Everything became a blur. Sarah looked at Darien with an incredible expression on her face. Without another word she jumped into her Audi and drove off.
Darien stared at her expensive, silver car speeding off until the backlights were only visible.
He turned around and went home. Tomorrow he'll drive to the beach.
He stopped in front of his massive house. It was funny he thought, he was 27 years old ,top doctor in town and was still single. But then he remembered his past. After Sarah left, school was boring. Everyone loved Sarah but after her her disappearance, the school grew quiet. There was something missing. Darien had completely broke off with Serena when Sarah left.
Darien finished school and went to university to study medicine. Rejecting dates and parties, he spent all his time studying. It was no wonder that he became the best doctor he always wanted to be. But there was still something else that he wanted. Sarah.
Darien lay comfortably on the warm sand in his midnight blue board shorts that matched with his eyes. With his shirt off, he didn't look like a doctor. Well-toned abs with muscular body. Weird, that's what his friends always joked about. Sexy yet a doctor. A few cars pulled up and out stepped Sarah surrounded by men carrying cameras. She was wearing adeep redbikini with a matching sarong. She stepped, bare-footed, onto the sand. She talked to a man that Darien recognized as Paul
"I just want to take some shots of you wading in the water, ok?" Darien heard him say. Sarah nodded and beckoned the crew to follow her to the ocean.
Paul spotted Darien laying on the sand watching her intently. He walked over to him.
"Beautiful creature is she not?" He said as he sat down next to him.
"Yes, quite" Darien was completely mesmerized as she twirled around in the water wearing her award-winning smile.
A mobile phone rung, Snapping Darien out of his trance.
"Excuse me" Paul said as he pulled out his mobile.
"yes?" He spoke into the mobile "Do we have to?yes...fine...put her on...hello? this must be Sarah's mother" Paul looked troubled "yes, mmm yes yes ,ok sure she'll be there in.." Paul looked at his rolex "half an hour, ok? yep, ok" He snapped his mobile shut.
"Sorry we must be going" Paul turned to Darien but Darien seemed to be looking straight ahead looking at the ocean.
"uh...excuse me?" Paul waved his hand in front of Darien's face, but he didn't notice"uh...ok...bye" Paul got up looking at Darien with a weird expression.
He jogged up to Sarah. He was in a said something to her and a moment later, she was squealing with delight.She grabbed a towel and motioned to the car. It came speeding towards her, stopping only a few inches from her. She went in before the driver got out to open the door for her.
"Take me home" She ordered
Sarah's mother looked at a photo with her husband and daughter. It was when Sarah was a little girl, 5 years old to be exact. She looked so happy, on her father's shoulders. Sarah's mother looked sadly at the newspaper next to the photoframe with Sarah in lingerie. She'd be seeing her dughter soon.
Darien's mind reeled back to that rainy night when Sarah left. He was sitting in the Crown's parlour in the late hours. Sarah's mother and father came in, apparently looking for him.
"Mrs Tan" Darien greeted being polite.
She her eyes looked red. She had been crying.
"WHAT DID YOU TO MY DAUGHTER!" She screamed tears streaming down her face. Her husband stood beside her with a expressionless face. He was very close to punching Darien in the face. What had he done to his little girl.
The next day, the whole school looked at him with narrowed eyes. Word travelled fast.
Sarah walked into her master bedroom and took off her clothes she went into her bathroom and stepped into the shower. She had a quick shower and blow-dried her hair. She donned on a simple knee length black skirt with a smart long-sleeved white blouse. She ran out the house still doing her blouse buttons. All the men nearby watching intently. She let out an exasperated sigh as she tried to dry her semi-wet hair, as it made her hair slightly curly. She stepped into the limo, and gave her address to what was her house 10 years ago.
Sarah stood nervously at the door of her old house. Sarah pressed the doorbell and moments later, Sarah's mother and father were seen hugging there long lost daughter.All of themhad tears of joy running down their faces.
Sarah and her parents were sitting at a cherry wood table,in Sarah's house, her mother and father enjoying the lovely dinner.
"Ah, Sarah" Said Paul, striding into the room
"Yes" Said Sarah politely, yet coldly. She had just been interupted in her deep conversation with her parents. But Paul was never to be disrespected.
"You have a letter" he said ,he handed her a fancy envelope "Well? What is it" He said rudely as she opened it.
"It's a highschool reunion" the words barely escaped heer lips. She collapsed back on the leather chair. She put her hands on her foread andmoaned.
"Don't worry, sweetheart" Her mother said reassuringly as she placed a hand on her shoulder "He won't bother you, besides everyone is expecting you to come"
Sarah looked at her father, he nodded.
Darien bent over the mailbox and extracted his mail. Bill, bill, bill ...Highschool reunion? He groaned
