Chapter 44:
Visions, Dreams and Truths
A/N: Tell me what you think...because feedback is always welcome.
"Sir, Can I help you?" the woman asked.
"Yes, I need 150 red roses delivered to this address.", Daniel removed the car from his pocket. "on Valentine's Day morning at precisely 10:00."
"Okay, do you wish to pay now or...", she asked.
"I need to add a bouquet of red roses also, and I need a card attached to these saying...Beauty, I know you're going through a tough time right now, but know that no matter what I'm here for you...Daniel. Also, have them delivered to this address, he pulled out another card."
"Do you want a card attached to the 150 red roses?", she asked.
"No, those are coming to me, I'll take care of those when the time comes.", he told her. "So how much will that be?"
"Three hundred and fifty seven dollars and eighty - nine dollars.", she told him.
He nodded, and handed her the correct amount of money requested. "What time should the flowers be delivered?"
"About 30 minutes or so.", she told him.
"Good, I need to go do a few things first, so I should have the time.", he told her.
"Okay, thank you and please come again.", the woman smiled.
Daniel nodded, and made his way out of the door. "Daniel?", Whitney asked.
"Mrs. Harris?", Daniel asked. "You're Theresa, Fox's wife's friend, right?"
"Yes, I do believe we meet briefly when Dylan was in ICU, my mother was his doctor and he was close friends with Fox and Theresa and Kat and him were very much a couple to say the least.", Whitney told him.
"Yeah, Kat is a very special girl and I know she is having a tough time cooping right now.", Daniel replied, he generally cared for Kathelina and he'd decided in the wee hours of the morning that he would make her his, he would help her get over the loss of Dylan and make her see how truly happy he could make her.
"Yeah, but, don't worry Kathelina is blessed because, she happens to have two wonderful brothers who care a lot for her and of course all of us are gonna help her deal with this.", Whitney told him.
"So am I. Kat, and I have became extremely close, I know it's been not that long since I came here, but, Kat and I are...she's really the only person I know and she was so nice to me that night Fox and I got into our little disagreement and she already knows more about me then anyone in this world...and she is so...", Daniel began.
"Daniel, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were in love with Kathelina?", Whitney questioned. "But, you can't be...and besides, you know Kat loves Dylan and it will be extremely hard for her to move on..."
"Well Dylan is dead and Kathelina will one day have to move on with her life, Dylan isn't coming back and Kathelina is so young, you know yesterday was her birthday and it broke my heart to see tears stream down her cheeks when it was suppose to be one of the best days of her life.", Daniel told her, Whitney nodded.
"I don't know what to say.", Whitney admitted.
"Yeah, well I hate to see her so sad and I don't care what I have to do I'm going to help her move on with her life, give her joy again.", Daniel vowed. "I'm going to help her love again and teach her what it's like to be loved."
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"Noah...", Rachel began.
"Rachel, what a pleasant surprise.", Noah greeted.
"Well, actually it isn't...", Rachel replied, "since we both work at the same place, I think we'll be seeing a lot of each other."
"Oh happy day, why did you choose here of all place to work?", he asked.
"Because, my family owns this corporation and it is my birth right...", she began.
"Your family stole everything they own and your mother her soul purpose is to make my poor mother's life a living hell.", he replied.
"Well you're father, is as much to blame as my mother...", she told him.
"Ivy is to blame, Ivy is the one, who keep a secret from everyone for over 20 years. She then used Ethan as a way to get close to my father, which drove a wedge between my parents.", he told her.
"Let me guess Gracie and Sam where always the modern day Cleavers.", she asked.
"My mother and father...", he began.
"I get that your parent's separation was sad, but, that is nothing to the life I've leaded. People wanna holla because I am rich I have it made, well you don't know nothing. My life is not glamorous, it's anything but, glamorous. It is cruel and real - I learned along time ago there's no such thing as happiness, all it is, is one big act with a bunch of fakes. You know what I would give to be normal, to have parents who had at least one normal conversation, to have a father and grandfather who is not driven by greed and having full control.", she told him. "Be thankful that you actually have some found childhood memories of your family."
"I never...", he began.
"I don't need your petty, I am a grown woman.", she told him, "And if you haven't noticed I take care of myself quiet good, now if you'll excuse me I have work to do."
"Sure.", he replied, he watched as she stormed off
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"Drake, Drake, what did James tell you?" Janet asked.
"It doesn't make sense...Jan, it doesn't make sense, I mean, how can one man be so evil? I mean, James told me that Fox...it just doesn't make sense.", Drake told her.
"Drake, honey why don't you take a nap, you look a little wore out, and besides it'll help you digest things better once you have a cleared mind.", Jan suggested, he nodded.
"Okay, that's a good idea, why don't you lie down with me?", he asked.
"Baby, I would love to but, I have things to do and tonight, well I'll make it up to you.", she told her, she ran her hand through his short brown locks. "I promise.", she added, then she took his lips with her own, she pulled back and gave him a big smirk. "Drake, I really need to go, but, I'll be back. So in the meantime lay down get some rest, you're still recovering from a gun shot wound."
"I will.", he told her, he quickly removed his shirt and threw himself on the bed. "Are you sure you can't stay with me?"
"I wish I could but, I can't.", she told him.
"Okay.", he replied.
"I'll be back soon.", she told him. "Want me to turn the lights out?"
"He nodded. "Yes, please."
She nodded and went over to the blinds and pull them and then turned off the light switch, then she blew him a kiss and quickly left the room.
He closed his eyes, he hated not knowing about his past.
"Oh God Katherine you're all woman. I've never scene no one this…wow.", he let his hands run down her side, down her thigh.
He took her nipples in his hands and corseted them till they were hard then he proceeded to suck them.
He felt his heart skip a beat, and his eyes flew open, who was that girl? Why was he remembering her? Then it happened again.
"He'll never have to know.", she replied edging closer to him. "It'll be our little naughty secret.", she added.
But, this time it was more vivid, he could make out the girls face, she was by far the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen with her straight blonde hair, her beautiful green eyes, this was not your average woman, he knew she was important to him, just by the way his heart beat and the waves of desire he felt for this blonde haired, sexy, bed room eyes beauty.
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"Fox, you're awfully quiet." , Theresa told him, walking up behind him.
"Did you ever feel like something is off but, you just can't put your finger on it?", Fox asked.
"Yeah, lots of times, Fox what is this about?", she asked,
"Janet, she is no where to be found and Dylan is dead and somehow, I find that odd...I mean, Janet has always been the world's biggest fake and I was so sure she'd be here shedding crocodile tears and making everyone feel sorry for her and yet, she is no where to be found, it's like she disappeared.", Fox told her.
"Maybe she thought no one wanted her around or maybe she just figured that it would make things easier on everyone if she just left.", Theresa asked.
"Theresa, you don't Janet like I do, she loves to see people suffering and if she thought Kathelina might make the news as the grieving girlfriend, she'd do everything she could to make herself look like she's ready to lose her mind over Dylan...I guess the bottom line is this, it's unlike Janet to just up and disappear...unless she's up to something, but the question is what?", he asked.
"Fox, maybe you're just - Fox, I know that you loved Dylan and I know that you want to blame someone, and I'm sorry but, Janet isn't to blame...", Theresa began.
"So you're trying to say I am?", Fox snapped.
"No, Fox no one is to blame...things happen and no one can change them, and sometimes no one is to blame for it.", Theresa told him.
"Theresa, I - I, he's the only one that I had left, I mean, you don't get it never mind...", Fox trailed off.
"Try me, I might just surprise you, plus I - Fox, we use to tell each other everything and I - I want that back, I want to share our problems, I want it to our problem and not just yours.", she told him.
He looked at her and nodded. "Theresa, you know I never told no one this but, I - I can be a little calculating at sometimes, I set tests for people, it's not nothing big, I've did you that way in the beginning, you know I'd give you these little tests, to see just how honest you were or how dependable, I've always done that, because, in this world there is a lot of people who are after one of two things...money and power and they do not care to use people to get what they want...well Dylan and April were the only two people, that passed that test...they weren't only after money, they wanted to be my friend, not my pocketbooks.", Fox told her. "And, we were so close, I learned one thing about them both very quickly, they were loners and a lot like myself, they were the outcast of their families always trying to find somewhere they belong, so the three of us we formed our own family and also found somewhere we all three belonged...and, through the years neither of us broke apart, yeah, we found other people in our lives but, we were always like a family, we spent all of our holidays together...then, I - I always kind of looked after April, she was a lot like a sister to me, I looked out for her and if I thought anyone was taking advantage of her, then I'd react like a brother. Well anyways, I - Daniel, I knew he was trouble, he use to hang around with the wild crowd, and yes, I know that me and Dylan and a few other had some wild evenings but, nothing like them, hell they made us look like Boy Scots...they were all junkies and April was drawn to him, you see April and Dylan's birthday was in the same month so they always had a their party together and well Daniel happened to show up and he simply wooed her so much that she went against everything she believed in...and, it wasn't till long till she had dropped all her friends and had made Daniel and his gang her ones...I remember the fight we had that night April had came in at 11 that next morning, she'd been out all night with Hennery and Daniel and she was high, I mean out of her mind.
Flashback
"Where have you been?", Fox demanded.
"Out.", April told him.
"Oh My God, do you know what time it is?", Fox asked.
"11.", she replied.
"Yeah, you've been gone for 15 hours.", he told her.
"So...", she replied.
"So...so April do you know how worried I've been?", he asked.
"God, would you quit it? Your not my father...Fox, why do you care?", she asked.
"April, you are special to me, you always have been and I don't want to see you mess up big time..", he told her, he watched as she jerked her shirt over he head and fetch another out of her closet, she laughed mocking him as he looked away.
"What's a matter, never seen a girl shirtless before?", she laughed. "April, what the hell are you - April, what is a matter, with you why are you acting like this?", he asked, he watched as she glided her body up against his.
"Fox, don't worry, I'll - I'll be yours too if you want...Daniel don't mind he - Hennery...", she began, then she busted into a fit of giggles.
"Quit it...April lie down.", he told her. "come on, we need to sleep what ever you're own off, because apparently you're out of it."
"Fox...I can't we're...I'm going to meet Daniel in an half of an hour.", she told him.
"No you're not...", he began.
"Oh Yes, I am.", she told him.
"April you're in no condition to go no where, you've had no sleep, you're on God knows what and...Daniel is not the safest guy to be around.", he told her.
"Fox, I'm - I don't care what you want...you're just jealous I have someone and you don't.", April told him, there was a knock on the door.
"Ap, you going with us?", Shelly asked, she was Hennery's current girl friend, she gave Fox a pleading look, as if to say please.
"Yeah.", April replied, with that she gathered her purse and gave Fox one more last look, with that she was gone, gone from his life forever.
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"Theresa, I should have tried to stop her, but, I didn't - I didn't do anything.", Fox replied. "I had my chance and I let it slip by, I disappointed her."
"Fox, she probably wouldn't have listen, from what you've told me she was very head strong and she was obviously crazy over Daniel.", she told him.
"Yeah...", he began. "Thank you."
"For what?", she asked.
"For being who you are for loving me, for being who you are...for keeping my world on axle", he told her.
"You are the reason, you and those two beautiful kids are the reason that I am so collected and can keep a level during the tough times.", she told him. "So tell me did I past that test that you gave me, am I trusting?"
"Hmm...I have to see about that...why don't I give you a pop quiz?", he chuckled, then he captured her lips with his own.
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"Kathelina?", Dylan asked.
"Oh My God, you're alive!", Kathelina exclaimed running to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, and letting him spin her around.
"Kat, I'm here now and that's all that matters.", Dylan told her, running his hand down her blonde locks.
"How can this be...Dylan, I saw your casket, Fox was there when they lowered you in the ground, Doctor Russell is the one who pronounced you dead?", she asked.
"Kat, not even death can keep me from you, I love you and I will always find a way to get back to you no matter what.", he told her.
"Good, I can't bare to lose you again.", she told him, kissing his lips softly, but all at once he was gone, he'd vanished leaving her alone, in the dark, pitch, black darkness. "No!"
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"Kat, Beauty, what's the matter?", Daniel asked, running over to her, he could tell she was frightened pretty badly. "Daniel, Dylan - he, he was in my dream, he was alive and he told me nothing could keep us apart not even death, and when I went to kiss him, he disappeared and then all of a sudden the who place when black and...", Kathelina was panting.
"Hey, hey it was just a dream. Kat, everything is okay...not everything there's still the fact Dylan is dead but, you're safe.", Daniel told her.
"Daniel, it seemed so real, it was like he was really there, maybe it's the universe trying to tell me something, maybe Dylan isn't dead, maybe Doctor Evil lied, maybe she was trying to...", Kathelina began.
"Kathelina, we saw him in the casket and Fox was there when they lowered the casket into the ground and...", Daniel began.
"Eve is a doctor and she isn't to found of me she know that I can blow her ass out of the water, maybe she did this in order to distract me? To keep my mouth shut.", Kathelina told her.
"Kat, I know what you're saying, but, beauty it isn't possible...", Daniel told her.
"But, you don't get it, Doctor Evil is sleeping with my father, she knows I can rat her out at any moment maybe she had Dylan transferred to another hospital and placed another corpse a John Doe in his place, I mean with a little plastic surgery you can make anyone look like Dylan.", Kathelina told him. "Look at Ethan for example we all saw him buried and look what happened he showed up last Christmas very much alive. And, Eve was the same one who pronounced him dead, so maybe Evil Eve is wrong this time."
A/N 2: The flashbacks used in the Drake flashback is from Chapter 25 of Trading In Everything For Love.
Spoilers for Chapter 45:
Janet makes plans to return to Harmony, without or with Drake?
Daniel and Kathelina grow closer.
A snow storm traps unlikely people together.
Theresa and Sam must put there differences aside endure to survive.