PRETTY CANDY

Chapter 5

The next day, was the day before last. They were eating at the table having breakfast. Candy was wearing a bathrobe and her hair was help up in a loose pony tail on the top of her head.

- It's my day before last, he said.

- I know, she said sadly.

- I loved what we had and I would like to see you again...

Candy looked at him surprised. He wanted to see her again? Strangely, instead of making her happy, it made her sad...

- Really? She said with a little smile.

- Yes, I would like to get you an apartment, a car and I would open accounts for you in all the boutiques you can dream of...

- And then what? You're going to leave an envelope between two planes?

- It's not going to be like that...

- Then how is it going to be?

- First of all, you won't be in the street anymore...

- That's just geography, she said leaving the table.

She walked to the balcony which doors were opened. Terry stood up to follow her.

- Candy, what do you want? What do you happening between us?

"That you fall in love with me and marry me?" She said to herself in her head.

But she said out loud:

- I don't know... when I was a little girl in my orphanage, when I was a bad girl, Miss Pony would lock me up in the attic, which happened a lot. So I would imagine that I was a princess locked in a tower by a mean queen and prince would come on his white horse to rescue me and after that we would get married and have lots of children... But I never imagined once that he would tell me: "Come with me, I'll get you an apartment..."

Terry looked at her. He thought she would've jumped at the occasion, but Candy continued surprising him. The phone rang interrupting their conversation. He went to answer, it was Archie.

- Terry? MacGregor wants to see us, I think he's giving up... he wants to meet us this after-noon...

- Tell him I don't want to wait to this afternoon, tell him we're going to meet this morning...

- All right...

Terry hung up and walked to Candy who was still on the balcony.