The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf novel Chapter 12

Wright drove into the restaurant, parked his car in the car park in front of the restaurant and he stepped out. As he walked down the premises of the restaurant, he was a little nervous as he not sure of how tonight would go. Actually, he had for long been postponing this night because he was having cold feet on carrying on with the whole arrangement.

He suddenly remembered that he did not inform Riona that he would be coming back late from work tonight. His plan was that this meeting would be as brief as possible and so, Riona might not even realize that he had gone anywhere after work.

Ever since Evolette’s demise, Wright had always gone home straight from work and he had never left Riona all to herself. Anyways, it is not as if he used to stay out late at night when Evolette was alive, just that he only become extremely conscious of this since it was just Riona at home and with his absence, she was going to be all by herself which is what he would not want to happen.

He imagined how she would take his absence, and since he did not want her to be worried about him, he stopped and brought out his phone from his pocket as he intends to dial her number and inform her of his whereabouts. But however, on a second thought, he decided against calling her.

“She can take care of herself, she is not a kid anymore” he mused.

He put his phone back into his pocket and continued his walk into the restaurant.

Wright thought about all he done to ensure that Riona was not always alone. He had once suggested that Riona went home with Riley after school, or that she allowed Riley visit her at home so that she would not be all alone at home until his return. But she had blatantly kicked against the ideas and even though Riona had not expressly stated it, by her actions, it was clear to Wright that Riona does not want the names of either Riley or her mother, Maeve to ever be measured to her.

This realization left Wright in a more difficult situation, and made him doubt whether he is actually doing the right thing by coming for this meeting tonight.

Believing that Riona has only been overreacting as a child, Wright shakes off the thought of Riona not wanting to have anything to do with Maeve and Riley.

This would be the first outing that he would be on without Riona since after he lost his wife and he intended to make it worthwhile and have a little of a nice evening.

He entered the restaurant and as he walked to his reservation, he discovered that she was already seated and was waiting for him.

He never knew that she would be here at this time and he hoped that he has not kept her waiting for long.

He got to the table and greeted her as he sat down. “Hello Maeve”

She smiled at him, and her smile had some soothing and comforting effect on him.

“Hi Wright, you made it” she responded.

This time around, Wright smiled.

They never believed that they would finally be having this meeting. At first, Wright’s excuse for delaying the meeting was that he was still mourning Evolette and when it was obvious that the excuse would no longer work, he replaced it with not knowing how Riona would feel or react to it.

Actually, he could not bring himself to tell Riona about tonight but decided to come nevertheless. For if he waits until when he would be able to inform Riona first, then the meeting would never happen.

“Looks like I did” he replied.

They both laughed at his reply, but the laughter ended as soon as it was started.

Wright was the first to stop laughing, as he felt the laughter was not even supposed to happen. Maeve quickly followed suit because she believed as a result of Wright’s reaction, that the laughter was out of place.

“Hope I did not keep you waiting all night?” he asked.

Maeve adjusted in her seat before she responded.

“Not at all Wright, I just arrived about a minute ago, I haven’t been waiting for long” she replied.

Wright sat down and took the restaurant’s menu that was in front of him and he goes through it. After some time, he said.

“I think I would be making do with just red wine this evening”

He did not lift his head up to look at Maeve as he spoke, he was still glued to the menu he was holding.

“That would be fine with me too” Maeve said.

This time, Wright raised his head to look at Maeve.

“Are you sure about that? You know you can actually have whatever you feel like tonight” he said.

He was confused that Maeve’s choice was hinged on his and he would not like to be the reason for her not enjoying the night as she wanted.

“Of course I am” she chuckled.

Wright paused for a while, and decided that she was been honest in her request.

“If you say so, Maeve. So do you have any suggestions, like what brand of red wine do you want?” he asked.

Maeve hesitated for a while before she replied. “I am fine with whichever one Wright”.

Wright knew Maeve better to understand that she was been sincere and there was no need been pushy with it anymore.

“That would be great” he said.

He signaled to the waiter who was some steps away from their table. The waiter arrived, and he placed their order.

Their order arrived and as they were sipping their wine, Maeve decided to hold some conversation with Wright.

“So how has it been with Riona?” she asked.

Wright took his gaze up. He definitely would not want to talk about Riona tonight. However, just so as not to hurt Maeve, he joins her in the conversation.

“She is fine” he said.

Maeve was not looking at Wright when she asked about Riona so she did not notice Wright’s countenance. Maybe if she had, she might have changed the topic.

“So how is she carrying on with the whole thing? I trust that she would be getting better by the day, actually, I haven’t seen much of her lately” she asked.