His Fill-In Housekeeper
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A week after they had talked his ears off about courting Lizzie, he had taken the first step. He smiled to himself as he remembered the day he had tried to ask her out on a date. He didn’t refer to it as a date to her, but to him and his friends it had been a date. He had taken her out on the pretense of picking up few things at the Shopping Mall and he had made it so that he convinced her to have dinner with him at the nearest restaurant, claiming after the day they had, she shouldn’t have to do anything more than go straight home to her mother which he volunteered he would drive her there himself.
He had been tongue tied and felt incredibly stupid at his clumsy attempt to take out a woman on a date. The evening would have been a total disaster if not for her cheerfulness. She had talked to him, listened to his lousy attempts to talk about himself, teased him and laughed with him. By the end of the evening, he had felt confident and had managed few sentences without stuttering or staring at invisible holes in the ground.
That night in his room he had been so excited that he called Johnson to relay the events of the day to him and his friend had made him feel better by his encouraging words and his teasing and he had eagerly anticipated the next time he would get to take her out again.
James had silently wished that Mrs. Benjamin doesn’t get well anytime soon, so as to have Elizabeth to himself, fussing over him like a mother hen. He knew it was bad to wish his ever efficient housekeeper an extended illness, but the thought always keeps jumping to his mind. He really can’t stop himself from wishing that he could have her all to himself without disturbance from the outside world.
The next few weeks that had followed he had been blindly and totally in love with Elizabeth. When her mother had called to inform him of her intention to return back to work after a month’s leave he had been dejected. He had then goes to the older woman to tell her of his intentions towards her daughter, and fortunately for him she loves him too.
Mrs. Benjamin had been surprised but she told him she had noticed changes in Elizabeth but she had no idea it was because of him and the woman had given her consent.
The day he got married to Elizabeth was the best day of his life. Their marriage had been an elegant one. He wanted the best for his bride. He reconciled with his Father and the man was too happy to be angry with him much as finally he was doing something he wanted. His family and hers had been present, including friends and colleagues. That day he had sworn to love her with all his mind, body and soul and he will forever be faithful to that vow.
Reminiscing about his early days with Elizabeth always brings a smile to his face and a radiant beam to his heart.
‘’Daddy,’’ James looked up to see his wife and their four year old boy running towards him. He stood with outstretched hands and beamed at them. Anytime he sees his beautiful wife and their cute kid, he feels like the most blessed man on earth.
He knew his happiness lies with Elizabeth and their son, and he had his friends to be grateful for, for they were the ones that taught and led him unto this path, and of course he had to thank Mrs. Benjamin for bringing Elizabeth into his life.
James grinned as his son jumped into his arms and he swung him up in the smile, his face radiating sheer happiness as he gazes steadily at his beloved wife.
Ours is a happy family.