The Adventure Continues

[abrightboy]

For thatsfascinating.



The villa Malcolm rented was in the Languedoc, not far from Marseilles, south of Avignon. It was a very historic region, though Malcolm was particularly not interested in visiting Marseilles again. There was a charming village nearby the villa and if they were going to go to an historic city for a day, he'd rather make the trip over to Montpellier, where he'd never been at all, much less with Dr Whitly.

The villa had six bedrooms. As the driver brought their luggage inside the bright and spacious main room, Malcolm handed him some folded Euros and thanked him and shut the door behind him.

"First choice of a room is yours," he told Edrisa with a smile. "But you might want to explore first."

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[abrightboy]

"I'm sure he can find his way out," Malcolm told her, steering her towards the bedrooms. The chef had come highly recommended and had been here many times. He wasn't concerned.

[thatsfascinating]

"Okay." Edrisa was happy to follow his lead.

When they went into his room Edrisa gestured toward the window. "Would you like me to open the window a little? It might be nice to have a breeze and smell the bloom while you sleep."

[abrightboy]

That wouldn't have occurred to him. His windows at home didn't open. He smiled.

"Yeah; I'd like that." He gestured to them. "What made you think of that?"

[thatsfascinating]

She went over to open the window. "The night air is just so nice," she said. "When I was a kid, if the weather was right you could smell the ocean. I liked having my window open for that."

[abrightboy]

"I'd like to try that some time," he told her, crawling onto the bed and working his way into his restraints.

[thatsfascinating]

"We could do that!" She opened the window about a quarter, then returned to his bed, crawling next to him.

[abrightboy]

He was having trouble getting the left cuff over his cast and he held it across his body so she could finish it.

"Can you turn off the lamp after you get that on?" he asked a little uncomfortably. He used to think these logistics ahead; he'd had to handle them all himself.

[thatsfascinating]

"Of course!" She was happy to help, gently easing the cuff over his cast. She got up and turned off the lamp, then returned to bed and snuggled in close.

[abrightboy]

He was still faintly aware of the danger of becoming a burden, but when she was so happy to help, it was hard to obsess over it. His good arm wrapped around her shoulders to hold her close and his cast rested on her hip. Looking up at the skylight, with the lights off he was rewarded with the view he'd been hoping for.

"So I think I promised to make up a constellation and the story that goes with it, right?"

[thatsfascinating]

"You did!" she said, her head resting on his shoulder, looking up at the stars through the skylight. "What do you see?"