Forgotten Passion
by
Candylyna
Chapter 1
“A blast from the
past”
It
was a beautiful morning and a very pretty young woman with blond wavy hair,
lightened by the summer sun, with big beautiful green eyes was having breakfast
with some of her friends and colleagues.
- When are we going to have a
break? She said.
- We didn’t even start yet! Said her friend.
- I
don’t really feel like working today…
- Candy come on, we just got here,
we’re at the Ritz, and we’re going to have a fashion show in front of all those
famous people, said her friend Callie.
- The picture sessions are
tiresome…, said Candy, I can’t wait to be done for the day…
- You’re not
dating and you’re blowing off every man interested in you…
- Well I just
don’t feel like dating…, said Candy.
- You’re husband died, life goes
on…
- I just want to make a living and raise my little boy, for
now.
- Your little boy is going to need a father someday…Candy you’re
still very young… life goes on… you need a man to help you raise your little
boy…
- Well, I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I get there…
A
tall man, slim and tall with a professional digital camera around his neck. His
name was Nick.
- Girls! He said come on darlings, we’ve got work to do!!!
We’re going to take pictures in front of the hotel sur la Place Vendôme, les
filles! Now, let’s go!!!!
The models were giggling and they followed the
photographer outside with the whole crew. So it was work, work and work until
lunch time!
- Ok ladies, that’s a wrap!!! Said Nick, you can go and have
lunch and a few hours of break, until the runway tonight…
The girls were
glad, to have a little break. Candy was happy, she wanted to call her little boy
before it gets too late.
- Candy you want to come and have lunch with
us? Asked Callie.
- Sure, but I have to call my little boy first…,said
Candy.
- Sure, give him a kiss from me…, said Callie.
- I will!
I’ll see you guys later, said Candy.
Candy walked to the hotel lobby and
she went to the reception to get her key and to see if she had any
messages.
- Miss Andre, said the receptionist with a French accent, you
had a phone call… here are the messages.
- Thank you said Candy smiling,
can I have my key please?
- Of course, here it is…
- Thank you,
said Candy.
- You’re very welcome.
Candy took the key and she was
walking to the elevator. She was waiting for it when she heard:
-
Freckles… what a wonderful surprise!
Candy was startled. She turned
around and she saw a tall dark haired man with sunglasses and a hat.
- Do
I know you? Said Candy coldly.
- Freckles, it’s me…
- Who me? She
said.
- Come on Candy…
- How do you know my name?
- Stop
fooling around! He said taking off his glasses and his hat.
Candy turned
around and looked at him.
- Well, well, well, if it isn’t Terrence
Grandchester, the big movie star!
- It’s so good to see you…
-
How’s married life?
He looked at her like she had just fallen from the
sky.
- Are you making fun of me? Because it’s not funny at
all!!!
- What did I say? You are married aren’t you?
- Candy, what
game are you playing?
- I’m not playing; you’re the one that’s
married!
- And you didn’t get married? I saw the pictures in the
papers…
- So you must know that I have a son now… I’m going to call him
before he takes his nap…
Terry felt like they put a knife in his heart. A
son, she had a son…
- I’m here with my daughter…, he said.
- Your
daughter, said Candy a little hurt, oh… what’s her name?
- You know her
name, I told you…
- When did you tell me that?
- The last time we
met here?
Candy looked at him like he had 3 heads.
- You and I met
here? Really?
- Candy why are you pretending you don’t remember?
-
I’m not pretending, I don’t remember!
- Come on!
- I swear! I was
in a car accident… and I lost my short term memory…
- Short term memory?
How long is that?
- I don’t remember the last 6 years of my
life…
- What???
- Yes…
- You’re making this up!
-
Why would I make this up?
- 6 years… so that means, you don’t remember
meeting me here almost 2 years ago?
- I told you, I don’t know what
you’re talking about!!! I have to go Terry …
- Candy, why are you doing
this?
- You think I’m faking? Why would I fake it?
- You don’t
want to confront what happened between us, so close to your
wedding…
Candy looked at him stunned.
- Are you implying that you
and I we… before my wedding while you were with your wife?! How dare you imply
such a thing?! I would never cheat on my fiancé!!! Never you hear me? Not even
with the great Terrence Grandchester!!!!
Terry looked at her… She seemed
sincere. Candy was angry, she got out the elevator and Terry followed
her.
- Stop following me!!!! She said irritated.
- My suite is on
this floor…
- You’ve got to be kidding me!
- Actually, I’m not…
here is my suite, next to yours apparently…
Candy opened her suite and
got in and closed the door. What was Terry doing in Paris? Probably shooting a
movie… but what the hell was he talking about? She met him last year and they
had an affair??? Why would she have an affair with Terry when she was engaged to
Anthony? No! She had more morals than that! She married Anthony, and they had a
baby… So Terry must be delusional! He was married himself! So he cheated on his
wife? She made him do that? No, she wouldn’t … But why would Terry lie to
her?
- I don’t have time to think about that, I have to call my little
Anthony…
She dialled the number and at the third ring, someone picked
up.
- Hello? Said Candy.
- Candy?
- Annie! Hi!
-
How’s Paris?
- Wonderful! How’s my little darling?
- He’s just
great! Let me put him on the phone… he’s playing with Leslie.
Leslies was
Annie’s 1 year old little girl with Archie.
- Hi, said a baby’s
voice.
- Hello, said Candy with a smile…, how’s mommy’s little boy? Mommy
misses you a lot…I’m going to come home soon, ok Anthony? I love you. Be good
baby… bye.
- Bye! Said the baby.
Annie took the phone back.
-
I’m going to them down for their nap now, said Annie.
- Thank you so much
for looking after him, Annie.
- Don’t mention it… I love the little
guy.
- Thank you for this photo shoot too… I needed to get away… it’s so
frustrated not to remember anything!
- How was the shoot?
- It was
fine, it took my mind off of stuff until…
- Until what? Said
Annie.
- Annie… something weird happened…
- What.
- I saw
Terry…
- Terry?
- Yes, you know my boyfriend from high school who
is now this big movie star…
- Oh… did he say hello? Did you talk to
him?
- He talked to me… He was saying the weirdest thing.
- Like
what?
- That we met almost 2 years ago, before I married Anthony… and
that we…
- Oh…
- Annie, do you know anything about this?
-
Candy, you didn’t confide in me that time.
- Really? Why?
- Maybe
because Terry was married… I don’t know… I can’t tell you anything; because you
didn’t tell me anything… you were kind of depressed and not very talkative… then
you went on your trip…
- I know one thing, I didn’t cheat on Anthony! I
wouldn’t do that to him!!!
- Candy calm down, your memory is going to
come back…
- It’s been over a year, Annie… I don’t think it’s coming
back… and I don’t mind… but meeting Terry and not knowing what on earth he was
talking about, was kind of unsettling!
- Candy, take advantage to talk to
Terry…
- He’s married Annie, I don’t want to break up a family…
-
Candy, said Annie, you don’t know… Terry is not married anymore, Susanna died
last year…
- What???? Oh my God! And I was making fun of him! How stupid
of me!!!
- It’s ok, honey… just explain to him that you have
amnesia
- I tried; he doesn’t see to want to believe me!
- Well
good luck convincing him.
- I’m going to avoid him like the
plague…
- Terry? You’re kidding right? He’s got you in Paris, alone… and
he doesn’t have amnesia, he must know that Anthony is dead…
- Then why
didn’t he come back to me? If he were free, and I was free…
- You’ll have
to ask him…
- Oh Annie, this is so confusing! For the first time, in a
long time I wish I had my memory back!!!
- Your amnesia made you forget
you’re a nurse…
- I didn’t want to risk the patient’s lives, so you gave
me a job in your modeling agency…
- You’re a natural and so
photogenic…
- Thanks Annie…
- Anything for my sister…
- I
love you
- I love you too…
- I have to get some rest for the
modeling show tonight
- All right, good luck… I can’t wait to see it.
- Bye Annie. Kiss Anthony and Lesley for me.
- I will… bye honey,
take care.
- Bye Annie…
Candy hung up the phone and she changed.
Then she went back down to meet her friends for lunch.
- Candy! Said
Callie, where were you?
- She probably was busy blowing off some unwanted
suitors.
- As a matter of fact I was, said Candy smiling?
- Inside
this hotel, probably a millionaire, said Callie, anybody we know?
- I
think so, said Candy.
- Who? Said Callie, tell us!
- Well he’s an
actor…
- Actor? Said another girl, who.
- Terrence Grandchester,
said Candy.
- What??? Oh my God! Said Callie, you blew him off???
- Are you insane? Said another girl.
- Candy, he’s single, he’s
free and he has a kid like you! Said Callie.
- What’s the kid have to do
with me? Said Candy.
- I don’t know, said another girl, but he just came
in the restaurant with a little girl and they’re sitting just in front of
us.
All the girls turned around to look at Terry with his little girl, who
was his splitting image, they sat down and ordered.
- Would you stop
staring at them like that! Said Candy, could you be more obvious?
- All
right! Said Callie, he’s gorgeous! Oh my God! Candy!
- What?
- You
can’t let this opportunity pass you by!
Candy thought about the past, how
she almost married Terry, then the accident happened… How her whole world came
crashing down… Then there was Anthony and she didn’t remember her life with him
at all!!!!
A waiter approached their table…
- Excuse me Miss
Candy?
Candy looked at the waiter.
- Yes, that’s me…
- The
gentleman over there with his daughter are inviting you to have lunch with
them…
- Oh, but…
- God Candy! Said Callie, he’s with his daughter;
you’re not risking anything…
- Yes, said the other, go!
- All
right, said Candy, I’m leaving or you’re going to bug me forever with
this!!!
Candy who was wearing a beautiful dress from Annie’s collection,
took her purse and walked to Terry’s table. Terry was wearing a suit, navy blue
and the little girl had a pretty navy dress. She had her hair down, with bangs
like her father, with big blue eyes.
- Hello, she said smiling.
The
little girl looked at her and she smiled.
- Hello there! Who are
you?
- My name is Candy and I’m a friend of your daddy…
-
Really?
- Yes, really…, said Candy.
- Oh, my name is Juliet, I’m
pleased to meet you.
- Juliet is a pretty name, said Candy looking at
Terry, I’m pleased to meet you.
They were both thinking about the May
Festival, when Candy was disguised as Romeo, then as Juliet… She was Terry’s
Juliet, until Susanna came along obsessed with Terry, got the role that cost her
her leg… Getting the role of Juliet, gave her Terry…Candy was Terry’s first
Juliet and Susanna had stole that from her; by getting the role that was going
to allow her to get Terry for good… but then again, they say; nothing lasts
forever… Susanna was now gone…
Candy sat down, next to Terry.
-
Hello Candy.
- Hello Terry, she said.
- Thank you for doing this, he
said, Juliet is a little bored, you see I’m a guy; she needs a woman to talk to…
- Yes Candy, please can you play with me please, when you have time?
Asked Juliet.
- I have a job, sweetie…, said Candy.
- I know, that’s
why I said “when you have time”…
- But of course, sweetie! Said Candy
smiling, I will come to see you every time I have some free time.
- Thank
you!!! Said Juliet smiling, can you stay forever?
- No, I have a little
boy, who needs me…
- Oh… where is he? Did you come with him
here?
- No, he stayed with my sister and I call him everyday.
- How
old is he?
- He’s just a year old…
- And what’s his name?
-
Anthony…
- He must be cute, I want to meet him… I wish I had a little
brother, but mommy and daddy only made me… now my mommy is dead…
- I’m
sorry about that…, said Candy.
- Let’s order! Said Terry to change the
conversation.
- All right, what do you want Juliet?
- I want a
burger and fries…
- All right, I’ll have a salad, said Candy.
-
Just a salad? Said Terry.
- Yes, I have a fashion show tonight I don’t
them to adjust my dress at the last minute.
- A meal is not going to
change anything…
- You’d be surprise of the difference a meal makes on
someone’s body!
- Don’t get too skinny Freckles…I want to feel some flesh
when I hold you…
Candy became bright as red. She wanted to reply, but she
didn’t want to talk in front of Juliet. They had lunch and Candy had a good time
talking to Juliet who really liked the young woman with emerald eyes. Terry was
glad. He didn’t quite know what was going to happen, but he was sure of one
thing, he was going to get his Freckles back.
While they walked to their
suites, Juliet was holding Candy’s hand and giggling and laughing with
Candy.
- Would you have dinner with us tonight too? She asked.
-
No, I have a fashion show tonight, so by the time it’s done, you’re going to be
asleep…
- Oh… daddy… can I see Candy in her fashion show? Please, please
pretty please? She said begging.
They had arrived in front of their suite,
and Terry opened the door.
- Sweetie, the fashion show might take a long
time, and you’re going to be sleepy.
- But if I take a nap now, then I
won’t be that tired and I could go with you, please daddy!!!
Terry looked
at Candy and he looked at his little girl. How could he refuse?
- All
right baby, he said, we’re here to have fun… If you take a long nap, you’ll be
able to stay up a little later and watch the fashion show…
- Oh thank you
daddy! Said Juliet hugging his feet.
- Now, said Candy, let’s go put you
down for your nap, said Candy, can you show me your room?
- Sure, come
this way…
Juliet took Candy’s hand and they walked to her room. It was a
beautiful room with a single bed, all in pink. Juliet went to the bathroom, she
washed her hands, brushed her teeth and Candy looked in her drawers for a
nightgown. It was a Disney one with all the princesses in the stories. Candy put
her to bed…
- You want me to read you a story? Asked Candy.
- Yes,
please…, said Juliet.
There were some books on the night table and Candy
took one, it was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs…
- Once upon a time, in
a far away land…, started Candy.
When she got to the third page, Juliet
was sound asleep. Candy kissed her on the cheek and left the room. She found
Terry in the sitting room, reading.
- She’s sleeping, said Candy.
-
Thank you for taking care of her, he said.
- You don’t need to thank me,
she’s adorable…
- So we’ll have dinner together after the show?
-
You used your daughter to get me to have dinner with you!
- Come on
Freckles, you know you want to have dinner with me too…
- I can’t
disappoint Juliet…, said Candy.
- Only Juliet? I remember a very feisty
woman a few years ago…
- Would you stop saying that? I was engaged to
Anthony…
- But that didn’t stop you from being with me…
Candy’s
heart jumped…
- What are you saying? That I cheated on Anthony with
you?
- I’m saying that we were lovers Candy, it was wonderful, but
nothing lasts forever…you and I know that way too well
Nothing lasts forever...
Turn your back and walk
away;
Never to return.
Deep inside your pounding heart
A fire begins to
burn
Orange sky, pastel moons and planets,
Above her where she
stands.
Only as a sweet, fleeting memory,
Will be her lost
homeland.
The path to the stars is lonely and cold.
But it beckons with a
power and vast
Mysterious majesty untold.
The promise of
adventure.
Every door opens a way, we must step inside.
And some doors
will close. Never to open.
So begins the greatest ride.
It's not where you
go. It's not what you do.
It's who is with you, that brings the greater
joy.
To share.
But the cold, black void beckons, Avrilita must go.
Her
eyes never turn.
Like the restless ocean, like the river's flow,
Will the
waters return?
Remember the days, the summers,
The times we shared
together.
Happy and sad.
That is all we have
Nothing lasts
forever...
~Tony Chandler~