Chapter 101 - - 101: Let’s run away
Bill Remmer was the type of man who stuck to his schedule. That meant he wouldn't wake up until he had to, which meant as soon as his head hit his pillow, he was out until the sun rose in the sky.
And yet this time, he was shaken awake out of his dreamscape because of a nightmare. A nightmare of losing his foster daughter, Leyla, but he couldn't recall what from.
He grumbled about dreams and the unclarity of it all, before he sat up on his bed. He stared at the dark room in front of him, the night had barely finished. Staring further into the small abyss in his room made him feel as though it was waiting to just devour him.
He grunted softly before sighing at himself, opting to lie back down and resume sleeping. But the nightmare was still prominent in his mind.
In his dream he saw Leyla, diligent in her studies, having gotten in by the grace of their Duke. They had both gone to the capital, living happily just as they'd hope with just the two of them. While it was a concern for him that Leyla and Kyle would be in the same premises, he tried to calm himself down.
He had resolved long ago to step aside if the two of them still harbored feelings for each other, and would support them all the way. He wouldn't get in the way of his foster daughter's happiness.
Still the nightmare left shivers in his body, he can't even fathom where the thought sprung on him. How dare he dream about something so awful about Leyla, who only had nothing but goodness in her heart?
Unable to go back to sleep, Bill sat up once more, willing the nightmare to leave his mind. He would have washed it clean off as soon as he awoke if he was able to...
But he couldn't.
'Doesn't make me not want to do it anyway.' Bill grumbled in his mind.
With that, he threw the covers off of him and got up from bed. He went to the sink in the kitchen, just about to turn on the tap when he stopped in place.