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“I am in!” Lara clapped with a twinkle in her eyes.“No.” Ed and Ben spoke in unison.“You don’t even …” Dana tried to defend her ingenious plan.“You are not going anywhere near them…” Ben shook his head“Secrets are not allowed.” Sarah pouted.Lara leaned over… but looked suspiciously at Ed and sat back “You all need to leave… there’s woman stuff we need to talk.”“No” Frank didn’t have to think before answering in unison with Ed and Ben.Sarah pouted resentfully…. Now it looked like everyone in the group knew other than her and Shadow who was looking equally confused.“Ding” an alert rang on Sarah’s phone. Frank and Ed were eyeing Lara suspiciously and ignored Dana who was sitting with an innocent smile.Ben frowned; How could he miss her sneaky actions? He could ev
“8??” Dana’s eyes grew wide “Tomorrow is a public holiday.”“Baby it’s the autumn festival…. We have to ..”“Go… go… go… I will come later with Lara.” Dana interrupted Ben, she hated getting up in the morning.“I am picking up Lara at 8.” Ed smirked.Dana pouted looking resentfully at Ed.“How about I pick you up at 9?” Ben took a step back looking at her unhappy face.Dana nodded half-heartedly, she looked hesitantly at Ben.“No. It can’t be any later.” Ben shook his head thinking she was going to suggest a later time.“No…” Dana bit her lips “About tomorrow…”“Um…” Ben fiddled with a loose strand of her hair.Sarah smiled blissfully in Frank’s embrace watching the two pairs; She felt that everything was right and blissful
Although Lara didn’t use much force, Gail fell down. She expected Ed to be right behind her to support her fall… however, the warm embrace never came, and her bottom landed painfully on the ground. She looked at Ed in shock. Ed walked up to Lara “Are you hurt?” Lara laughed “How can I get hurt?” “Ed” Gail called pitifully only to be ignored. Stacey helped Gail up. They didn’t expect anyone to come; this was the time the stalls were busiest… ‘how did he?’ Gail’s eyes turned misty; she bit her lips pitifully as she looked at Ed who was looking dotingly at Lara. She had never seen Ed have this expression before. The mature Ed was much more attractive... “Ed, I ….” She bit her lips to restrain the sobs. “That’s Major General Evans, Lady.” Lara raised her chin haughtily “Ed is not something any Tom, Dick and Harry can call out.” “Ed….” Gail called out again in heartache, her voice soft as cotton ball. Dana ignored the two cl
“I have had the surgery to match my woman’s flaws” Ben scoffed as he pulled the Dana out with him.“Bryan, did you hear your brother?” Helena asked clutching her chest in shock.“I heard both of you mom.” Bryan spoke with a disappointed expression and sat down tiredly.“Why didn’t you stop him?” Helena sat down massaging her chest.“Mom, why do you want to stop him?” Bryan asked helplessly.“Big bro, mom is right. She is not worthy. Why are you turning a blind eye?” Irene was furious.“Darling, ..” Jeff raised his hand to calm Irene.“Don’t darling me...” Irene pushed his hand and interrupted rudely “Didn’t you see how she arrogantly walked in, challenged us and walked out with Ben.”“Don’t be dramatic. We all know what your problem is…” Catherine shook her head. “I a
The next few weeks were like the silence before the storm. Everything was peaceful in Ben and Dana’s world.Dana was busy with her work and voluntary activities during the day; Ben with the running of the Adalase enterprise. Ed would keep running to Lara’s place almost every day except for weekend where Friday and Saturday were boy’s night out as usual. On Saturday, the gang would hang out either at Frank’s place or Peach Garden apartments.A week later, Saturday-“Baby, I have a dinner on Monday. I might not be able to catch up afterwards.” Ben played with Dana’s fingers.“Um”“Who is it?” Ed asked curiously.“Don’t know. It was an anonymous call. The message only said I would regret if I didn’t go.” Ben pursed his lips.“Is there anything you aren’t telling us?” Frank raised his eyebrows.Ben frowned; he didn’t wa
“Dana, I can see you are hurting really bad, and I want to give up and not mention this to you…. deep down I feel if I give in to my cowardice today, I will not be worthy of your friendship and everything you did for me this last year and a half.” Lara sobbed. She was impulsive, not the voice of reason. That was Dana’s role. She just realized how hard it was for Dana.Dana eased up; she could hear Lara’s sincerity and dilemma. She sighed “Let’s let it go girl!”“No. You have to learn the truth. Then whatever decision you make, not only will I support you, but I will also accompany you.” Lara spoke sincerely.“No need. Your life is yours and mine is mine” Dana smiled as she weakly patted Lara’s back.“How can that be? We are best friends. Didn’t you always say, Joy or sorrow, Glory or infamy, we will share” Lara raised her eyebrows “Or do you think I am n
Everyone with the exception of the kids and Ben were gathered in the old manor when Bryan and Lynda arrived.“Big bro” Bertie called out respectfully but also in hesitation. He knew what today’s meeting was for. After hearing what Dana said last time, he didn’t want to be a part of this…. But he couldn’t go against this mother’s wishes… he had promised dad… the only thing dad asked of him.“Mom” Bryan and Lynda called out respectfully before taking a seat.“Since when did the Adalases start plotting against each other?” Bryan asked as he narrowed his eyes at his siblings stopping his gaze at Irene. “This should be recorded in the family books as the day we killed our own!”Irene shrank into Jeff’s embrace. Her big brother was becoming more and more like dad… he could see through your soul.“I called today’s meeting. I am still in ch
They watched Ben was sitting in the chopper hugging Dana with a vacant look in his eyes.They watched him edging back refusing to let anyone near him. It wasn’t a conscious action but a sub-conscious one.They watched him as he sat with a look, like he lost his soul… staring at Dana’s lifeless face occasionally mumbling…They watched him edging away from Ed and Frank, who were trying to reach out to him several times to let him know they were there….They watched Dana being pushed to the theatre along with Ben.They watched him sitting still in the operation bed holding Dana while Ian and another doctor worked diligently to suture the tricky wound which was very deep and tricky to fix. They saw Dana’s decisiveness and ruthlessness in the way she made the cut, she didn’t leave any room for survival and shivered.Irene was the one who was most shocked. This was not what she knew, this wasn’t w