As they lay in bed after their tryst, Emre felt a bit bored. He came and got what he wanted but they had nothing to say to one another. The shift in their relationship was now obvious. "Where's the remote?" he asks as Aylin lay across his chest. "I want to turn on the TV."
Aylin rolls around on her without a word and gets it from the nightstand, handing it to him.
He turns on the TV and yawns, scooting down more under the covers.
"...And now on to one of the partners of advertising agency Fikri Harika, Can Divit and some controversial information that has come to light. We go to our agent now with more..."
Emre sits up in alarm as a picture of his brother flashes across the screen, with the highlight reading 'CAN DIVIT - REAL OR FAKE?'.
Aylin also sits up but nowhere near as fast as Emre, smirking with her back to him. Well done Hilmi, not even a day!
**
Sanem had to tell Leyla that she had to be dropped off in town for work or her sister never would have let her go alone. She took a taxi as soon as the car turned the corner and fifteen minutes later she got off.
While she walks down the road towards his street, the rain starts up again. She both hated and loved this time of year. It's been going like this on and off since they left the lodge.
She was even forced to buy an umbrella from a vendor.
As soon as she turns onto Can's street, huge billboards with her face catch her eye. She stops dead in her tracks and stares up at herself, smiling. They're beautiful... And the way he captured me in that one...
She looks down at the ring still on her finger and then takes it off. She was even more determined to talk to him now.
*
Deren lay on the bed at the lodge at that moment, scrolling through photos of Can on social media lazily, sighing and sipping on her juice.
She stops scrolling when a new notification pops up on her screen and she reads the headline, sitting up so fast that she spits her juice all over the covers. Oh my God!
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"I totally saved the situation with my skills and - Thank you," JJ thanks the bartender for his smoothie as he and Guliz chat, waiting for the rain to stop. "Mm hmm," he stops drinking and looks at the bartender. "What's in this? Does it have milk? I wanted it without milk. I taste milk. Take it back. Make another one." Guliz shakes her head and chuckles. "Milk causes gas did you know that? I'm lactose intolerant," JJ tells her as he pops a nut into his mouth. "I can't run the camp if I'm running to the toilet the entire time can I?"
"You're right, you can't."
He nods and points at her then turns to his plate. The TV in the top corner of the bar has him doing a double take however. 'TRENDING TOP STORY: CAN DIVIT - REAL OR FAKE?' he reads the headline and his mouth pops open. What? Huh? He starts tapping Guliz's arm. "Guliz..."
"What JJ?"
"Guliz..." He lifts his hand to the TV. "Hey turn up the volume! Guliz, it's Mr Can!"
Guliz frowns as the bartender gets the remote and turns up the volume.
*
Can stood in his backdoor, looking at the trees just outside his property. All he could think about for the past hour was going back to the lodge.
But he had some very heavy decisions to make and he was torn between them. He couldn't stay with Polen anymore. Not feeling the way he did. Yes, Sanem may be engaged, but he couldn't lie to himself or string Polen along anymore.
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Early Bird (Erkençi Kus)(Part 1)
Fanfic* (A Turkish Series Translation) A young woman named Sanem Aydin lives with her overbearing but loving parents, who have certain ideas of how she should be living - and it doesn't involve her working at her family store full time. They thinks she s...
