When Freya met Aiden

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Freya walked up to him and took hold of his hand "I'm here if you need me" she whispered in his ear "that's good, but I don't know what to say" "just tell them that your sorry that they heard all that crap, it shouldn't have been made public..." "Will You do it for me please? I can't, I'll just get emotional" "ok" and she looked at everyone "right, everybody, Aiden wants me to say a few words, he'd do it himself, but he's very emotional at the moment, as you can clearly see. He's sorry that you heard all that crap, it shouldn't have happened in the store, but his mother is a bit of a pain. He's a bit unhappy that someone recorded it and put it on social media, he would have hoped that people would have respected his private life, but there again it was all said in a store, so it's too late now. Obviously it's going to cause trouble with his ex, that's not a problem, Aiden is not a liar and everything that he played was his ex talking. But, and this is a BIG 'but', he doesn't want to do anything about it, he wants to forget about all the horrible things that have happened in the last twenty years. He never will forget, and neither will I, because he's told me everything, but he wants to try, so everything that happened will become a very, very distant memory. So I know an awful lot of people will be out for revenge on his behalf, but Aiden doesn't want that, he wouldn't want anybody getting into trouble with the laws or his ex, because of him. If he wanted revenge he could do it legally, but he doesn't want to, he just wants to forget it ever happened, and Aiden is hoping everybody will just let sleeping dogs lie, or in Aiden's case sleeping Dragons lie. Thank you for listening to me, if anyone has recorded this little monologue could you make this go as viral as the other one, please? Right, thank you all for being so supportive, it has lifted his spirits a bit, but please don't do anything in retaliation, don't want anyone getting into trouble." 

Everybody clapped, and a couple of them shouted out that's it been posted on every social media platform out there, so it should go viral very soon. Aiden gave them all one of his beautiful, but slightly sad smiles and waved and the couple walked away. Anna came out of the shop with Bill and stood in front of the pair, she took hold of Aiden's hands. "What's the matter uncle Aiden? you look very sad and you've been crying. Who made you cry? I'll go and tell them they're very naughty, they shouldn't make you cry?" "it's ok sweetheart, I'm not crying anymore, and it won't happen again, not when I've got so many nice people around me that love me and I love back." He got down on his haunches so he was eye level with Anna. Anna kissed him on both cheeks "well I love you uncle Aiden" and she hugged him as tight as her little arms could. He picked her up and hugged her back and gave her a kiss on the cheek "and I love you too Anna, you're a wonderful little girl" and Freya said "we'd better be going to the theatre, the fans with the UVIP tickets will be there soon" "what's a ultyate ticket uncle Aiden?" "It's an 'ultimate' VIP ticket, it means that people can come in early to talk to us, have their pictures taken with us and get things autographed" "do we have tickets like that uncle Aiden?" "you don't need them, you'll be backstage with us till the show starts, and then you'll be in the front row watching us" "yeah!!!!" and she gave him another hug and kiss "Right, I need uncle Aiden back, we've got to go to the theatre to get ready, he needs to change his T-shirt, trousers and bandana, to look pretty for the fans." Anna and Freya giggled and Aiden said "men are handsome not pretty, so that means I'm handsome and gorgeous" and he fluttered his eyelashes. "Well I say you're pretty just like my doll, told you before uncle Aiden, cause you've got lovely long hair and blue eyes like my doll" "OK I'm pretty like your doll" and he kissed her cheek and put her down. "Are you ok ?" said Bill and Paula "yes I am now, it's amazing what a child's love can do for a heavy heart. I'll be alright till the backlash hits, because it will. She came at me all guns blazing, but I've got Freya so I'll be OK" "just be careful Freya doesn't bury her, literally, never to be seen again" said Bill.

"At this precise moment, she could do the two of them and I wouldn't care, I hate them both" "do you really mean that about your mom though?" Said Paula "yes, she's been a bastard nearly my whole life, she didn't want me and I wasn't a girl. But luckily Georgie has always loved me like a mom, so I had somebody I could turn to. So yes, I mean it about my mother, I really hate the old cow." Charles and Jed came out of the store, and came over to them "well, they've arrested her and taken her to the station, they took her the back way, in case the crowd turned nasty. Heard your little speech Freya, and it's going viral already, there's still a lot of people who'd like to retaliate on your behalf Aiden, but the level headed ones are calming them down. Like they've said if you love Aiden? respect his wishes, so hopefully it will calm down on social media" said Charles. Jed said "when I said it was a shame you'd fallen out with your mom, boy was I wrong, I respect all ladies, but she's a right cow. I could say a lot worse, but I won't swear in front of ladies or children" "it's ok Jed, I know exactly what you're thinking, and I agree with you. Right, as much as I'd love to stay chatting I've got to get back to the theatre, can't disappoint the fans, we'll see you all there" and off they went "are you ok? I mean I know you're not OK, ok. Oh you know what I mean" "yes I'm OK,ok. I've got you so I'm fine, the only thing that's at the back of my mind, is I've well and truly let the cat out of the bag, so I think I'll have to find myself a bloody good lawyer" "don't worry about it, Charles is on the case, he knows most of the top people in America. They'll eat her for breakfast and spit out what's left. She won't stand a chance if she takes it any further, and it won't matter if she tries her womanly charm, because after hearing that they'll know the real her so she'd waste her time playing the 'poor put on wife' game. But what I've been meaning to ask you, how did you get hold of that recording?" "You're going to kill me" "why would I kill you, what have you done?" "Didn't you recognize the other woman's voice? It was Karan. I didn't know anything about it till the other day when Georgie gave me a copy" "Karan and Georgie did that? and they didn't tell me, the bastards" "they didn't tell ME until after they'd done it because they knew I'd say 'no', but Georgie was getting really pissed off with the ex, and of course she's only just found out about what went on in my marriage, so she's been in Georgie's sights since then" "they could have told me, the little shits" "but they couldn't, because we don't lie to each other or keep secrets, do we?"