Chapter Thirty Two

‘Why not me? I though you loved me…’ Urs murmured, looking at Fara as he spoke.
‘I do. I do love you. That’s why I can’t. I can’t let Elsa take you. It would break my heart…’ Fara sobbed, wiping at her eyes as she started crying now.
‘Ssshhhh honey…’ Rowi tried soothing her friends tears. She sat, stroking her hair in a comforting manner.
Urs pulled Fara close, ‘I love you. I won’t let anything, anything’ he insisted, ‘happen to you. That I promise’
‘But you can’t promise. You can’t…’ Fara sobbed again now into his shoulder, making his t-shirt that he was wearing wet with her tears.
‘I can…I can…’Urs soothed, stroking her hair as Rowi had been doing.
‘We’d deal with her. Elsa’ Dany decided.
‘Why?’ Fara asked, looking up at her friend now.
‘Because we’re your friends’ Dany and Rowi said together.
‘We like you’ Seb said. He winked in what he thought was a friendly manner at Fara.
‘We want you to be happy’ added David.
‘I don’t deserve this…’ Fara mumbled.
‘Yes you do. You do’ David nodded.
‘We’re here…you can count on us. For everything. Anything’ Seb now nodded.
‘We should tell Cydalia and Carlos, about your accident…’ Rowi then said, slightly changing the subject.
‘No. Please don’t’ Fara asked her.
‘No’ agreed Dany.
‘But…’ said Rowi.
‘Carlos and Cydalia…’ said Seb, ‘are getting married. Today’ he told them all.
Everyone gasped at this news.
‘I know. It shocked me too’ Seb smiled.
‘Good for Cydalia, and Carlos’ Fara smiled.
‘Cheeky sod Carlos’ David laughed.
‘I know something was up’ admitted Dany, ‘when Carlos asked me to let Cydalia try on my ring’
‘Sneaky’ Rowi then laughed.
‘Good for Carlos’ said Urs.
‘Romantic…’ Rowi then sighed, gazing at Seb. Seb coughed, feeling slightly embarrassed by the look his girlfriend was giving him.
‘See, that could be us’ Urs then whispered to Fara, ‘just let me in?’ he asked.
‘You’re already in’ Fara admitted.
‘Then…’ Urs started to say.
‘Give me time’ Fara asked, interrupting him.
‘Ok’ he sadly sighed, ‘ok’


Seb and Rowi were in Seb’s part of their room. Seb was pacing the room as Rowi sat on Seb’s bed and watched him with interest.
‘I…I need to tell you something’ Seb nervously coughed. He finally stopped his pacing and was now standing in front of Rowi. One hand in his mouth, biting his nails. Something he tended to do when he was very, very nervous as he was now.
‘Ok’ Rowi smiled encouragingly at him.
‘I…I love you’ Seb mumbled.
‘I love you too Seb’ Rowi smiled. She made a move to touch him.
‘No’ he stopped her, ‘I…I haven’t finished’ he coughed again.
Rowi sat and waited. Seb nervously swallowed.


‘I’m…scared’ he finally said, ‘I’m not normally scared. Usually’ he laughed, ‘usually I’m a player. Any girl is game. I flirt. A lot. But…with you’ he paused, ‘with you I find myself not wanting to flirt. I don’t need to. But that makes me scared’
‘Why?’ Rowi asked him after he had finished speaking enough for her to ask.
‘I don’t know’ Seb shrugged.
‘Is it because this is an adult relationship?’
‘I’ve had adult relationships before!’ Seb laughed.
‘Serious ones?’ asked Rowi.
‘No’ he admitted.
‘See. Then that’s why’
‘Because this is serious’ Seb sighed.
‘And you don’t want…’
‘No. No. That’s just it. I do. I do’ Seb interrupted.
‘Then…what’s the problem?’ Rowi asked, staring at him.
‘I guess I’m scared. That I’m going to muck it all up. You and I’
‘You won’t’ Rowi smiled.
‘I might do’
‘No Seb. You won’t’
‘You sound very sure about that’ Seb said, gazing at her.
‘That’s because I am’
‘Oh good’ Seb finally smiled.
‘Come here’ Rowi held her arms out. Seb walked up to the bed and sat down, he pulled her into his arms.
‘I belong here’ he told her.
‘Yes, you do’ Rowi agreed, holding him close to her beating heart.
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‘I’m worried, about Fara’ Dany admitted to David.
‘Her accident’ David nodded.
‘If, that’s what it was’ Dany sadly sighed.
‘She won’t have…’ David muttered.
‘I don’t know’ Dany shrugged, ‘she’s changing’
‘Fara?’ David asked.
‘Yes’ Dany sighed again.
‘Before she met Urs?’
‘A little’
‘But mostly since?’
‘Yes’
‘Aah’
‘I don’t know if her being with Urs is a good idea’ Dany sighed again.
‘But Urs is crazy about her. Anyone can see that’ David pointed out.
‘Apart from Fara herself’ Dany sighed.


‘Come here Mrs Marin’ Carlos laughed, picking up Cydalia in his arms.
Cydalia giggled, ‘I’m all yours…’ she laughed, placing her arms around his neck.
‘Yes, you are’ Carlos agreed, carrying her in the direction of the honeymoon suite bed.
They had just got married in the Egyptian embassy here in Cairo. It had been a simple wedding. Cydalia had worn a simple white knee length dress with small blue flowers all over it. Carlos a simple suit and blue tie. They had just had the embassy official who did the wedding and two witnesses. English tourists on holiday in Cairo, visiting the pyramids called Linda and Felix Lloyd. They were actually fans of IL DIVO and had been honoured to be the witnesses. It had been, Cydalia thought afterwards while laying in Carlos’ arms, perfect.
Simple and perfect. She reached out a hand and touched the single curl on Carlos’ forehead. He stirred in his sleep and moved closer.
‘You are a beautiful man Carlos Marin’ Cydalia whispered.
‘Hmm…’ Carlos groaned, pulling her into his arms.
‘I love you’ Cydalia smiled.
‘Love you Cydalia…’ Carlos whispered, waking up slightly. Then he fell back asleep with Cydalia’s head resting on his chest.
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Fara was sleeping. Urs was sitting, watching her.


‘I love you Fara’ he whispered. He reached out and stroked a hair of her face. ‘Why can’t you see that?’ he asked.
Fara mumbled something in her sleep and turned over. On her wrist was the bandage. ‘I hope you didn’t deliberately hurt yourself’ Urs now whispered, looking at her bandaged injured wrist. ‘If I lost you…I couldn’t live’
He hadn’t expected to fall in love. Hadn’t meant to. But it had happened all the same. Being with Fara made him more happy then he had ever been in his life before. He didn’t want to ever lose her or he’d die, of a broken heart.