FOLLOW ON FROM THE LAST FEW MOMENTS OF EPISODE 1X08. ANYTHING YOU RECOGNIZE ISN'T MINE! Enjoy and please tell me what you think!

It was the day of his wedding, or that's what most people thought. John Moray was in his office getting reading for what would appear to be the 'happiest' day of his life.

On the inside he was thinking about his time last night with Denise, a girl who that from the first moment that she walked into his life had changed it forever. Her warm glow enchanted his mind, her soft blue eyes circling it. He just wanted everything to be okay with her by his side.

Katherine Glendening, the woman who he was meant to marry today, had denied his several requests and pleas to accept the end the promise he had so wrongfully made her. She had refused to believe that such a mere shop girl could take Moray, her Moray away from her. She believed if she continued to make him marry her that she could made him learn to love her again as she thought she had done so before.

Everyone was waiting outside and the carriage had arrived. Dudley came for John as he was getting ready to go, however he had a different plan to the one set by his Fiancee. He walked with Dudley to the front of the shop, standing in the door way he stopped. Denise's face and words spiraling round his mind. ' Marry her' ' We will always know' 'I can't take the paradise away from you'.

As he stood, being ushered into the carriage he turned around and ran back. Moray ran into The Paradise with one aim in mind. Finding Denise. He ran through the store checking the Haberdashery and fabric departments on the way to Ladies wear as she would often be seen there talking to other employees on breaks however nothing. This made him more anxious. he hurried faster to Ladies wear. He approached the curtains that drape over the door way to the department in which his beloved worked. John ran to the Centre of the room and scanned around. Nothing again. She wasn't there. Where had she gone?

Moray turned to leave, he ran out again before anyone could see him. Out the back maybe? he was still trying to work out where Denise could have gone all these different placed spiraling in his mind. he made his way past the stock rooms and the mailing rooms and there she was. He stood in the doorway to the back of the shop where all the stock came through and the ordered parcels went out.

Denise! The words slipped from his mouth. She turned around immediately. The shock was evident on her face. 'John!' she cried. They ran to each other and held each other in their arms. 'What are we going to do' were the words that followed a passionate kiss. A kiss that signified the relief of them both.

' We're going to go, go far away from here' He replied to her previous question. He had had this all planned out last night after Denise had left. He had already, unknowingly to Dudley he had already signed The Paradise over to him last night. Any threats made bye Lord Glendening would only destroy other lives. The lives of people unconnected to the affair that Moray had gotten himself into. Its some aspects it was a selfish move but in others it would protect all the others concerned. Lord Glendening had vowed to make morays life hell. not others. He knew he was a business man and his business brain would always ave to come first.

Denise questioned his words ' How are we going to do this John? I'm scared and confused about all of this, what about the Glendenings..?'

' its all under control Denise, don't fret. All you need to do is get your Uncle'

' My Uncle? Is he coming with us? what's happening John please!'

'Its okay Denise. The carriage outside. Its not going to the church. Its taking us to my parents old country house. They don't live there now they passed away and I was their only child. It was left to me and I have just left it there as I had the Paradise to concentrate on. Tell your Uncle to pack all the things he holds dear in the shop, you must make it clear how important it is for him to come, if he stays Glendening will take out Katherine's rage and anger out on him. He must pack any essentials and clothes as we may be gone for a long while'

'John are you sure about this? Are you sure you are willing to leave all you have worked so hard to achieve behind? '

'When I'm leaving with you I' willing to leave even Paradise behind, now go! Quickly. Bring your Uncle back here and wait for the carriage to come around to pick you up. I have left letters to several people explaining everything, no go!'

Following his words Denise turned to the back door and ran inside. Thoughts were Swirling around her head like that had in Johns mind. 'Where were they going? For how long? Would her Uncle loose his shop? She continued to make her way through to the shop girls quarters. She made it to the room she shared with Pauline and Clara. She burst through the door and pulled her trunk from underneath her bed. She threw in the last few possessions she had dotted around the room as her trunk was still packed from her leaving The Paradise the first time around. She e lifted up her trunk and hurried away down the stairs and back to the back of the store. She placed it down next to the door and leaving her hurried stumbles behind her now walking in a casual manner she walked over to the drapery shop, her Uncles shop.

She got to the door without causing anyone to notice her and as she opened the door she set back into her frantic panic.

'Denise, Denise! What is wrong?'..

'Oh Denise, I did not expect to see you here. You should be working not slacking! Its a sin..!'

'MISS AUDREY! I did not expect to see you here either, aren't you going to My Morays wedding?'

'Oh, yes my child. I'm just on my way there' Miss Audrey said as she was leaving the shop.

'Oh, okay. Uncle. We need to go. You need to pack quickly. I'm sorry I have done this to you but if you don't leave with us now who knows what Lord Glendening will do'

' Glendening? What business is it of his what you or I do?'

The words left Edmund Lovett's mouth in a state of shock, confusion and protest all rolled into one.

'Uncle, I and John, I mean Mr Moray are together now. He is leaving Katherine Glendening at the alter after she refused to accept that he could not marry her. He father, Lord Glendening had warned John that if he broke her heart he would crush him which means hurting anyone dear to him especially the girl who came between him and his Daughters wedding. We must leave. John has sorted everything out so that if we go we shall be fine. Please Uncle I implore you to come with us. I will not see you hurt by my actions'

'Denise, its so sudden, are you sure he is the right man? The right way to go? If you believe it is the right way then yes I will come. How log do I have?

Miss Audrey has not yet fully left the shop as she had remembered just as she was a foot out the door she still had something she wished to discuss with Edmund but what she just heard changed everything.

'What do you mean my girl? He isn't marrying Miss Glendening..?'

' I have no time to explain Miss Audrey but yes, he is not marrying her. We are leaving. As soon as we are ready. As soon as my Uncle has packed as yes. I believe he is the right man and this is the right way,'

'If you insist Denise. I must go. The only reason I'm not sold out of this shop already is because I know he would buy it but now if he is going down with me I might as well get out while I can. Audrey, come with us? Please. A new start for us and for them'

After his request left his mouth Audrey seemed uncertain. She was scared of the idea like she was scared of love. She was unsure of what the future held outside the Paradise, at this moment everyone was feeling this way. What would happen once they left through the doors of The Paradise for the last time?