Chapter34
………..I enter the
livingroom and both the Steven and
Christian gasp. “Our little girl has
finally grownup, Chris.” Steven announces
with a somber tone. “Our little girl?”
“Pull it together Dad!” I say sarcastically.
“Do I look ok?” giving both of them a twirl.
Christian takes my hand
and holds it up at shoulder height, “heart stopping gorgeous, Sissy!” There is
a catch in his voice
“Ok it has taken me
almost an hour to do this makeup so, you better not make me cry.” I warn. I
glance at the clock “5:25, he should be here soon he’s never late.” I exclaim
and the butterflies in my stomach become taradactles. “I’m so nervous! I feel
like that movie Pretty Woman, well, minus the whole hooker thing,
hookerella.” I anxiously start to bounce
on the spot fanning my face with my hands.
“Stop you’ll start to sweat, girl!” The door
buzzes. “That’s him!” I shriek. Fanning my hands at a rapid pace, I can’t calm
myself. Christian grabs both my hand and squeezes them, “You are going to knock
him off his feet, Suz. Enjoy yourself and know
we love you.” He says with emotion. Steven come closer to hug us both
and then the buzzer rings again. “Oh my God answer it. Let him up, I’m ready.”
I say with confidence. “Never mind I’ll get it.”
Happy with myself, I open the door and my expectation is dampened by his expression.
He’s blank, no smile he’s just staring at me.
My excitement slowly melts into a sick feeling, “Jack, you’re
disappointed?” I ask with apprehension in my voice. “No not at all, I’m
flabbergasted. Oh my lord, you are a vision of beauty. Dazzling!”
“ You’re ok with how I look?”
“ Better than ok. Words can not describe how
beautiful you are, baby. I’m sorry I won’t be able to take my eyes off you,
you’re just too beautiful.” he winks.
“ I thank
you so, much for everything, I feel like a dream. You certainly know how
to knock a girl off her feet.”
“I think the expression is sweep.” He laughs.
“Come in for a moment.” I take his
smooth soft hand and lead him into the
livingroom. I’m so excited I’m practically skipping. Steven and Christian are still standing by
the couch.
“I actually brought
some champagne,” he holds up a bottle do you have wine glasses?”
“Yes, let me grab them,”
Steven runs into the kitchen. Jack pops the cork and pours the champagne for everyone to have.
Then he makes a toast,”Here’s to a wonderful evening.”
“What time is this thing over?” Chris asks. “I
mean how late do you think you’ll be? Not that it matters…”
“I promise to have her home early Dad.” Jack
comments, smirking. We all burst out laughing and with that the tension is
relieved. That’s Dad twice in one night. We head down stairs my hand in Jack’s.
I’m still feeling very dream like. When we exit the building Brad gets out of
the car and opens our door. Still holding my hand Jack guides me into the back
seat of the Spur. I slide over and Jack gets in beside me. Still no letting go
of my hand, he reaches into his left inside breast pocket with his right hand
and pulls out a black box with a blue ribbon that matches my dress. He lifts my
hand, kisses my knuckles and hands me the box. “Open it baby.” He instructs.
“Jack what have you done?” I starting to shake, nerves, excitement. Doing as he
says I open the box. I’m shocked! It’s a platinum diamond bracelete. It’s exquisite, 12 imperfect circles about
the size of a quarter each one of the circles are encrusted with 24 various sized diamonds.
Each circle has two diamonds one to link to the next circle and the second to
give balance to the circle. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s memerizing.
“It’s call rainfall. It reminded me of our bike ride together to Whistler and
getting caught in the rain. I wasn’t sure how it would look with the dress but, I’d say it goes perfectly. I have
a little taste, wouldn’t you say?”
“It’s beautiful, Jack.”
Tears threaten my eyes feeling slightly over whelmed I whisper to him, I can’t
accept this.” I threaten. His eye brows come down and he frowns at me.
“What?” he questions.
Oh god he’s insulted.
“I mean, it’s lovely
it’s just that, I can’t accept something so extravagent. You shouldn’t spend so
much on me, it’s too much.” His index finger comes to my mouth in order to shhh
me. Oh shit I’ve done it now.
“First of all, I bought this for you my
girlfriend as a gift, you can and will accept it.” His tone is sharp. “Secondly if you don’t
like something you just say, Jack I don’t like this, don’t tell me it’s too
extravagant, I’ll decide if it’s too extravagant.” His decibel is increasing ,
“ And
thirdly I will decide what I should buy for you, whether it’s a
bracelet, a dress or a car or a trip to New York. I make enough that I can
afford nice things and baby you should be showered in lavish gifts. No one deserves
it more than you. Are you kidding me, you silly woman!”
“I’m sorry. I love it.
Thank you.” A tear starts to trickle down my cheek.
“Hey no tears, I want this to be a night to
remember and I don’t want tears to the
thing we remember.” He lifts my chin and kisses my lips. “You compel me to
please you, Susan. Please accept this gift, it shows the world your mine and only mine.” He has an evil grin
on his mouth along with a little of my lip stick color.
“Am I ruining our
night?”
”No”
I run my thumb over his lips, “My color
doesn’t look good on you.” His mouth
turns up at the corners giving me the most beautifully fulfilling smile. “I
love it and you, Jack. I accept your very extravagant gift. You are too good to
me, do you know that you crazy man? Today has been like a fairy tale.”
He reaches down grasp my hand and kisses the
back of my fingers, “ I want your life
to be a fairy tale.”
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