~ The Depths of my Sorrows ~

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Chapter Three

Daniel fixed his tie, straightening it, then stepped back to see his reflection in the full length mirror. His hair neatly combed back, his black dress pants ironed and pressed, his dress shirt was the exact same shade of his eyes, his jacket had in his single pocket a neatly folded handkerchief with a single white rose sitting in the centre. He smiled at his reflection. Picking up the box he slipped it into his pant pocket before grabbing the keys. She was being released today and he was going to surprise her. He couldn't help but smile.

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Greg felt a little nervous, the atmosphere in the room was heavy with tension and the way the lady in front of him kept glaring at him one minute then shrinking away the next as if she were scared of him was a little perturbing.

"Daniel never told me about you." She finally said breaking the silence. She couldn't believe that the man who stood in front of her was not the man she loved and adored but he was the exact identical right down to the dimple in his left cheek. "I'm sorry I didn't realise."

"No, that's okay. We uh...we had a little uh...well let's just say we parted in bad terms." Greg stared at her intensely. He could see her long slender legs uncovered under the towel which was still wrapped around her small petite yet graciously voluptuous curves. Her short hair dampened hung in natural curves shaping her round face.

Amy flushed as she saw him study her realising she was still in a towel. Her fingers tightened its hold then abruptly she asked him to leave. "I'm really in a hurry... I'm leaving today to meet Daniel." Her face lightened at the thought of him, her eyes sparkled, her smile genuine. Greg felt a small tug at his heart.

"I'm sorry to be parting company with you so soon...uh?"

"Amy. Amy Anderson." She replied smiling. 'His just as charming as Daniel' she mused quietly to herself.

"Well, Miss Anderson..."

"Amy, please."

"It was a pleasure to make your acquaintance." He gave a slight bow and departed from her room a little disappointed to leave without accomplishing further.

Amy closed the door behind him making sure it was lock. Leaning her head against the door she breathed deeply. Her heart thumped an even rhythm. Looking at Greg brought emotions she only ever felt for Daniel. That was not good.

She found in her wardrobe a lovely turquoise dress hanging on it's coat hanger. Amy gasped at it's loveliness. Gently she took it out and looked at it, then quickly putting it on, struggling to tie her bodice she admired herself in the mirror. The dress fit her perfectly. It shimmered like raindrops and looked natural on her when she moved. Her front bodice was cut low revealing a fair amount of her chest. Her sleeves were transparent with small openings running from her shoulder to her elbow. Her skirt fell loosely reaching her mid thigh. She was pleased. She put on light make up and did her hair carefully. She had a feeling that today was going to be special and she wanted to look the part. When she picked up her small pocket mirror a rippling a pain ran through her body. She doubled over gasping for breath clutching her side letting the mirror slip from her fingers.

CRASH!!!

Her eyes widened in horror as the pain receded and the small shards of glass lay scattered all over the bathroom tile floor. 7 years bad luck... A memory popped in her mind. She could picture her grandmother telling her that it was a bad omen for someone to break a mirror. It was seven years bad luck, but all that was just superstitious stuff old people tell children to scare them. That was what she thought until...No!

"No!" Her hands shaking uncontrollably, her lip trembling. A dark shadow hovered over her heart; she didn't know what to make of it. She cleaned up the mess and packed her things eager to leave the dreaded place.

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Greg left her room more flustered then before. Not only did he feel something for the girl but he still had not yet spoken or rather seen Daniel since his arrival. He needed to discuss their inheritance with him but he seems to elude him everywhere he went. Sighing he dropped his gaze to the tile floor when an image of blue eyes stared back at him. The bluest eyes he had ever seen. He was just rounding a corner when he bumped into a nurse.

"Excuse me..."

"I'm sorry..."

"Greg?" She said this softly, her voice barely audible.

Greg gave an inward groan as he recognised the owner of the voice. "Hi, Rei. It's been a long time." He flashed her a smile which brought a blush to her cheeks, then as if remembering something a fire burned in her violet eyes, her face slowly turned red with anger. The next thing he knew...SLAP!

"How dare you." She hissed, angrily brushing back her raven bangs which fell over her eyes. "And what are you doing here? I thought I said I never wanted to see you again..."

"Rei please." Greg said more calmly taking her shoulders.

Rei squirmed in his arms breaking free from his grip, "Don't you dare touch me Greg. Never again. I can't believe I was such a fool to trust you. I believed I was the only girl in your life. I guess I was wrong. You used me."

"I would never use you Rei, you know that." Greg said, hurt that she would think so little of him.

"No," she snapped poking him at his chest with her index finger. "Then what was I? Your mistress on the sideline? Someone you would come to when you... When you felt like it." She screeched.

"No, I..."

"That's enough, six years ago I thought you were going to propose then you... you disappeared. Later I find on the front page of every paper that you were engaged to a Mina (surname) and was going to marry her only to leave her at the altar. What are you supposed to make of that Greg."

Greg said nothing but looked at her. Rei was still beautiful he had to admit. He was going to tell her about the engagement but it never came up.

Reis face softened and her tone came to a whisper. "I suppose I should be glad that was not me at the altar but I never heard from you not for four years. You sent me a post card, all it said was 'Sorry I missed our dinner date. I'll make it up to you one day'." Looking at Greg all the feelings she had felt for him resurfaced, feelings that only he could evoke from her, looking down. "Mother said you were a player to the bone, but I didn't care. You made me feel special. If I had the chance I'd do it all over again just to be with you." She gave him a defeated smile, "But I already have a boyfriend, and we're engaged." She showed him the ring on her left ring finger. It was a silver band with a 22 carat diamond in the centre with small pearls set around it. It was beautiful, simple but beautiful. It had an elegance to it.

He smiled at her, a genuine smile, "Congratulations, may your lives together be happy and prosperous."

Rei returned the smile looking up at him, "Thank you."

"I have to go now Rei, but maybe one day we'll catch up on things." Giving her a quick peck on both her cheeks he strode of heading for the main lobby.

Rei watched him leave her heart sinking, "Bye Greg." She whispered softly.

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It was beginning to get dark when Daniel pulled up at the front of the hospital. He looked at his watch....3...2...1...BANG! He looked up at the sky and smiled. Right on cue. One firework after another erupted into the velvety sky, a colourful array of light. He stood in the middle of a small clearing at the car park, looking up at the window he knew belonged to her. He saw her small head look out the window and could only guess from the way her hand suddenly flew to her mouth that she was surprised. She looked down at him, he was already on one knee and holding a box out, the light reflected of the object inside, for the firework display he had asked to spell out something for him. Each bang brought a different letter into view and stayed amongst the stars. He smiled as she nodded her head vigorously then she diappeared from view.

Across the road he saw a figure stop in front of a car. His face showed no emotion as he watched like every other spectator the firework display. Daniel's smile turned grim as he saw his mirror reflection standing there. What is he doing here? Then the sound of a door bursting open caught his attention for there in the turquoise dress he had purchased for her stood the love of his life. His other half. Shimmering in her dress, a light glowed from around her, a smile on her beautiful face. Daniel heard gasps from near spectators as she slowly walked to the edge of the road which separated them.

"Yes." She said her eyes bright with unshed tears. "Yes Daniel (surname). I will marry you." As she said these last words the last of the letters was sent roaring into the depths of the sky.

Amy Anderson, will you marry me?

Daniel's face brightened. At that moment it was just the two of them. Alone in their own little world. He wanted to reach out and hold her. He jogged across the road, his face glued to hers, his eyes only seeing her and as he reached out to her she saw her eyes widen, her arms flailing, her mouth opening to scream but no words came from them. Suddenly a bright light was flashing at him, a horn beeping loudly. Everythng seemed to drown him, movements seemed slow, sound could not be heard but he felt it. The pain. The agonising ache as a car hit him in full force. The pain when he smashed into the windshield and rolled of the car landing with a thump on the pavement. His senses were numb, he couldn't feel his legs. He felt his ribs crack. He lay still, he could hear the screams, the pitter patter of footsteps, the gasps as shouts of people ordering other people. He felt his hands were empty...the ring was gone. At that moment he saw her face, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Daniel...daniel..." She choked, her eyes becoming blurry. "Daniel..."

AN: I hope you like this chap...it's a bit I don't know...what do you think? Read and Review....oh and sorry about all this (surname) thing but I can't seem to think what they are and I don't know if I should just make it up.