Terry Terry

Chapter 46"The departure to America"

Eleonor Baker was in her apartment in New York with her agent. They were in her bedroom and Eleonor was looking at the maid who was packing her suitcases.

- Come on, Eleonor, you can't just leave and stay in London just like that!

- It's not just like that. I've been thinking about it for a while...

- What's so important in London?

- My family...

- I thought you were American.

- I am American. It doesn't mean that I don't have family in England...

- What family you absolutely have to see?

- My family...

- Cousins? Old acquaintances?

- An old lover...

- Ah!

- And a daughter...

- WHAT???!!! YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER???!!!

- Can you scream louder? I don't think they heard you in England...

- Eleonor, the press is going to have a field day and they might kill you, for hiding the existence of your daughter.

- I'm the one who should tell you that there's no such thing as bad publicity in showbiz world?

- You had an English lover? What was it? A prince? Prince Charles?

- What? And make the poor Diana suffer? Certainly not!

- Diana is dead and buried...

- Too bad for her, her fairy tale became a nightmare...

- Eleonor, you have a daughter!!! Since when?

- She's a teenager...

Eleonor telephone rang.

- Hello?

- Ellie...

- Richard? Your ears must've been burning; we were just talking about you...

- With whom? Your new lover?

- If you think I'm going answer that question, you don't know me very well.

- You still want to come and stay near Candy?

- Of course, why?

- Something happened...

- What? An accident? Is Candy all right?

- She's fine. It's not an accident, don't worry...

- What's going on then?

- You know I was keeping her for my big plan.

- What big plan? Said Eleonor worried.

- To give her in marriage to a prince...

- What?

- I want what's best for my daughter

- Ask Diana if marrying a prince was what was best for her...

- Don't generalize that one case...

- Richard, what have you done?

- Candy agreed...

- She agreed?

Eleonor thought about Terry; Candy listened to him and gave her another chance...

- Are you sure, she doesn't have a boyfriend?

- It was a fling...

- That boy asked her to listen to me and she did... you know Candy doesn't listen to anybody!

- Yes, he also managed to put her in his bed, the moron!

- What do you mean, he managed...? She was...

- All I know is that before it was just rumours and with him it became concrete...

- It became concrete; you mean that before, you've never caught her with a man in her bed?

- I wished it was a prince, at least, I could've asked for reparation...

- Richard...if you've never caught her before, that means she wasn't doing anything...

- Exactly...

- Oh my God... she knew it was going got be an asset in your deal

- And she chose to ruin it all with that commoner!

- That commoner who had her heart...

- She's going to get over it.

- What have you done?

- She got caught in school with her commoner in her bedroom...

- And you took advantage of the situation to pressure her, she guessed.

- And it worked like a charm...

- You're a monster Richard...

- Are you coming to stay with her? I'm going to put one of my castles at your disposal...

- That sounds very serious...

- You can turn on the telly and put CNN
Eleonor took the remote and turn on the flat screen big screen television that was in her bedroom. She put on CNN...

"...Prince Andrea is getting engaged to the daughter of the duke of Grandchester, Lady Candice Eleonor Grandchester, who was just recently going to school at St. Paul Academy in London. She was a straight A student. The prince spent his summer holidays in Scotland with Candice..."

They showed images of the prince and Candy at the queen's castle in Scotland. They also showed Richard next to them...

- Nobody can accuse you of being slow..., said Eleonor.

- Are you coming to be with your daughter?

- Yes, I'm already packed...

- You go to the airport, all the arrangements were made and I'm going to compensate you for the time you're going to spend with your daughter.

- You are not going to pay me to spend time with my daughter...

- Let's just say, it's part of the budget for the future princess...

- Very well, Richard.

- I'll see you soon.

Eleonor hung up her phone. Her agent was looking at her.

- "Lady Candice Eleonor Grandchester" is your daughter? The one who is going to marry Prince Andrea? Oh my God!! You go all the way, don't you Eleonor!?

- If I wanted to stay near her, now she needs me more than ever!

- The press is going to look into your daughter's life and discover you're her mother...

- You could take care of that part... and give them the real version, without saying much...

- Eleonor...

- My daughter needs me...

- I understand you... I refuse all offers?

- No, tell me about it first...

- All right...

- I'm coming baby...