Suddenly Alone: Day 7

Word Count: 48,002

Summary of Events:
Chapter 15:
Contrary to Axel's advice Sofia met and signed a rental agreement with Myles McRory — even though she didn't fully understand what she signed. Hendrick told Axel who was disappointed, but understood Sofia's motivation for it, he then let Hendrick watch as he moved the implements out to display to a potential buyer. After the buyer had gone Axel dropped Hendrick off at the house and he and Sofia had a curt exchange.
Chapter 16:
Axel decided to discuss Sofia's visit with Myles, and discovered that Sofia had agreed to things that utterly horrified him. He tried to explain it to Sofia and got into a bit of a fight with her, but he told her to read through the agreement thoroughly. Sofia began to do so while planning to stop asking Axel to help her, but then she got nervous when she realized how isolated she'd be without his driving her everywhere and whatnot. Hendrick walked all by himself from his home to Axel's and told Axel he didn't intend to go home, something that concerned Axel, but he hoped might wake Sofia up to her lack of sense.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Striding up to the door, Axel reached for the knob, but thought better of turning it, being as it was such an early hour. He knocked on the door lightly. After a few moments he heard the deadbolt being slid out of place and the door opened slightly. Sofia peered out nervously.
"Why are you here?" Sofia asked.
"I wanted to discuss your visit with Myles McRory," Axel replied.
Sofia startled, the door opened a bit wider. "Where did you hear about that?"
"Children often talk freely — even if they're supposed to keep secrets," Axel replied.
"I never told anyone to keep a secret," Sofia said. "I just didn't expect them to say anything."
"Well it's not like they told me that it was Myles, or that he came over to talk about land rental agreements," Axel said. "I put that together myself from the information Hendrick gave me. Namely the description of Myles' Ford."
"Why is it any of your business who I talk to?" Sofia asked.
"Because I am assisting you with your finances," Axel replied. "And I would like to find out what all transpired to make sure that Myles isn't taking advantage of your status as a recent immigrant, widow, young mother, and being financially undereducated."
"Like he would dare," Sofi said.
"You don't know Myles at all Sofia," Axel replied. "He would dare. In fact, it probably took all of his strength to keep from salivating. He probably thought it was too good to be true until he saw your signature on the rental agreement."
Sofia set her hands on her hips, set her jaw, and cocked her head in somewhat of a defiant way. Axel flashed her a quick smile and took advantage of the fact that she was no longer holding onto the door to step inside.
Startling, Sofia reached for the door, but couldn't catch it, so instead she swung a pretty firm fist at Axel. He caught her hand before she could recoil, then managed to catch her other hand, back her up, get himself fully inside the door, and close it.
"Get out of my house!" Sofia snapped.
"Sofia," Axel said, not releasing her wrists, but relaxing himself into a nonaggressive position. "I'm trying to help you. I'm sorry about wanting to dictate the rental price, but the thing is, you have never managed the finances of a household in your life. You need someone to help you, teach you, and guide you as you go about figuring out how this is all done. Being as I have probably one of the greatest understandings that anyone around here has of your situation as an immigrant, I also live within a short walk of your home, and have the most free time of anyone around here, I'm the best candidate."
Sofia said nothing, but her breathing was measured and defined, almost somewhat in an agitated manner. Her eyes looked at him, a mixture of ferocity and fear in their cool blue depths."