“You look like a princess, Mrs. Hansen!” One of the women who had helped her to get dressed said. She was happier than the same bride.“You’ll be the most beautiful bride that day, I swear.” Another woman said.All Nancy was seeing in front of the mirror was a woman who had gotten everything she wanted. There was nothing in the world she couldn’t get. She had realized that.A proud smile was drawn on Nancy’s face. She, dressed in a bride white dress knew sooner that she expected it to be, she was becoming Mrs. Slimth, the wife of a man who had no one, no sister-in-law to have to get along with, no mother-in-law to have to sign an agreement of peace, no father-in-law brainwashing his son saying she was marrying him just for his money. There was anything in the world she could ask for aside from being Damien’s wife.“No one like me,” Nancy said to herself in front of the mirror. “In two weeks I‘m marrying Damien Slimth. Proud of me!” She said, pulling up the dress. She was showing so mu
Damien’s gaze was called by the three little dishes on the watermelons. His gesture changed at the mere instant he recognized the prepared food as one of the most delicious dishes out of that town. Maybe he’s just found the perfect taste he could adopt for one of his franchises.“What’s this?” Damien pointed at the dishes.“Oh! This? I just bought something to eat. It’s delicious, the girl who prepares this is extraordinary, I’ve always told her to open her own kitchen but she doesn’t want to. Do you want to try it?” The old lady asked.Damien, for the first time, felt the warmth of someone honest. Amber had been right all those times when she said there were people out there more truthful than the ones around us.“Please, I would like to try it.”“Why don’t you come with me and accompany this old lady to eat? It’s hot outside.”Damien couldn’t help but smile. Why do the best people have to be away from him, even Amber? “Take a seat, boy, take a seat!” The old lady said, giving him
How to express that love that had to be hidden from the one the heart was loving when it wasn’t allowed to? How to express the love he had for her when she wasn’t there? How to say that knowing her in any part of the world but not close to him was killing him?More than six years had gone by since the last day Damien had seen her. More than six years had gone by since the last day Damien dreamed of taking care of her, being by her side even when he wasn’t allowed.“Amber… Did you say Amber?“ Damien asked breathlessly.“Yes, Amber, she’s an amazing woman, she’s the best cook I’ve known… Oh! And her daughter, her daughter is pure innocence.”Damien was going to faint. Soon Damien was going to fall on the ground. Daughter? Amber after five years? She was a mother after five years? Was it the reason why she decided to run away? No! Damien had just heard badly, she couldn’t be a mom.Suddenly, Damien felt dizzy, the old lady ran to him and took him by his arm.“Hey, young man, are you okay
Looking at the man who had come into the little house, Nayara being held by Aaron couldn’t stop staring at him. He seemed to be a good man despite how well dressed he was because in the little mind of Nayara, all the people who were as well dressed as him couldn’t be any good. They used to be merciless, ruthless, they always thought the world was made just for them. If only the little Nayara knew he was her father.What to say about the woman who was in front of him? What to say about her heart? Amber was shaking, after so long she had Damien in front of her. At least her last wish had been fulfilled.“I t-think I’ll take the girl to the park, Amber. I guess you have too much to talk about with your… with your guest.” Aaron didn’t even know how to refer to him.“Yes, please, take the baby to the park.”“Let’s go, my love, let's go, I’ll buy a big ice cream.” Aaron lifted the girl up. “Shhh! Don’t say it out loud, my mommy won’t let us buy an ice cream.” The baby said, putting a finge
Elegant women and men already sat down on their chairs, the circle table holding documents and bottles of water for each of the attendees. Everyone was prepared for the meeting Mr. Slimth was about to give and, as always, the same chair by his side was empty. It was unbelievable! The meeting must have started 85 seconds ago. But who was Damien Slimth to measure time as he would always do? Well, Damien Slimth was the kind of man who thought when his employees arrived to that company, asking for the opportunity to work for him what they meant to ask was the opportunity to serve and please with their lives on his whims. Even if we talk about the woman he had seen turn into a woman.Suddenly, the big door of the sale opened. Everyone went into silence.The host had arrived. Late, but she had arrived. “Once again late, why should I even say so?” Damien said, looking at the woman of the enormous glasses and the ponytail who had arrived.Amber couldn’t do anything else but bow her head to
Her sweet and small eyes fixed on the computer screen, her thin fingers and the keyword of her computer making the sound everyone in that company would recognize as a melody, the melody played on all companies, Amber didn’t seem to have the intention to stop for a while and give herself a break. The reports had to be prepared for the next meeting and there were no more than two hours left to meet the foreign ones.Even if she knew she was going to be the one running that meeting with Damien, she couldn’t help but give more importance to her thoughts than to the meeting.Finally, her fingers stopped, leading one of her hands to her head. Surely a headache.“I can’t even concentrate,” she expressed, taking her bottle of water. “How come I’m going with Damien?”“Aside from ugly, crazy?” Someone asked.Amber looked at the person who had clouded her thoughts and her afternoon. Nancy, the best secretary according to her physique.“May I help you?” Amber asked.Nancy smiled before leading he
Undoing the knot of his tie, Damien got out of his black car. It was 8 in the morning and he hadn’t slept very well after the fun he had with Nancy, just a simple secretary who ended up tangling in her finger.Everyone was waiting for him. The bodyguards at the entrance of the house were ready to be alerted by the presence of any of the two most important figures in that house.Yes, it seemed lie the house had been all alone since last night.“Good morning, Mr. Slimth.” One of the men greeted.“Where did you park the car Amber brought last night?” He asked, without looking at them.No one knew how to answer him. Amber hadn’t arrived home.“I asked you something!” He raised his crisp voice.“I’m sorry, Mr. Slimth but Miss. Amber hadn’t arrived home since yesterday.”Damien stooped and turned around to see them. “What did you say?”Walking back and forth in his office, Damien couldn’t help but worry about Amber.How come she hadn’t arrived home? How come she hadn’t slept there? Where th
TWO MONTHS LATERYawning while waiting for her friend where she had left her, Amber waited for Julie to come back with the coffees she promised after Julie could start talking about the new job their boss said he could offer her. Sitting on the bench beside the coffee shop they always went to relax before getting back to their tasks in the office, Amber was able to see her friend move with difficulty.“Hey!" Julie said, sitting next to Amber while giving her coffee.Amber couldn’t help but stared at her. She wasn't the same Julie she’d known for a couple of years. Julie seemed not to want to move so much. Even her right hand was on her belly.“What's going on with you? Are you okay?"Julie looked at Amber. “The cramps. I'm on my period!"Amber laughed it off. Every time she was on her period she went like this.“I can't believe you don't feel anything when you're on your period!" She whined.Suddenly Amber stopped laughing like those words had hit her hard. If she thought a little mor