Hey guys...I've been on a breakdown mode as of late. I think, this fic too, Secrets in the Dark will be better if I break down the chapters one by one. Thanks for all the support and appreciation of this too, my vision. Hope you like it! This story is based on my love of R&B music. Disclaimers is always a must. All the songs used are owned by their respective writers, producers and performers. And now on to the story!
SECRETS IN THE DARK
Chapter 1: Intro
The lights go down and except for a few little howls and hoots, there is complete and utter silence. The stage was empty as a rhythmic beat and a hooking bassline surround the concert hall. Her fans are waiting in sheer anticipation of what is to come. They chant and scream her name over and over. Suddenly, from off stage, they hear the angelic voice of the woman who has taken the world by storm. As they listen to her sweet and inviting voice, seranading them with sweet echos, the music grows as Felicia Johnson-Feinberg steps out onto the stage. She wore a beautiful tight backless white dress that stopped just above her knees. Her diamond earrings and matching pendant necklace set were all she needed to complete the outfit. On her feet, she wore white high heels. She quickly acknowledged the audience, before she began to sing. Felicia, 30, stood 5' 7" with long brown-black straight hair. With a smile that was a seductive as well as heavenly and a distinctively vibrant personality that was a laid back as her hair, Felicia was indeed beautiful - inside and out. Her body was slim and athletic but still shapely, as the dress she wore accentuated the curvy silhouettes of her body. It was obvious that she took very good care of herself. Felicia stood tall and proud as she began to sing her heart out.
Oooh yeah
I wanna feel you next to me
Ooooh...time after time, when im feelin low
Somethin inside of me lets me know it's alright
Loves on my side
When the world...seems a lonely place
I've got a dream that wont leave a trace of the blues
I just think of you baby i know
[chorus:
I've got a real thing here by my side
Someone who needs me holding me tight
Snd these special feelings wont ever fade
Cause i knew from the start you put a move on my heart
Baby our loves like a melody playing for us
In the sweetest key you could find the music of life
And when we touch theres the warmest glow
Heat in the passion that heaven knows its a dream
Just for you, you and me...and baby i know
[chorus:
I've got a real thing the love of my life
Someone who needs me and he feels me with pride
Baby now, now and forever, we'll never part
Cause you're the world to me you put a move on my heart
I got a real love yes i do, and you're someone baby
You're someone baby, someone that needs true love
And these, these special feelings, time can embrace
Baby, believe me this aint a dream and suger
I knew, i knew from the start, you put a move on me
Oooh you got through to my heart
You got through to my heart babe oooh
Baby cant you see, you and i were meant to be
Hold me, love me passionately blind, love me til the end of time
Hold me, love me (and dont love go)
Baby cant you see, you and i were meant to be
(I want you to touch me babe) passionately blind
Love me til the end of time, hold me love me oooh
I want you right here, right now, laying by my side sugar thrill me tonight
I wanna feel you in my arms ohh babe ohhh and u know i love when your lovin me
As the concert drew to a close, Felicia addressed her legion of fans and walked off stage. She was greeted with many congradulatory expressions as she walked down the long corridor to her dressing room. When she got there, she opened the door to find it covered a shower of roses. She shot a look of confusion as she sat down in her chair. She picked up one of the bouquets and found a note in it. She pulled it out and read it.
Congratulations on another great and wonderful show Sis. Sorry I couldn't be there for this one, but I will see you back home in a few days.
I love you,
Dwayne
Felicia smiled as she put the note back in the flowers. She moved the other flowers out of the way as reached for some tissue to wipe the sweat from her brow. As she was about to get up to go and change clothes to leave for the evening and go back to her hotel, there was a knock on her door. Her best friend, Taylor Parker, walked into her room with another bouquet of roses.
"Hey girl."
"Hey."
"I thought you would be ready by now." Taylor gave the flowers to Felicia.
"No, not yet, I was looking at the all the flowers that my brother sent me." Felicia smelled the flowers and smiled.
"Looks like a damn hospital room in here."
"Thanks."
"Welcome."
Taylor, strong and level-headed, stood every bit of 5' 6" with shoulder-length brown hair and light to medium toned skin. She, too, was very beautiful. Taylor and Felicia had been best friends for the last 10 years. Their friendship came about when they lived in the same apartment complex in Washington D.C.. Sometime later they moved to Florida, where they had a separation. Felicia got called to go to New York to record her first single, and Taylor moved to Connecticut to start her own advertising agency. It wasn't until Felicia's first single, "You Put A Move On My Heart" began to hit radio waves that Felicia heard again from Taylor. From that day on, Taylor became Felicia's personal business manager and most of all, her best friend again.
Felicia went into the dressing room to change into her more appropriate clothing for the evening. When she was finished with everything, she walked out in a pair of black jeans a light blue short sleeved shirt, with her black high heeled boots. She put her hair in a high ponytail and applied her clear watermelon lip gloss.
"Ready to go?" Felicia asked Taylor.
Taylor rolled her eyes playfully at Felicia. "Yep. I've been ready."
"Okay, let's go."
Felicia grabbed all her necessary things to get ready to return home to Miami. She was very excited about it. She would get to be at home with her family - something she had not done in quite a while. Since the launch of her debut album entitled, "Felicia", she had not been there. She missed them - as they did her. Her thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of her cell phone. It was her husband, Donald Fienberg.
"Hello."
"Do you have any idea how much I love you?"
"Is it anything as much as I love you?"
"Nope."
"Oh well, when you get home I will just have to take care of that."
"Mmm, I like the thought of that, Mrs. Fienberg."
"Me, too, Mr. Fienberg. So what are you doing?"
"Nothing much, thinking of you and trying to get home to you, but I don't think it's gonna happen as soon as I would like it to."
"Oh honey, why not?"
"Well, there are some mishaps that have taken place and I think I'm gonna have to stay a day or two later than we originally planned."
"Oh man."
"You are so cute when you pout."
"How did you know I was pouting?"
"Because I know you."
"Too well."
Don stayed on the phone with his wife until one of his executive assistants knocked lightly on his door. He mouthed a silent 'come in' to him as he continued to talk with Felicia. Peter Hawkins placed a manila folder on his desk and pointed at it so he would take a look. As Don looked over it, his demeanor changed a bit. There were computer errors that needed his immediate attention. Don and Felicia met while he was a small business executive in Los Angeles about three years prior to their marriage. He continued to talk with Felicia.
"Felicia, honey, I'm gonna have to call you back."
"Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing that you need to worry you pretty little head for. It's just business."
"Okay, well don't keep me waiting too long."
"I won't baby."
"I love you, Don."
"I love you, too, Felicia."
They hung up their phones. Felicia smiled as she placed her phone back on her hip. She walked out of the back door of the arena to find Taylor waiting for her. They hopped into the limosine and drove off.
