Jane's Dance Studio.
"It's quite a wonder."
Dia watched the lips of the old woman dance to the words. She didn't owe the woman an explanation, she only needed a last help from her. She wasn't sure whether or not the woman was in. She was only waiting.
"Could you, please?"
She pleaded. That was the second time, but it seemed to her as though she had said it like a kabillion times. She wasn't so good at being polite.
"I don't know how that would seem to her. She shouldn't had held it back from you."
Dia didn't know why Jane kept stretching the short rubber of conversation. Probably because it seemed elastic to her.
"It must had slipped her mind."
Dia defended, though she knew that Jane could be as obstinate as fuck.
"Please Jane, I have an u
Grandma and Dia's place. "Where to again?" Dia stopped almost at the door. She had meant to sneak out. She turned immediately, she had been caught. "I'll be gone for a while." She wore the smothered face, eating up the old woman with an ambiguous look. Grandma was wearing an apron, and had just walked out of nowhere. "Don't tell me you're still seeing that Max guy." Grandma's feminine voice feigned a deep vibration in the throttle. They both knew she didn't have it. "We've had this discussion, Ima. Trust me." She said as she turned again to walk out. She heard the old woman calling, "You do know that I'm obsessed with proofs." Dia didn't reply. She walked to her car. She saw that taxi driver whose mother was suffering from cancer. Her n
Same day. Grandma and Dia's house. "Must you always be a creep, Dia. Why ring the bell to your own house?" Grandma said without turning on the chair she was seated. She was looking through an album of pictures. Pictures which meant a whole deal to her. Pictures which were part of her life. She'd rather lose her life than lose the pictures. Twas the pictures of her husband, parents and wedding pictures. The chiming of the bell came again. She sighed and stood up. That meant twasnt Dia, or could she be up to some of her childish pranks again. "When would you grow up, Dia." She hurled as soon as she opened the door. But her jaw dropped instead. She was pushed out of the way. A group of strangers stomped into the parlour. "Who are you?" She fought her balance and held unto the wall behind her as
A luxurious restaurant. "You come here often?" She was the first to break the silence. She dropped the apple pie in her hand and pick up the glass of red wine. She took a sip. Crisp and elegantly. She wasn't doing it on purpose, she simply didn't want attention. Max was seated beside her, on a wooden two seater restaurant chair, draped in black but shining leather. Twas cozy in there, and aside the unusual silence, the waiters were super professional and nice. Like they were created for the tasks. He was having a deep dish pizza. They both were sharing the bottle of red wine. If she would be frank with herself, that was the best lunch she'd ever had. "I'll say every week. Though not everyday." He smiled and concentrated on the pizza. The way he slid the knife through the meal and put the fork to his mouth was
Rowe's apartment. "This can't be true." Rowe chanted, more of an affirmation to himself than a mere statement. He picked up the now stinking soaked suit concealed in a fancy grocery nylon. He watched the boot of the limo dance to the tune of the remote control. He didn't bother looking into the nylon again. He felt like something wasn't right. His wife, business partners, son might deceive him, but not his instinct. "Rowe." He ignored the salutation of one of his henchmen scattered around in designated place around his castle. Like in the movie Spartacus, Rowe's favorite movie, he had all his henchmen call him by his name when meaning to accord respect, just like the gladiators referred to Batiatus/Marcus as Dominos. He had climbed the stairs to the door of the elevated front door. There was a wel
Max's office. "Do you have an appointment with him?" The lady in a corporate dress shot at the man standing before her table. The man's aura was charming but the gaze he wore seemed to speak ill of the former. "I do not need an appointment to meet Max." His firm voice complemented the facial expression he maintained. "A moment please." The secretary pleaded as she punched few numbers into the landline and put a call through. She spoke over the phone, "Sir, there is a man here of the name --" She peered at the man, giving him the what-is-your-name stare. He said firmly, "Derrick." She looked away and concentrated, "Derrick. He said he is some college friend." He watched her receive an instruction and h
Same. "Let go of me you fucking cock." Dia cussed, kicking the back of her hills against his hard thighs. "I bet if this cock passes through your thighs, twill shift your ribcage." Albert whispered into her ears, his firm arms wrapped around her waist, meaning to push her intestines out. His revenge. "Let her go, Albert." The rich voice of Max swept nigh as Albert reluctantly dropped her. He would had lingered in that for a long while. Dia scrambled to her feet as she clutched her back to her boobs. Max and Derrick walked down the stairs of the office and stood before her. "Why'd you run, Dia?" Max's face was stern and demanding. Such expression Dia had never seen him worn. She thought of what to say quickly. She looked f
2 day's later. Zoe's studio. "They are getting better, I guess." Alex said, pressing his palm tucked in hers. Zoe shot him a glance and looked away to the dance students he has referred to, swaying on the dance floor. She smiled, "Take back the word 'guess", they're better. At least compared to the Madalin Bay girls." He allowed himself to be distracted by that side of her face. He kept the gaze on her for a while waiting for her reaction. He wasn't stood up. "What?" She looked at him, her eyelids flapping to a hidden rhythm he couldn't reach at. "I'm quite lucky to have you." His voice small and calm, she bet he had practiced that. Though even though twas practiced, he got at her. "Maybe I should be the one to say that. Afte
The next day. "Belltown inn." Dia muttered for the twelfth time. Her hands moving slowly on the wheel. Her eyes occasionally leaving the road, to her phone strapped to a holder over the inbuilt multimedia player up the steering to the right. Probably another message would come on. Of a truth, she yet didn't know where she was going to or to whom she was going. She knew twas a dangerous step to take. Getting a text from an unknown number to meet them at some Belltown inn. A supposed guesthouse, according to whoever twas. Well, at the first instance she had wanted to ignore the text but she then felt glued to finding out who twas. For such to had gotten her number, she wasn't just going to ignore. Plus she had been home all day reluctant to go out. She hadn't talked to Max