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And I finally bring you to THE turning point. A lot happens, who Lizzy will be is defined here and this was a chapter I re-wrote a couple of times. I particularly like this chapter.
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BOOK 2
LOVERS
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CHAPTER 6
The evil plan
Graham was more than happy to escort the two beautiful Bennett sisters from the airport to their hotel. In a long skirt and a floral jacket that complimented her light eyes and hair, Jane seemed more beautiful and angelical to him.
He invited them to a happy hour and as Jane
was about to turn down the offer, Elizabeth accepted for both of them saying
they needed a few drinks after the lousy flight with two aborted landings. She
wasn’t aware of the private detective keeping Darcy under surveillance and was
disheartened when he answered her text saying he unfortunately wouldn’t be able
to accompany then but would call her later that evening.
Following Darcy’s instructions, Graham took
them to the underground pub he used to go with his business partners and when
they were laughing their way into the second drink, he arrived astounding
Elizabeth.
‘You said you were not coming!’ She
whispered delightedly in his ear as he leaned in to kiss her cheek. ‘Happy
Birthday!’ She said aloud.
‘I wasn’t sure I’d be able to, Lily Bobtail.’ He whispered in her ear.
‘Congratulations for the outstanding result of your presentation, Lizzy!’ He
said and moved to greet Jane the same way as Elizabeth laughed.
‘William!’ Graham clapped happily. ‘Help
me: how many times did we watch Highlander?’
‘Before you got a Betamax copy of it?’
Darcy grinned taking a seat beside Graham and in front of the women. Immediately
Lizzy touched his leg under the table with hers. He smiled and adjusted in his
seat to lock her leg between both of his.
‘Betamax?’ Jane giggled. ‘I had completely
forgotten it ever existed! Remember, Bebeh, we wanted one so bad but our dad
only got us a videotape player years after it was cool.’
Elizabeth nodded. ‘A VHS he had to take to
the local handyman to install a switch so we could choose between-‘
‘Pal-M and NTSC!’ Jane said with Elizabeth
and they giggled.
‘Lydia always messed with it and we recorded
whole movies without color.’ Jane smiled. ‘Elizabeth almost killed the baby
every time it happened.’
‘Remember the Free South Africa concert?’ Elizabeth asked.
‘I do!’ Darcy raised a finger.
‘Oh, shut up!’ Elizabeth leaned in and
poked his chest.
Darcy chuckled, held her hand and brought
it to his lips for a kiss.
Jane frowned smiling; Graham didn’t need to
follow her eyes to see she also had noticed the interaction. ‘We were there.’
He said to Jane. ‘My brothers, William and I.’
Jane nodded averting her eyes from the way the
man who controlled her sister’s heart reverently looked at Elizabeth to Graham.
‘I know. We sent you two very bad vibes because of it.’
‘That’s not nice, ladies…’ Graham smiled
sideways.
‘We watched that tape – half properly
colored and half in greens and pinks – so much that we knew the sequence of the
songs by heart.’ Elizabeth said.
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Immediately she sat up straight and opened her
arms in a wide circle in front of her. The men frowned; Jane giggled and did
the same, her right arm over Elizabeth’s left and the two sisters recited. ‘This is my dance space; this is your dance
space!’
As they giggled singing ‘The time of my
life’ Darcy feasted his eyes watching Elizabeth laugh and smile. He had missed
her these last weeks, especially on his birthday’s spiritless dinner. The year
before, they had celebrated marvelously in bed, this year he only had a silly
stuffed bunny for company.
Graham was enchanted by the sisters once again.
When Darcy talked about Elizabeth, he only saw the practical side,
rationalizing why a married woman would have an affair with a very wealthy
married man. In person, he saw an enchanting beautiful woman enchanted with his
cousin and who could be a very positive influence on Darcy, more than she had
been so far. Jane, on the other hand, was quiet and skittish, but so beautiful.
Her occasional discreet glances at him, her long limbs and slender body
suggested delicious naughty moments to him.
They talked animatedly – mostly Elizabeth
and Graham, while Jane and Darcy smiled and chuckled offering insights here and
there, ordered a light meal and desserts so they could softly sing him ‘happy
birthday’ with tiny candles the waiter produced.
When Graham convinced Jane to dance a
particularly romantic song the live performer started, Darcy extended his hand
over the table to hold Elizabeth’s. ‘We’re all set for Friday afternoon.’ He
said in a smile.
‘Where are we going to celebrate your b-day?’ She frowned smiling sideways. ‘I
can’t remember what you said about the place...’
“She’s
so pretty.” Darcy thought. ‘I didn’t.’
‘Ah!...’ Elizabeth shook her head. ‘I don’t
know, Fitz. All this mystery…’
He shook his head at her silly bait.
‘Friday.’
Two days away.
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