The Educator

I sigh. My hands are in my hair as my elbows rest on the vanity. I look down at the floor. Elliot and I have only been married for two weeks and so much has been happening. This is one of those times when I wish that time would stop, let me take a breath and just let me absorb everything and everyone who has come my way. Let me enjoy what I thought was a good moment. Let me enjoy the first few parts of being married.

Elliot places his palms on my shoulder, “Eli, this is not the life I intended for us, needless to say, not the honeymoon I planned. I will make it up to you after everything” he tells me. He places a soft kiss on my head and leaves.

“Yeah, me too” I whisper to myself

The next day, our laundry came in early and I start packing our things. Elliot started helping me by collating all gadgets and its respective chargers. He gathers all bath products and places them in the small hand carry. Our clothes are laid out on the bed. “Alright, Alex. We need the car ready to pick us at the airport to the condo. Our plane lands at ten in the evening. I need security to be set and finished by six o’clock later tonight. I don’t want my wife to worry” he speaks over the phone.

for our flight. We’re set to leave the hotel no later than two o’clock in the afternoon. It’s already eleven and once I finish, I take a quick shower and Elliot follows right after. I wear a simple black dress and a denim jacket with a matching black body bag. I brush my hair and Elliot emerges from the bathroom. He dries himself as I apply my make-up. I try my best not to

at around one thirty in the afternoon. We have plenty of time to spend at the lounge as we wait for our flight. Elliot and I arrive at Changi airport at ten in the evening exactly. A black BMW series seven is waiting for us at the pick-up bay. Once our things were placed at the backseat, we drive home. We stop by a grand building, fully lit with only ten floors. Each floor corresponds to a certain owner and can only access that specific level with an identification key. Elliot and I stop of the top most floor. The elevator doors open to the view of Singapore. The unit was two-storey. Furniture was already placed but it lacked something, which is the reason why I added to my cart on Crate and Barrel. I walk with Elliot to the rooms to the second floor. We place our luggage in the other rooms.I lay on the bed still in my flight clothes. Elliot sets down electronics bag on the wooden table in

stretch out. Elliot starts setting up his laptop,

you doing?” I ask

room. Mt eyebrows meet in the middle again. I stand and

still need for the house. Like more pillows, fill-up your vanity with whatever you use on

dog? Really?” I smile