Chapter 12
Mariah didn't know what to say, she was offered a chance to go on tour with Christina Aguilera, she couldn't believe it.
"Wow, like, sure, I'd love to"
Kelly smiled. "Thats great, I'm glad you said yes, now come on, we need to get you practicing"
Kelly led Mariah out of the club.
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Mariah's dancing had made headlines. She was considered very talented. Mariah was interviewed by ITN. Mariah couldn't believe, she was going to be on the news. If you told her last year that in exactly one year she would be on the news, she would have laughed in your face.
Mariah was enjoying being interviewed, if only she knew the wrong people were watching.
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Back at Home Farm Matthew was watching the news, Gabby had come over and was doing the crossword in the newspaper. Something on the TV caught Matthew's attention.
"Gabby look"
"What is it"
Gabby gasped.
"Oh my god, Mariah is on TV, wow, she's made it in London"
The news also showed videos of Mariah dancing.
"I never knew she was a dancing ace, she told me she wanted to study dance, but wow"
"I know, Gabby its a good thing she decided to leave"
"Yeah imagine what would have happened if Grayson found her, she would be stuck in that private college, bored out of her mind doing economics"
"Wonder what Larry would do if he saw her now"
"Relax Matt, he's probably busy working on a court case of something"
If only that were true.
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Grayson was sitting alone watching the ITN news, he was drinking a cup of coffee, hoping Mariah was alright.
He thought to himself. "She's probably ruined herself already, probably a drug addict as I think"
Grayson was brought out of his mind by a very interesting news report.
Now I'm going to introduce to you London's latest dancing sensation. Miss Mariah Sugden. Mariah is only 16 and has been spotted by all the best club owners and even Christina Aguilera's chief dancer who is looking for dancers to tour.
Mariah was spotted by her at Soho's exclusive nightclub Coco's. Club owner Coco is confident Mariah has everything she needs to succeed
Grayson's eyes were glued to the screen, there was also a video clip of Mariah dancing in the club and then a short interview.
When that bit of news was finished Grayson turned off the TV. He was fuming Mariah had run off to London to become a dancer, she may be a mini star right now, but there was no future for her, she would have her five minutes of fame and then she would be finished, working on the streets or even a drug addict. He had to get Mariah back to Mill Cottage, by whatever means possible.
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"Did you find out anything more about Mariah's friend?"
"No, Gabby, but I'm working on it, there was no body found so there is a good chance she is alive"
"Where would she be Matt, who's holding her and why"
"My guess is on Grayson, he seems a likely suspect, I don't have a motive"
Matthew went to get his coat.
"Matt, where are you going?"
"To Grayson's, me and him need to have a little chat"
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Mariah was busy packing tonight she would be going to Paris with the other dancers. She hadn't met them or Christina yet but she was looking forward to it. Kelly would be picking her up at 7pm to take her to Heathrow.
Once Mariah was out of the country there would be no chance Grayson would follow her, he wouldn't have any idea she would be in France. Mariah thought to herself.
"Ha, if only he could see me now, he has no idea I'm even a top dancer"
If only that were true.
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Matthew sped through the village towards Mill Cottage. Grayson was loading things into his car. Grayson was heading to London, to find Mariah. He had found out from one of his sources that Mariah would be flying out to Paris from Heathrow tonight, he had to get there and stop her, by whatever means necessary.
Matthew jumped out of his car and marched up to Grayson.
"Hey Larry, I want a word with you"
"Oh do you know, well as you can see I'm busy"
"It will have to wait"
"Now you listen to me I know about what you did to Katie"
Grayson laughed in his face
"What I did, I don't know what you are talking about"
"You know, you had Katie murdered and made it look like a suicide, so you could take full responsibility for Mariah"
Grayson had a dangerous look on his face
"You should be careful Matthew spreading around accusations like that, you never know what could happen"
"Don't play games with me Larry, and what have you done with Tish"
"Who's Tish?"
"You know perfectly well Larry; she was Mariah's best friend"
"She has no friends, she doesn't need them, I'm the only friend she needs"
"As you say Larry, I've had enough of your stupid remarks"
As Matthew was saying that something clicked in his head.
"You off somewhere Larry?"
"What's it to you anyway, but as you ask I'm off to London"
"You'll never find Mariah, she's safe"
"I have some business to attend to, Matthew, now this is private property so get off my land"
Matthew just left, everything clicked.
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Matthew drove back to Home Farm eager to tell Gabby this new piece of information. He ran through the door startling Gabby.
"Matt, what is it"
"I know what happened to Tish"
"You do, tell me"
"I was talking to Grayson, it was something he said about him being the only friend she needed. I think he had Tish abducted so she was kept away from Mariah. The man is a control freak he only wanted Mariah to speak to him and him only. I can't believe I didn't notice it before"
"Oh my god, he's a psychopath"
"I know, he's on his way to London as we speak, he said he has business to attend to there but he's going after Mariah, he seemed confident about it"
"How does he know where to look"
"He's very clever Gabby, he must have been watching the news last night, plus I know he has used the services of private detectives"
"We have to warn Mariah"
"Gabby, we can't she doesn't have her phone, she left it here, for security, we just have to hope she makes it to the plane before Grayson can get to her."
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Grayson had been driving for hours down the motorway it was 5pm already and he was just about reaching central London. He knew exactly where Mariah was staying and he knew there would be security all around the place.
Grayson took it easy, he checked into the Ritz hotel in London. He had a plan and so far it was going well, nothing was going to stop him.
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