Chapter 172 - Plan for love (6) (1/2)
Jacqueline brought her suitcase and her belongings to Michael's room with his help. He put all in the bedroom. He put her suitcase near the wardrobe. She hung the dresses in her arm in there. His clothes were hanging nicely on the left, she put hers on the right.
”You can take a shower first if you want. I will have to arrange my clothes first.”
Jacqueline told him. Michael nodded easily. He took off his suit jacket and hung it on the wardrobe door then took off his white long-sleeved shirt. Jacqueline turned her side to him. She felt a little uneased as it reminded her of their time together.
”I won't take long.” The deep voice said and walked to the bathroom. She glanced a little and saw that he put on the hotel soft bathrobe. He disappeared.
Jacqueline still was not sure if it was a clever decision to stay in the same room as him. But she had no choice. No way she was going to let Sam and Sophia travel to stay at another place. Her baby had just arrived from the long journey. She was a mother, how could she be cruel to her beloved son. She was glad that he would stay in the next room. Just thought of the positive side making her smile and sighed with ease.
Ten minutes later, Michael walked out of the bathroom. Jacqueline had finished arranging her clothes in the wardrobe. She grabbed the super-soft white bathrobe.
”I will take a shower.” She told him. He nodded.
”I will be in the living room if you need me.”
He said and gave her a nice warm smile. She hurried to walk into the bathroom.
There was his stuff on the counter. She paused to look at them. The flashback came into her mind. The time when she was still living in the big Mackenzie mansion in Boston. There were double basins and they had their own cabinets in the big bathroom.
Jacqueline sighed. She should not think about it too much. It was late. She took off the lovely soft robe and started to take a shower and washed her hair.
Fifteen minutes later, she had finished, grabbed the robe to put on, used the dryer to her hair. And suddenly the electricity went off. She jumped!
”Mike!”
She shouted the first name in mind without thinking.
Michael was sitting on the couch working on his laptop. Suddenly the electricity was cut off. He heard the shocking voice of his wife, causing the tall figure to quickly rise, stumbling upon Summer's belongings close to his feet. He used the flashlight from his phone hurriedly walked into the bedroom and the bathroom. He knocked on the door.
”Queen! I am here. It's okay. Don't panic ... I'm here.”
He shouted. Because he knew that she was afraid of the dark. Especially in hotels! Jacqueline did not like staying in hotels. She was afraid of ghosts which Michael did not know where she got this symptom.
She had a bad impression and imaginations about scary stories about the spirits in hotels. Only a few people know this secret of hers.
The bathroom door opened and she leaped into his arms.
”Mike!”
Jacqueline was glad to see him with the light.
”It's okay, darling. I am here.”
He cuddled her in his warm arms and caressed her back to soothe her and made her calm down.
”What happened? Why there is no emergency light?”
The panic voice asked.
”The power outage. I don't know what caused it. There are emergency lights outside but not in the room. I will call Stefan and the hotel staff to find out.”
Michael replied. He took her to sit on the bed. He sat with her and she was holding his arm all the time.
Mikael could not help to smile in the dark. Regardless of how long the time had passed, for him, she was still the same lady who was strong in many ways but except for the darkness and ghosts.
”Hi, Stefan. Did anybody report to you yet there is the blackout at our hotel? I can see that the other buildings around here are okay. It's just our hotel.”
Michael said to Stefan with his serious voice. He was worried about the hotel guests.
”Um, don't say too loud, father. It's only your floor that is cut off.”
Stefan said in a whispering tone making Michael think fast. Then he came to realize that his sons were helping him by creating an opportunity for him to be with their mother!
Michael's eyes flashed with a delightfulness to know the kids were on his side. It must have been Wirata who told Stefan about this. And also Sam who tried to make himself look weary more than necessary.
Michael glanced at the lady who was sitting next to him. Her hands grabbed his upper arms tightly.
His heart was feeling so much better right now to know he had a backup team with him!
”Okay, understood.” He said back to Stefan. Like father like son. They could read one another so Stefan cut off the line.
”When will it be alright?”
Michael pretended to continue to talk!
”Until morning? Okay.”
Jacqueline heard the deep voice talked to Stefan through the phone. She frowned with a surprise to hear that the electricity would be out until the morning.
In America? It could not be all night for sure and at the seven-star hotel like this? And why it was only their hotel?
”Okay.” Said Michael and he turned off the line.
”Stefan got the report that it's only our hotel that has the blackout. It must be the internal system somewhere. And it is not every floor. Only a few floors including ours. The electricians are on their way. They will fix the guests' floors first and leave ours to the last as the customers have to come first as usual.”
The gentle voice told her the details. Jacqueline nodded to acknowledge. No wonder why those other buildings were bright, as he said must be because the hotel had something wrong with the electrical circuits.
Michael knew how clever his wife was. Therefore he had to add more stories to make her less suspicious or had no doubt at all. And now it seemed she believed in the story he told her.
”Would you like to put on your nightdress before I go out? ”
The deep voice asked. Jacqueline shook her head instantly as she already covered herself with the thick duvet. She could sleep in the robe since it was going to be cold as there was no heating.
Michael moved but the soft hands grabbed his arm and not let go.
”Where are you going?” She asked with a panic voice.
”I will open the curtain a little to get the light from outside so that it won't be too dark for you.”
He told her. But she did not let him get out of the bed.
”There is no ghost in our hotel, darling. Since we have built it, I haven't heard anybody died in here yet.”
He spoke and that causing Jaqueline to fling herself into his arms.
”Shut up! Who told you to say that word.”
She scolded at him. Michael smiled in the dark to see she had never changed. Still was so scared only the word GHOST. He put his arms around her and caressed her back gently.
”Which word? Ghost?”
He pretended to not understand. She screamed in her throat and put her face against his arm.
”It's true, darling, definitely no ghosts here. Ghosts don't like a modern hotel. They prefer the old rusty hotels. That's what I've heard.”
He said with a hint of laughter in his throat and that making her gave him a heavy tweak on his arm.