Eva returned from her interview and saw John's costume lying on the couch. She smelled something wonderful wafting out from the kitchen. "John?" she called.
He walked out of the kitchen smiling. "Five minutes 'till chow time."
"You're cooking?" Eva asked walking towards him. "What's the occasion?"
"I've been a jerk lately and I'm sorry, baby." He kissed her on the lips and she tried not to smile. "You're quite a girl, Eva. I love you."
"I love you too," Eva replied, finally letting a smile cross her lips.
"Let's eat." He served Eva. It wasn't the fanciest meal, but Eva was thrilled that he put in any effort at all. They ate and talked and Eva felt as though things were indeed going to get better…Little did she know that John was trying to counteract any negative thoughts that Sarah had tried to put into her mind.
After they finished, they began to get dressed for the party. Eva had made her costume, a vintage looking white satin gown; she wanted to go to the party as a glamorous actress from Hollywood's past…a few alterations later and she was Fay Wray, the perfect companion for "King Kong."
"Well, look at you," John said eyeing his fiancé. "You look beautiful."
"Thank you," she said almost gushing. She was reeling from all of the attention he was showing her. "You should go get ready, 'King.'" He slipped on his ape suit and they left for Stuart's.
As they walked to Stuart's front door, John turned to Eva. "You have a good time tonight, you deserve it. I'll be the designated driver, k?"
Eva smiled. "Sounds good to me." John took her hand and they walked inside.
"Eva," Stuart said greeting her, "you look gorgeous."
"Thank you, Zorro…I mean Stuart," she laughed.
"And who's this monkey?" he asked winking at her.
"Funny, Stuart," John replied.
"Just kiddin.' You two have fun."
Eva and John spent a little while mingling with friends; then Sarah showed up. She was dressed as Catwoman.
"Whoa sis," Eva said. "You look nice and slinky."
"I'll take that as a compliment," Sarah laughed.
For a while, everyone was having a good time. Eventually, Eva lost track of Sarah…Stuart's parties had a reputation for people getting a little wild, so Eva figured that Sarah was off having a good time.
John kept making sure that Eva had a drink in her hand; she hadn't let loose in a while, so Eva hardly noticed. She was the slightest bit "tipsy" when John's cell phone rang. Supposedly it was someone from his firm and he had to find someplace quiet to take the call. Eva spent some time with some of her friends, but after a while, she decided to try to find John.
She walked upstairs and started to check the bedrooms; most were "occupied." She came across a room and heard John's voice. She heard him saying something along the lines of, "All right, how about if I do that then?" She thought nothing of it, so she peeked her head in the room. She saw John…and Sarah…"together." Before they could see her, she was out of the room and rushing down the hall. She grabbed an open bottle of wine from a table next to an empty bedroom. She went inside and nursed the bottle as she cried.
At the moment that Eva saw the betrayal in the bedroom, she had heard some kind of commotion downstairs, she didn't know what was going on and she really didn't care. She had no idea that the person causing all of that commotion would take away all of the hurt and pain that was taking over her heart and mind.