Kurtis. Instead, it was her client.
“Hello, Tanya? Tanya it's me, Gloria. Change of plan. Roger wants to talk reconciliation. He wants to come back to me. Can you believe that?”
“Well that's wonderful. Should I say congratulations?” Tanya continued, staring at what might be the perfect wedding dress.
“I'll say,” her client said. “Now, I'll re-schedule an appointment with you. I might need a dress to celebrate re-taking our wedding vows. I feel so young again. Bye, Tanya.”
Tanya barely breathed her answer, she was too busy looking at the dress and finding her feet were already heading to the door and she was going in.
“I saw you looking at that dress,” the shop assistant was hot on her heels the moment Tanya walked in the door. “So? When's the big day?”
“Oh,” Tanya said, “we haven't named the day but would it be all right to try on the dress?”
“Absolutely!” Another shop assistant appeared from nowhere with a tape measure and before she knew it, Tanya was stepping out of the dressing room wearing the dress she'd seen in the window just minutes earlier.
Both of the shop assistants stared open-mouthed at Tanya.
“You look so beautiful,” one of them said.
“Your groom will fall in love with you all over again.”
“You like it?” Tanya asked. She turned to look into the full-length mirror.
She did look amazing, even if she thought so herself. She wished the girls were there and she knew that as soon as she and Kurtis named the day, she'd have both Mae and Kaya come with her to see the dress. She knew they'd love it.
“This is the first dress I've tried on and it feels perfect,” Tanya said. “It seems a bit too good to be true.” For some reason Tanya shivered.
“What's the matter?” one of the assistants said when she spotted the change in Tanya's demeanor.
“I just felt a bit weird for a moment. Like someone walked over my grave. Maybe this is all wrong. Maybe it's a bad idea to even try on a dress until we've named the day.” Tanya put her hands to her cheeks and looked down at the dress. “I better take it off.”
The shop assistants looked at each other. Tanya tried to unzip the dress. It didn't want to budge.
“A little help,” she called and both girls came rushing to assist.
“There you go,” they said.
As Tanya was about to leave the shop one of the girls said to her, “It did look beautiful on you, but when you're feeling better then come back and we'll see if we can find something else.”
“I will,” stuttered Tanya and rushed out of the shop. As she walked along the sidewalk, she couldn't help having the feeling that somehow she had messed with Fate and she didn't feel good about it.
*
“I'm glad you agreed to meet me, Kurtis.”
It was the morning after Catherine had tried to seduce him. He couldn't take any more drama and told Catherine to go back to her room and sleep it off. Telling her he would meet her for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. She willingly agreed and left his room wearing just a bathrobe in the middle of the night. What Kurtis didn't know was that in the bathrobe she had discarded on her way into his room, she had left her cell phone. She picked it up and took a cheeky picture of herself outside Kurtis's door so that the number of his hotel room could clearly be seen. She forwarded the photo to James with a message saying: “My part of the plan is almost there. C x.”
At the breakfast table, Kurtis took a seat opposite Catherine.
“I just want you to know that I'll never pull a stunt like that again,” she said. “I guess the whole amnesia thing did something to me. Made me an exaggerated version of myself. I must have seemed scary. A bit of a bunny boiler, right?”
“Well, I have to admit it was pretty scary. I've never seen you like that. It was like seeing a whole other person. But I'm glad we can let go of the past now.”
Kurtis smiled at Catherine who lowered her eyes in a coy way and glanced at the
“Hello, Tanya? Tanya it's me, Gloria. Change of plan. Roger wants to talk reconciliation. He wants to come back to me. Can you believe that?”
“Well that's wonderful. Should I say congratulations?” Tanya continued, staring at what might be the perfect wedding dress.
“I'll say,” her client said. “Now, I'll re-schedule an appointment with you. I might need a dress to celebrate re-taking our wedding vows. I feel so young again. Bye, Tanya.”
Tanya barely breathed her answer, she was too busy looking at the dress and finding her feet were already heading to the door and she was going in.
“I saw you looking at that dress,” the shop assistant was hot on her heels the moment Tanya walked in the door. “So? When's the big day?”
“Oh,” Tanya said, “we haven't named the day but would it be all right to try on the dress?”
“Absolutely!” Another shop assistant appeared from nowhere with a tape measure and before she knew it, Tanya was stepping out of the dressing room wearing the dress she'd seen in the window just minutes earlier.
Both of the shop assistants stared open-mouthed at Tanya.
“You look so beautiful,” one of them said.
“Your groom will fall in love with you all over again.”
“You like it?” Tanya asked. She turned to look into the full-length mirror.
She did look amazing, even if she thought so herself. She wished the girls were there and she knew that as soon as she and Kurtis named the day, she'd have both Mae and Kaya come with her to see the dress. She knew they'd love it.
“This is the first dress I've tried on and it feels perfect,” Tanya said. “It seems a bit too good to be true.” For some reason Tanya shivered.
“What's the matter?” one of the assistants said when she spotted the change in Tanya's demeanor.
“I just felt a bit weird for a moment. Like someone walked over my grave. Maybe this is all wrong. Maybe it's a bad idea to even try on a dress until we've named the day.” Tanya put her hands to her cheeks and looked down at the dress. “I better take it off.”
The shop assistants looked at each other. Tanya tried to unzip the dress. It didn't want to budge.
“A little help,” she called and both girls came rushing to assist.
“There you go,” they said.
As Tanya was about to leave the shop one of the girls said to her, “It did look beautiful on you, but when you're feeling better then come back and we'll see if we can find something else.”
“I will,” stuttered Tanya and rushed out of the shop. As she walked along the sidewalk, she couldn't help having the feeling that somehow she had messed with Fate and she didn't feel good about it.
*
“I'm glad you agreed to meet me, Kurtis.”
It was the morning after Catherine had tried to seduce him. He couldn't take any more drama and told Catherine to go back to her room and sleep it off. Telling her he would meet her for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. She willingly agreed and left his room wearing just a bathrobe in the middle of the night. What Kurtis didn't know was that in the bathrobe she had discarded on her way into his room, she had left her cell phone. She picked it up and took a cheeky picture of herself outside Kurtis's door so that the number of his hotel room could clearly be seen. She forwarded the photo to James with a message saying: “My part of the plan is almost there. C x.”
At the breakfast table, Kurtis took a seat opposite Catherine.
“I just want you to know that I'll never pull a stunt like that again,” she said. “I guess the whole amnesia thing did something to me. Made me an exaggerated version of myself. I must have seemed scary. A bit of a bunny boiler, right?”
“Well, I have to admit it was pretty scary. I've never seen you like that. It was like seeing a whole other person. But I'm glad we can let go of the past now.”
Kurtis smiled at Catherine who lowered her eyes in a coy way and glanced at the
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