Twist Valley (The Ted Armitage Trilogy Book 2) by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackwych Books Ltd
Published: 2021-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“Why do you do that like that?”

As she picked up the pen and prepared to write a note in the diary, Rebecca hesitated. She looked across the room and saw that Ted was standing in the doorway, watching her like a hawk. For a moment, somewhat startled, she struggled to work out exactly what he meant.

“That's the second time you've written in the diary today,” he pointed out, “and both times, you balance it on your knees.”

She swallowed.

“It would make more sense,” he continued, “to wheel yourself over to the table and write there. It's not far, and you're more than capable.”

“Well,” she said cautiously, “I think -”

“Because it's obviously inconvenient for you to do it the way you're doing it,” he added. “Also, your handwriting suffers. I don't understand why an intelligent woman would inconvenience herself like this.”

She opened her mouth to reply, but she really wasn't sure what to say. A moment later he stepped across the room and grabbed the chair from behind, before wheeling her over to the table. He took the diary and placed it in front of her, and then he stepped back.

“See?” he said. “That'll be better.”

“It probably will,” she replied, before turning to write something in the diary. “Uh... thank you.”

“Your posture's no good.”

She froze.

“Did no-one ever teach you how to sit properly?”

She took a moment to adjust her position in the chair.

“That's a little better, but it's still not good,” he told her. “You're going to damage your back, you're going to end up with all sorts of spinal problems and pains as you get older.”

“I...”

Her voice trailed off.

“Probably, yes,” she said, adjusting herself again. “I'm sure you're right.”

She waited, in case he said anything else, and then she began to write a few notes. She wanted to show him that she was cooperating, because she felt that cooperating was the only way she might be able to get him to drop his guard.

“Why do you breathe like that?” he asked suddenly.

She turned to him.

“I'm sorry?” she asked.

“I noticed it earlier,” he continued. “You sometimes hold your breath for a few seconds.”

“I do?”

“There are courses you can take,” he told her. “Breathing has all these techniques that you can learn to master.” He made a show of taking a couple of big, deep breaths. “Like this, see?” he continued. “Breathing properly can really help you to access your potential. This is all linked to your posture problems, by the way. These difficulties you're experiencing aren't isolated, they're part of a chain that's restricting you and holding you back.”

Making his way behind her again, he put his arms around her and pulled her back in the chair, and then he placed a hand on top of her head and adjusted her sitting position. She flinched, but she knew that resisting would only make him angry.

“Do you feel that?” he asked. “It's such an improvement already.”

“I feel it.”

“Are you sure? Or are you just saying that?”

“No, I'm sure,” she said, bristling at the fact that he was touching her in so many different places at once.

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