised brow and she replied with a nod.

“Yes am sure. Now come eat with me before I change my mind and you’re forced to go get that breakfast for real”.

“I knew my darling miss Davis was still in there somewhere”Frank had mused, rubbing both his hand in excitement.

Aria only glared at him in return.

Aria still hasn’t forgiven Frank over what happened but she wasn’t exactly mad at him either. She just made a secret vow within herself to let it slide for now.

If Frank was indeed telling her the truth about what Sandra did then she must be up to something and she needs to do everything in her power to make sure it doesn’t happen again.