Chapter Thirty One

Carlos and Cydalia were sightseeing in Cairo. Cydalia was gazing up at the great sphinx in front of her.
‘Its amazing…’ she swooned. She turned to look at Carlos. He was kneeling at her feet. ‘What, are you doing?’ she asked.
‘Cydalia…’ Carlos was looking up at her. He smiled. Cydalia returned the smile, ‘I love you’ he told her.
‘I love you Carlos…’
‘Marry me?’ he asked, interrupting her.
‘I…I…’
‘I have the ring’ Carlos handed Cydalia a small box. It was open.
Cydalia gazed at it, ‘Wow…’ she looked at it. The box contained a beautiful engagement ring. A green diamond on a white band. It also held a matching wedding ring.
‘Marry me?’ Carlos asked again, ‘tomorrow?’ he nervously asked.
‘I…I…’ Cydalia swallowed. Then she smiled again, ‘Yes please’ she finally answered.
Carlos mentally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he stood up and pulled Cydalia into his arms, ‘Thank you’ he whispered, covering her face in kisses. Then he pulled away, picked up the engagement ring and slid it onto the correct finger.
‘Perfect’ he smiled.
‘It fits’ Cydalia was amazed.
‘Lucky guess’ Carlos winked.
‘That’s why Dany made me try hers on…’ Cydalia realised the night that Dany had got engaged and her making Cydalia try it on even thought Cydalia had protested that she didn’t need to. Now she understood why she had to. To see what size ring Carlos would need to get her.
‘Yep’ Carlos wiggled his eyebrows.
‘Sneaky’ Cydalia laughed, kissing her now fiancé.
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Seb was dreaming. Rowi lay and listened to him.
‘Mmm…Rowi’ Seb murmured in his sleep.
‘I’m here’ Rowi reached out a hand and touched his face.
‘Come here…’ Seb manoeuvred her into his arms, ‘I love you’ he whispered.
‘I…I love you too Seb’ Rowi whispered back.
‘Marry me…’ Seb murmured now.
‘Ask me when you’re awake’ Rowi soothed.
‘Mmm…love you Rowi. Never leave me…’ he snuggled her closer.
‘I won’t, I promise’ Rowi stroked his hair.
‘Stay with me...forever’ he then whispered.


I don’t plan on going anywhere’ Rowi yawned. She closed her eyes and let herself fall asleep then.
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Walking past Fara’s room, Dany heard her friends cries.
‘Honey…let me in’ she banged on the door.
No response. Dany banged again. ‘Fara…are you in there?’ she called. It went quiet inside. Then Dany heard a crash. It sounded like glass breaking. She then banged on Urs’ door, ‘Let me in’ she shouted.
Urs opened his door, ‘What?’ he asked on seeing Dany.
‘Where’s Fara?’ she demanded.
‘In her room I guess’ Urs shrugged.
Dany charged into Urs room.
‘Hey!’ he called, ‘what are you doing?’ he was dressed now.
Dany marched up to the connecting door. She unlocked it and yanked it open, ‘Fara…?’ she called out.
No response still. Then she noticed the bathroom door. She quickly walked up to it. ‘Oh my god…’ she exclaimed. ‘URS!’ she called.
‘What?’ he called back.
‘Get in here!’ Dany demanded him.
Urs tutted and walked into Fara’s room. ‘What is it?’ he asked.
Then he saw the blood, ‘Oh my…Fara’ he paled in colour.
Dany was on her knees, Fara lay on the floor.
Unconscious. Around one wrist was a towel. Covered in blood. A broken water glass was in the sink.


Urs felt his knees go.
‘Hold this. Tight’ Dany told him, indicating Fara’s wrist.
Urs grabbed Fara’s towel blood soaked wrist.
‘We need a doctor…’ Dany said, standing up. She ran into the main bedroom and picked up the phone.
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David banging on Rowi and Seb’s door woke her and Seb up.
‘Its Fara. She’s…hurt’ he told them as soon as Seb had opened the door.
‘Where…is she?’ Rowi asked carefully, licking her lips nervously.
‘In her room. The doctor is with her’ David told them.
Rowi paled in colour at this.
Seb and Rowi quickly dressed and along with David rushed to Karen’s room.
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The doctor muttered a lot in Arabic. He bandaged Fara’s wrist.
‘She need bed rest’ he told Dany and Urs in badly broken English.
‘Her wrist..’ Dany said.
‘She loose a lot of blood…’ the doctor nodded.
‘How?’ Urs asked. He was sitting on the bed, holding Fara in his arms. She hadn’t woken up yet and Urs was starting to get slightly worried now at this.
‘I not know how it happen’ the doctor shrugged, ‘accident’ he suggested.
‘But Fara fainted…’ Dany said.
‘Blood pressure too low’ replied the doctor.
David, Seb and Rowi turned up then.
‘Oh Far…’ Rowi cried, rushing to her friend.
Fara opened her eyes at long last, ‘Hi’ she lightly smiled. She was pale. Deathly pale almost.
‘You need…bed rest’ the doctor told her before bowing a lot and leaving the room.
‘Flaming doctor. Doesn’t know his job’ Urs muttered as soon as the doctor had gone.
‘Urs…’ David scowled.
‘Well’ replied Urs.
‘What happened honey?’ Rowi asked Fara, sitting on the bed and holding her friends hand.
‘I dropped a glass…in the bathroom’ Fara shrugged, ‘I don’t remember anything after that’
‘You need an English doctor’ Urs told her.
‘I’m fine. Stop fussing over me’ Fara tried to move out of his arms. But he held on tight.
‘I won’t stop. I love you’ Urs told her.
‘HA!’ Fara snorted.
‘Honey…?’ Dany asked.
‘We had a…fight’ Urs said.
‘Because I recognised Laura’ said Fara.
‘You know…?’ David asked.


‘She’s my sisters best friend’ Fara told them.
‘I bet Fara didn’t tell you it all’ said Rowi.
‘No’ Urs shook his head.
‘Rowi…’ Fara pleaded.
‘No. Its about time he knew the truth’ Rowi said.
Fara sighed, ‘Ok’ she struggled in Urs’ arms.
‘Not letting you go’ Urs whispered, kissing the top of her head.
‘Fara’s sister, Elsa, is a cow. A complete cow. Between her and Laura, they tried to ruin Fara’s life’ said Rowi.
‘Its not that bad…’ Fara laughed, embarrassed.
‘They, are the reason Fara doesn’t believe in love anymore’ Rowi carried on.
‘I do…’ Fara protested.
‘Between them, Elsa and Laura they broke up Fara and her fiancé’ Rowi said.
Urs gasped. ‘Fiancé?’ he asked.
‘Gavin. He was an actor’ Dany told Urs.
‘Elsa saw Gavin. And took him’ Rowi said, ‘Laura helped. Elsa’s always been jealous of Fara even thought Elsa’s older. What she wanted, she always got. Men. Clothes. Whatever. If they were Fara’s then so much for the better she thought’
‘I wasn’t in love with Gavin…’ Fara said.
‘You were heartbroken’ Dany told her.
‘I thought I was. But I know differently now…’ Fara tried.
‘Elsa still took Gavin’ Rowi pointed out.
‘That’s why you won’t…me’ Urs whispered.
‘If I did, Laura and Elsa would only break us up’ Fara told him.
‘No they wouldn’t. We wouldn’t let them’ Urs replied.
‘I thought that with Gavin. Elsa still got him’ Fara said, sighing.
‘Then he was weak. I’m not like that’ Urs told her.
‘She’ll still get you. Elsa wouldn’t give up, not ever’ Fara insisted.
‘She won’t. I love you’ Urs told her.
No. I can’t. I won’t. Not you’ Fara shook her head.