Chapter 8:

"A Deal's a Deal"

Part 1 of 3

September 15th, 2014…10:05am

It was a clear sunny morning, I was in the kitchen, sipping on some coffee while watching the morning news when I saw Cassandra come in the room, walking in her satin grey robe. She looked well-rested.

"Bonjour mon amour, I trusted you slept well?" I asked, passing a cup of coffee to her"

"Yes I did dear, thank you"

She looked at the t.v.

"Anything?" She said.

"So far, nothing, which is a good thing"

Cassandra can tell he was still worried.

"Look dear, I'm worried just as much as you are but everything will work out just fine"

"Yes, I know but I'm just..scared"

"Kristina will be fine"

"I'm not talking about her"

Cassandra already knew who he was talking about.

"Wait, your more worried about him?"

"Well, in terms of possibly accidentally exposing himself, then yes."

She sighed "He already said he'd be extra cautious of his surroundings plus we mentioned that we'll be keeping an eye on him too"

I sighed. "Yes yes, your right, let's not worry too much, we still have a few days until the party but let's prepare beforehand"

"Don't worry I have this with me, just to be on the safe side" Cassandra twiddling her diamond silver cross necklace.

"Make that double safe" I said grabbing my silver necklace from under my pajama shirt.

*gurgle*

"Well, we can't do that on empty stomach now can we? It's starting to get warm so let's hurry up " I said.

They walked to the table to have the breakfast that was starting to get cold.

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September 15th, 2014…12:35pm

Cassandra and I were making our way to Balls n' Blitz to meet up with Theo and Aurora for lunch.

We were just pulling up into building's parking lot, I saw Theo already at the front entrance waiting. He waved at us when we passed by.

We found a spot right at the front, I pulled up and parked the car then Cassandra and I got out and walked towards Theo.

"Well, good afternoon you two." Theo greeting us when we approached the front doors.

"Afternoon my friend, are you two all set?" I asked.

"Aurora's just setting up a couple more things up in the ballroom. Would you like a sneak peek of it?"

"Of course, follow me inside"

He directed us inside the main hallway towards one of the ballrooms.

We passed a few rooms on our way there, not knowing which one were going too that's until we approached one where in front of the doors was displaying a big purple and white balloon arch.

"Well, that's certainly going to be easy to spot" Cassandra said.

"Oh yes ma'am" Aurora said coming out of the room. "There's plenty more to show you."

"Don't take too long dear, we have reservations at 1pm." Theo addressed to her.

"Don't worry, I won't" Aurora addresses us to follow her into the room.

When we got into the room, we both widened our eyes.

The tables were nicely decorated with a royal purple table cloth strip placed on top of plain white tablecloths. Same thing with the chairs except the backings were nicely shaped into bowties. The purple and white roses in the nice fancy crystal vases with dangling crystals topped it off as the main centrepieces. Along with some small white candles surrounding them as well.

A stage was set up at the right side of the room for the band to play as well.

Cassandra pur her finger to her chin. "Well, I love it. As always!"

"So do I. You always do such amazing job on these things" Pierre said.

"Well, I have been doing this for so many years and I've never seen anyone complain about it, even you two when I planned your wedding. I can still remember how it turned out, one of the first events I ever planned out. I was very proud of myself that day and today as well. I'm very happy as this is turning out fantastic so far." Aurora clasping her hands.

I had to admit it, I was amazed at what she pulled off that day. It made our special night even better.

"What will the main entertainment be? As I'll be looking forward to that." Cassandra asked.

"I hired a small group of dancers for the night who will be performing a Cirque Du Soliel style show"

*gasp!*

"Oh how wonderful! I'm sure she'd love that a lot! I know I will!"

"Yes dear, I know how much you love those shows. Your always begging me to get tickets for their shows as soon as they announce they're coming" Pierre said.

"But they're so amazing at what they do, who doesn't love those kinds of performances?"

I rolled my eyes playfully.

"Can't blame them. I am mesmerized at what those people can do" Aurora said.

"Same here" I said.

Just then Theo comes into the room.

"Well, I'm very glad everyone likes the set-up, fabulous job as always dear."

Aurora smiles proudly.

"But I'm afraid we have to end our little celebration as it's already quarter to one, we should get going."

Everyone was starting to head out when I stopped suddenly. Theo turned around to see what was holding me up.

"Where's he going to be at?"

"Aurora didn't want to leave him hanging and make things awkward so, we thought its best if he sits with us."

The thought of us next to him and close to Kristina, made me feel doubtful and uneasy. But again, it's a good way to keep our eyes close on him and the girls.

"Well, that doesn't sound bad but what if people start to question? What's his story?" I asked

"We'll just say he's from out of town, we bumped into him, was going to be by himself and decided to invite him here."

"Not bad, not bad."

"Look Pierre, I feel the same as you do right now but we have to do this, it's the only way to help him out, and look out for Kristina as well, let's just hope for the best."

I looked around the room and sighed.

"Let's hope so."