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Can I Have This Dance? 8: Tara Returns.
Tara was folding clothes into her suitcase. Her phone was in between her head and shoulder. "I'm flying in on Sunday evening." She was on the phone with her assistant. "I don't care Sophia. Just get my place cleaned." Tara was a famous romance novel writer, she had best-selling books everywhere but after her break-up with Elliot and her relocation, she hadn't written anything good. After leaving Elliot and running to London, she tried meeting and dating other guys but they never lasted. She missed Elliot and she wanted to contact him but she stopped herself every time. She had never regretted their split, although she knew the way she went about it was cold. With time, she began to miss him but the fact that he didn't try to call her made her upset, he had her London number so there was no excuse. She thought he was crazy about her, he always said he was so why wasn't he reaching out? She knew how much Elliot loved her and she could swear on her life that there was no way he would mo
Can I Have This Dance? 9: Tara and Elliot Meet.
Elliot was excited, the excitement made him wake up early. He had a surprise for Wanda and he was a hundred per cent sure she would love it. He waited patiently for her to wake up and come down and as if on cue, Wanda appeared still looking sleepy. "Wanda you're up." He said with so much enthusiasm. "Isn't it too early for all this energy?" She asked and took a cup to get some water. "I have a surprise for you." He was beaming. "Don't freak out.". The sleep was clearing from her eyes. "What is it?" He brought out two tickets and showed her, still smiling. She didn't pick what the tickets were for. He got tired of waiting for her to realize so he went ahead to tell her. "Maria da Silva is holding an exhibition in a gallery that just opened and I was invited to the opening event."The sleep had totally cleared from Wanda's eyes. She took the tickets and gaped at them, they were real. She was going to see Maria da Silva in person. Wanda was too stunned to speak. She looked at Elliot
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"Wanda." Elliot burst into her room, waking her up. "You've got to get up." She was startled. "What's wrong?" "My parents are coming over for dinner tomorrow evening." She hit him on the chest. "You scared me." She yelled at him. "I thought the house was on fire or something." "Why aren't you as worried as I am?" "Because there is nothing to be worried about. I've met them before." She covered herself again and tried to go back to sleep "We need to do something about the house." He pulled her blanket off her. "There's no touch of you in it." She frowned and sat up. "What do you want me to do?" "First of all, we need pictures." He helped her out of bed. "I've got frames and a printer. We just need the images."Wanda grumbled and followed him. After they both took their baths, they took some pictures, changing outfits to make it believable. They even went to the cafe near the house and took some pictures there. "What next?" She asked him. "I'll print the pictures." He said. "Yo
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Mike walked into his client's office and dropped some photographs on his desk, the older man picked them up and looked at them one after the other. "I've been following him for months and I've not noticed anything suspicious.""How can you not find anything?" The man flared. "I'm paying you a lot.""I'll keep watching him.""What about his fiancee? Anything on her?" He shook his head. "Sir, I really think there's no need to keep digging.""Don't tell me what to do." He snapped. "I know there's something." "I need more money."The older man hissed and brought out an envelope from a drawer and dumped it on the table, he told the man to leave. Smiling, he picked it up and left. ~~~~~Jeremy Davis was going through a tough time. His business had gone bankrupt and he had lawsuits coming at him, and if that wasn't bad enough his wife Amber was threatening to leave with their daughters. She told him she couldn't take it anymore, and he needed to do something as soon as possible if not he
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"Cherry what am I going to do?" Wanda was crying. After her father's visit yesterday she was badly shaken up and she barely slept that night. She and Elliot left home together and he dropped her off at Cherry's place before heading to work, telling her he'd pick her up when he was done so they could go to the art supply store. "Have you told him?" Cherry asked, she was very concerned."No. I can't tell him." "Why can't you? He can help you." "I'm not giving him any money and I'm definitely not going to ask Elliot for money." "I'm not saying you should give him money." Cherry said. "Elliot can help you with the police or something.""I mentioned calling the cops on him, that should scare him off.""I doubt it." Cherry said. "If he came here all the way from Boston I don't think that'll scare him off." Wanda wiped her tears with a tissue and sniffled. "I don't want Elliot to know about this." "Hopefully he doesn't and you'll be able to sort things out but the moment I feel you're i
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"Elliot what is this?" Peter dumped the pictures in front of his son. Elliot had just arrived at his parents' house but Peter didn't even give him chance to breathe. He picked the pictures up and looked at them confused. He recognized Wanda but not the man with her. "Did you send someone to watch her?" "So you don't know what is happening?" Peter asked ignoring Elliot's question."No I don't but you haven't answered me dad." He said."I received these pictures in the mail today." He said taking off his glasses "Someone has been watching her." Elliot rubbed his face in frustration and sat down. What was Wanda up to?"How can you not know your fiancee has been meeting a man secretly?" Peter yelled. The older man was upset, not just because something was going on with Wanda but because it meant someone was stalking her and probably his son too."I'll talk to Wanda." Elliot said. "I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this." Peter relaxed in his seat, "I'll find out about who's
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Elliot was in a good mood, as he was getting ready to meet Tara, he was humming a tune and dancing. His excitement was through the roof. He had changed outfits three times already before deciding to go with the fourth, a black graphic tee with blue jeans and a pair of Nike sneakers Tara had gotten for him on their third anniversary. Smiling to himself, he sprayed some perfume and styled his hair. He gave himself one final look before leaving his room. "Are you heading somewhere Elliot?" Wanda asked him as she saw him skip down the stairs. Elliot stopped in his tracks, he had forgotten about her. He turned and looked at her. His distraction. "Uhh. Work." He said. "It's important." "Oh, I thought you weren't going in today." "Yeah me too but I have to." This was awkward for him. "Is there a problem?" "No no." She shook her head. "I'm going to start painting today." "That's cool." He said. "I need to leave now, see you later." Elliot practically ran out of the house, it felt stuffy
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Maya Cyrus counted the tickets for the second time before putting them into their envelopes. There were five tickets in total and she intended on giving them to her parents, siblings and Wanda at dinner later that day. The tickets were for a production by the American Ballet Theatre where she was a ballerina. Maya's interest in ballet was noticed first by her mother when she was six, and she joined an academy when she was seven. Maya served as an apprentice and joined some of the Ballet Theatre's production as a corps de ballet dancer but when she turned sixteen, she joined the theatre officially.Maya found joy in ballet, she felt free and she believed when she was on stage, there was nothing that could stop her. When she was on stage, she was the happiest. Maya was still a corps de ballet dancer but it was her dream to become a principal dancer one day, she was going to work hard to achieve it. A knock on her door brought her back to reality, turning to face the door, she told whoev
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"How does it feel being out of that house and Elliot what's-his-face out of your life?" Cherry nudged Wanda. It had been two weeks since Wanda moved out of Elliot's home and into Cherry's, and although she was in no hurry to move yet again, she was house hunting. She needed to give Cherry her privacy and needed to do it soon because she couldn't afford to walk into her and her boyfriend making out on the living room sofa again, the sight was enough once but it wasn't the only reason why, she wanted her own space and she felt bad about using up Cherry's things even though she had told her she didn't mind. Her old apartment was still available but she had never really liked it and since she was richer, she wanted to upgrade her living area. "Earth to Wanda" Cherry clapped in her face this time to get her attention. "I'm sorry." She smiled. "It feels great.""And you don't miss him?" She reached for her glass. Wanda shook her head and scoffed. "Why would I?""If you say so." Wanda exc
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Wanda's bags were by the front door and she was seated waiting for Cherry to pick her up. As she sat, she looked around Elliot's house and sighed, she was going to miss it, even though her final days in the house were painful and sad, she didn't start like that, there was laughter and happiness and fun and now that she was finally leaving she was going to miss it all. She stood up and looked at the frames on the wall and smiled, she remembered the day they took all the pictures, they ran around the whole day to look like a real couple for his family and their hard work paid off. She touched one of the framed pictures and wiped a small tear from her eyes, it was her favourite, in the picture, Elliot was giving her a back hug and a kiss on the cheek. They looked beautiful and in love, she was jealous of the Wanda in the picture. She moved away and sat down, and she wondered why Elliot hadn't gotten rid of the pictures yet. She thought of taking one with her but she slapped herself back
Can I Have This Dance? 30: Elliot's Fate
It was a cloudy Friday morning and Elliot was fully dressed in his favourite suit, the day had come for his fate to be decided and he was nervous.Was he going to win and inherit SEM Group or was he going to lose it all? He put on his polished shoes and looked into the mirror for the last time before picking up his phone and car keys and exiting his bedroom. He stopped in front of Wanda's room and stared at the door, whether things went well or not their end was very near. They would finally be free, he wouldn't feel guilty towards her anymore and she wouldn't have to cry because of him.He went down the stairs and saw Wanda in the living room, she was eating her breakfast with her apple juice by her side, she looked at him when she caught sight of him and smiled, for the first time in a long time she smiled genuinely at him."You're ready?" She asked him. He nodded. "Good luck Elliot." She told him. "I mean it." He smiled back, "Thank you." He walked out and got into his car, whe
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Elliot and Wanda were both in the kitchen doing separate things, ever since their falling out, they became invisible to each other. The new action was intentional on Wanda's end and was out of courtesy on Elliot's end. He understood she was trying to get out of his way and get him out of her way and he respected her decision. The two of them would cook separately, clean separately, do dishes separately and so on. The new routine was stuffy and uncomfortable but they both bared with it because soon everything would change. To Wanda, it had always seemed like the time would take forever to come, soon felt like forever but now soon was in less than a week. Soon she would be out of his home and life forever, it was only a matter of days. Wanda was already packing her things little by little, and although she would be homeless for some time she knew she could stay at Cherry's house until she found a new place. Wanda had completed her last piece and she awaited Elliot's father's call. At f
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"What do you mean we have to stop seeing each other?" Tara jumped up in surprise. When Elliot had come over to her place she had assumed he was even going to spend the night but that was not the case, he was coming to draw a line. "I don't want to do this too Tara but I have no choice." He told her. "It's just for some time."She frowned and folded her arms before sitting. "I don't like this Elliot." "Me neither but you know my situation." She wasn't liking what she was hearing and it seemed like her powers weren't working on him. When would she have him all to herself so she could do whatever she wanted and then leave him again? "Is it because of her?" She asked. "Are you falling in love with her?""Of course not Tara." He tried to reassure her. "I'm not.""You didn't have a problem replacing me so." She didn't continue. Elliot grabbed her and kissed her gently. "I love you, Tara. No one else."She smiled and hugged him but in her mind, she was mocking him. He was such a fool. "
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Toby raised a brow as he looked at the screen, he could see Elliot standing just outside his door and he looked bad, he ruffled his hair and opened the door slightly. Elliot stood at the entrance and looked at his best friend with sad eyes, he felt cold and confused, he tried to smile but he couldn't. Toby noticed his demeanour and tilted his head to one side before speaking. "What happened?" "Can I come in please?" He replied, his voice breathy. Toby opened the door fully and stepped aside, he motioned for Elliot to enter."Thank you." He walked in and Toby closed the door. Toby didn't say anything and just walked to his coffee machine, knowing Elliot, he would drink coffee all the time even when he wasn't feeling good, both physically and emotionally so before talking he would give him some coffee to calm down but today Elliot didn't want coffee. He looked to the kitchen and saw Toby making coffee, he shook his head and said "Not coffee, alcohol. Give me something strong Toby."
Can I Have This Dance? 26: The Revelation.
Peter Cyrus sat in a poorly lit room and crossed his legs, he bent forward and glared at the young man kneeling in front of him, bag over his head the man was mumbling. Peter motioned for the men with him to take the bag off his captive's head so he could get a good look at his face and they did, and Peter came face to face with Mike."What the hell do you think you're doing?" Mike yelled still kneeling, he tried to move but his hands were bound behind him. "So you're the mad man who's been following my son and daughter-in-law." Mike froze and looked up at the man seated, then realization hit him, Peter Cyrus had gotten him. On the spot, his heart began to race in fear, he knew he was in deep trouble."I will ask you questions and all you have to do is tell me the truth and then everything will be fine." Peter said. Mike nodded intensely, "I will I promise.""Who hired you?" Mike pursed his lips, he contemplated saying the truth and saving his ass or keeping his client's identity a
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Miami was fun while it lasted, and Wanda was back to her reality, back home in Elliot's house where she would have to ignore a man she loved for her heart's sake. A man she loved but a man she won't receive love from because his heart was with another. The incident at the beach scared her, but having him run to her and hold her and ask if she was okay made her feel safe. She liked the thought of having him there, she dreamt of being the only woman he thought of but she knew it was only a dream, a dream that won't come true. Wanda's reality hurt and she wouldn't wish her situation on her enemy because it was painful. Unrequited love hurt. She hated herself for loving Elliot, she wanted to hate him too but she couldn't, it proved to be difficult for her but she wouldn't let him get the best of her, she wouldn't let her feelings take control of her mind, she would finish strong, take her money and leave, never to see or hear about Elliot Cyrus."So how was Miami?" Cherry asked her. "Did y
Can I Have This Dance? 24: Vacation II
Wanda was woken up by a knock on the door, she looked to the sofa and saw Elliot was still sleeping. Last night, she didn't even argue, she took the bed like offered and he took the sofa. Yawning and rubbing her eyes, Wanda went to the door and opened it waking Elliot up, at the door was Maya who looked like she had been awake for hours. "Good morning I'm sorry to wake you." Maya said. "It's okay, is there a problem?""We'll be going to the beach later today." She replied. "Mom wanted me to tell you and Elliot." "Oh okay." She replied, using her hand to cover her mouth as she yawned for a second time. "Thanks Maya." She shut the door. "What did she want?" Elliot asked, his voice thick with sleep, it made Wanda feel a certain kind of way."We're going to the beach.""Like now?" Elliot asked still lying down."No, she said later today." He covered himself properly and closed his eyes to continue his sleep. Wanda saw him fold his legs to fit into the sofa, he looked uncomfortable, th
