She sits by the Scrabble table, bringing out different letters from the velvet bag laid beside the small table, doing something to occupy her mind so she won't burst into tears, it's been a lot on her mental health.It's supposed to just be a nice dinner, having fun with Luc with one night out but it's just been a rollercoaster after all of it.She hears the scraping of chair and she looks up, an unfamiliar man with dusty brown hair is sitting in front of her.She raises an eyebrow."Sorry if I'm disturbing you but I noticed you sitting by the Scrabble so I figured you might want to play a game."Mika glances over at where Madeline is still speaking coolly to Luc. He catches her eyes and rolls them.Mika chuckles and turns back. "I don't mind. Are you good at it?""Pretty much?""Better then, it won't be much fun beating a beginner."He laughs, and it's kind of nice."So, what do we do first?"He rolls his eyes and dips his hand into the bag, bringing out a letter and putting it face
Holding hands, the door is opened and they exit, the reporters who had made a camp in front of the venue all spring up and soon enough, there's a flurry of cameras flashing but Mika is able to handle it this time."Why are you leaving so early?""Did something happen inside?""What's the Red and Gold Gala like?"Luc chuckles. "I'm pretty sure if you go in now, no one will notice but don't, there are still some respectable people in there."Mika laughs, almost like it was an inside joke between them, he escorts her to a waiting car with the driver in the front seat. "Give me the keys, I'll drive us.""Sir?" He questions as he looks up at Luc, hoping he didn't hear clearly. "Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry."Luc laughs. "Am I always this scary? You didn't do anything wrong. I just want to drive us myself. You have the day till tomorrow free. Now, give me the keys." Luc opens the front door for Mikayla and she sits on the passenger seat while he crosses into the driver's chair.The
He walks over to her and stands beside her. "Its such a monster up close. I've been inside it about three times now and yet, seeing it up close makes me realize how much of a large engine it is. It's enormous." She states and has to stand back a few steps to see the end of the jet. "It's beautiful.""Okay, I love how much you appreciate it but it's ours for the whole night and I have cleared it my staff, attendants and their cordinator. So we are free to go inside." He pulls the large doors and it opens, a small staircase coming down along with the door. "So, ladies first?" He holds out his hands for her to go up steadily and she takes it.She steps inside the lit interior and after the few very comfortable looking leather chairs in the room, she opens the door and enters a bigger and wider space."That is supposed to be like the kitchen and mini bar and you get it.""I do." She murmursThere's a large cabinet on one side and a medium large refrigerator on another, along with the win
"So, are you ready?" He asks her out of the blue and the stars din dramatically in her eyes."What? Ready for what?"He beams at her under the small light in the pit. "Ready to drive this monster of course. I can't do it alone.""I don't know how.""It's pretty simple. You see that double handle in front of you?"She nods."Hold on to it." She complies with his instructions. "Now, we're going to drive down the runway and when I signal, you pull the handle towards you, is that clear?"Anxiously, she nods.He places a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "I know and trust you, you'll be fine. It's pretty easy."She takes a deep breath and sits upright, managing a small grin. "Let's go then, I'm ready."He nods and turns around. He presses some buttons and the airplane whirs to life and begins to move slowly forward. He does the driving pretty much alone as she just presses slightly forward on hers the way she sees him do it just to assist him a bit.He then turns his head over to her and do
The next morning, the door of the room opens and Mika opens her eyes, jumping slightly at the sound.But it's only Luc with two ladies behind him. "Good morning, you seem to have slept well."She smiles wryly. "Been a while since I slept so comfortably.""Maybe because today is a pretty special day." He nods and the ladies walk out from behind him bearing a small but beautifully decorated cake that read "Congratulations on clearing your name!" on it."You can't make me cry so early in the morning." She states as tears begin to well up in her eyes.Luc walks and sits beside her on the bed. "It's a good thing, it's called tears of joy so cry it very well, okay? When you're done, freshen up and join us downstairs." He pecks her on the cheeks before standing up.Mika pulls her lips in a thin straight line as she notices the countenance of the ladies bearing the cake. They look at one another and smile to themselves in a way that was like "I told you so." That kind of smile.She just watch
"She might have seen us or at least, her child might have?" "I've never seen the child so the chances are quite low."Mika relaxes. "Anyway, it's kind of unlikely, she might think they are your children so basically, I'm supposed to be working here so I don't think she'll think they are mine."Luc nods. "I agree, it's unlikely but if she sees them, she'll know they are yours surely. They look so much like us."Mika laughs, her mood leveling.Their looks turn back to the television."Here's the video fully uploaded yesterday night..." The voice of the anchor fades out as the video comes live.The camera angle is quite perfect as it catches everyone's face perfectly, there's no way they could have caught their faces together so there must have been more than one camera doing the recording the past night.Mika's voice starts and it's the loudest from when she turned to face the crowd to admit her innocence after her five year silence on the issue."Yes, it's me. Mikayla Anderson who use
The next morning, they are all well dressed, formerly, but well dressed. The drive down to the mall was quite eventful with Maya wanting to try every alcoholic drink in the back of the limousine.They had a good laugh though each time she was rejected.Even Miles laughed a few times.When they arrived at the venue, there is quite the large turnout of people.For Mika who chose the chose the spot, she marveled as soon as she sees what Lucas Santinello has made on the place. The sign bearing the name of the mall is covered in black tarpaulin and there's a long yellow line in front with a scissors, rather, a large ass scissors on a plaque in front of the mall.There's a large round of applause including live cameras, videoing and boradcasting the scene live. It captures just as Mikayla and Lucas get down from the car, leaving the twins inside to watch from the car parked right in front of the building.Don't be worried, all the alcohol has been taken away from the car and replaced with f
(The Previous day at the Woods)Early in the morning, still reeling from the events of the night before at the gala and how Mikayla had embarrassed her in front of the entire elite guests there, including her own friends, Lily stays up all night, thinking of how she can enact her revenge on the woman.She gets up quite early and makes breakfast and because it's a Saturday, it's pretty early in the morning so no one is awake yet, at least as far as she's aware of.In the room she shares with Price, he turns on the bed and sits up, signing. Obviously, he had not slept overnight either. His eyes are heavy and he's sporting baggy undereyes. He stretches slightly before getting off the bed. He remembers what Mika had said the day before...He raises his head and looks aimlessly at the top of the room. "Why hadn't I questioned it then? Why had I simply just believed Lily? But who can really blame me? She had seemed so pitiful for me and offered to marry me so I won't feel the hurt... But no