"I have to go back to my office. Let me know at once if anything happens to Leena." Feeling a little tired, Tom had to take a nap now, to keep his mind clear in an emergency.
"Okay. Get your things done first." For coming to Leena's rescue, Kevin was much obliged to Tom.
"Are you all right, Kevin?" A worried Claire asked as soon as Tom left. The usually flamboyant Kevin appeared wholly drained of color.
"I'm fine. Rest assured! Now tell me what happened," Kevin inquired. As far as he knew, Claire was in the villa. Why did she stay with Leena and Louisa?
"I'm really sorry. If it hadn't been for me, Leena wouldn't have quarreled with Louisa." Bit by bit, Claire told Kevin the whole story, her eyes looking downcast. Her voice was shaky, on the verge of tears. She was really frightened.
"Don't cry. God protects the good. Leena will be okay." With a tired, sad expression, Kevin let out a sigh, wondering how little he knew about his wife. It had surprised him to learn that she was such a famous fashion designer abroad. Now he kicked himself for not having known it when he saw her stuff in the workshop. Genuinely, he felt sorry for not having paid attention. How could he be so uncaring?
"I don't understand, Kevin. Mr. Mu said that Leena could swim, but why did she drown?" Claire had been listening to their talk, so she wondered why.
"Maybe she was bitterly disappointed in me, so she chose to escape," sighed Kevin. It was clear that Leena always dressed following the latest trends. She always had a great sense of fashion. No wonder she even had her own opinions and taste about his clothes. To discover that Leena majored in fashion design and most of the times she wore her own handiwork was quite out of the blue.
"Did you quarrel with each other?" Hesitatingly Claire asked. It had caught her unawares that they would quarrel. Never had she ever seen them angry at each other, let alone quarrel.
"No. Don't think much about it. Go back. I can stay here alone. I want to calm myself down." There was need to rethink the problems between him and Leena, Kevin thought. He genuinely loved Leena, although she still had some doubts, and somehow misunderstood his true feelings towards her.
"I don't want to. I want to be here with you." Even if she went back home, Claire thought she'd have a sleepless night, so she wanted to stay around and talk with Kevin. At least he'd have company to comfort him in this difficult hour.
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