DECEPTION

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER FIVE

Andrea stepped outside for her morning jog. The sight of her red convertible sparkling under the sun caught her eyes. Thomas had kept to his promise of getting someone to her car. Someone had obviously waxed it to make it sparkle the way it did. She caught sight of a slip of paper tucked under her wiper. She hurried toward the car and gently removed it.

It read;   Hope you like the flowers. How about lunch today? Say yes! Pick you up by one o’ clock pm today.

             Tom

She pondered. Flowers? She looked into the car and behold, the back seat was covered with at least a hundred red roses. How in the world did he guess they were her favourite? What in God’s name was she going to do with all this roses?

          ‘Why are you blushing?’ the voice came from around her making her spring around so fast she almost fell. Julian was smiling broadly.

          ‘Am I not blushing!’ She was defensive. ‘Hello Julian. You scare me’. As she spoke she tried to distracted him from looking into the car but did not succeed.

          ‘That is a lot of roses Andy. Who is the admirer?’

          ‘No one in particular Julian. And would you please stop creeping up on me’.

          ‘I did not creep up on you Andy’.

          ‘Oh yes. You did’.

          ‘No, I did not. I think you were too distracted to even notice me’. Julian argued.

          ‘Okay just let it go’. She gave up. Julian knew her too much for her to lie to him.

          ‘SO who is he?’

          ‘Julian!’

          ‘Okay. Okay. But, you have to tell me soon because I am your friend’.

Thomas was there to pick her by one. Jason let him in then went to put his sister.           Andrea was trying to making up her mind on what to wear when Jason barged into her room.

‘Going somewhere sis?’. He asked. Andrea swung around to see him. She was still dressed in her under clothes.

     ‘What the hell! How many times Jason do I have to tell you not to barge into my damned room before you knock?—‘.

     ‘Hey! Calm down sis, I was only trying to help’

‘Trying to help? Try harder ‘cause that is not working for me okay’. She started pushing him out the door.

‘Calm down sis. I am leaving but your boyfriend is waiting down there for you. So you better hurry up and get dressed’.

Andrea closed the door behind her brother and set about to get dressed. Hoping somewhere in her mind that she wasn’t over dressed.

The moment she came down and set her eyes on Thomas she wished she had paid a little more attention to her dressing. He was dressed in a light blue shirt deep blue jeans and blazers. Matching brown shoes and belt to top it off. Beside him, her little cocktail dress seemed significantly boring.

Thomas did not think so. ‘Lovely. You look stunning Andrea’. He pulled her into his embrace and kissed her forehead.

‘Thank you’. She pulled away from him in time to see Jason throw a questioning look her direction. She ignored him. ‘How did you find my house?’.