Silent Treatment (22 page)

Authors: Jackie Williams

Tags: #Romance, #New Adult & College, #Teen & Young Adult, #Literature & Fiction, #Performing Arts, #Dance, #Inspirational

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He let her go.

“Good. I’m going to hold you to that, and just as a reminder, and only so that you don’t forget me while you’re saying hello to all these other students.” He rummaged in his dressing gown pocket and lifted out a tiny box. “I want you to have this.” He opened the box and Carrie gasped as the huge diamond glinted a million sparkles around the room. He picked the ring out of the velvet and lifted her left hand. The platinum band slipped perfectly onto her finger.

Carrie could barely speak.

“Dan, it’s…I cant…I don’t…” She floundered as the fabulous diamond glinted in the light. “It’s so beautiful. Thank you.” She whispered eventually.

Daniel put his finger over her lips
and stared into her eyes.

“Shh, it’s nothing. Just a small thank you for waiting for me, and a tiny token of my undying love.” He shoved her towards the door. “Now go on
woman, or you’re going to be late. I don’t want to hear that you were given a detention on your first day.”

Carrie stopped in the doorway. Something he had said just reminded her.

“Detention? What? Like the one you tried to get me out of three years ago. For the silly string incident.”

Dan
iel grinned.

“I seem to remember getting it cut to fifteen minutes on the promise that I’d help you clear it all up.”

Carrie shook her head and laughed.

“Yeah, well that might mean mor
e if it hadn’t been you that gave me the detention in the first place. And now that you remind me, there were the doughnuts and the chewing gum too.”

Dan
iel flicked his hand dismissively at her.

“Serves you right for being so unobservant. If you’d fallen into my arms at that first incident we may not have had to wait three years. I think you still owe me for the torture.”

She grinned at him again.

“Well just so you know,
I don’t have any money left so unless you’re going to let me off the fine, I’ll have to pay you in kind.”

Dan
iel growled again.

“Good. The first payment is going to start at about two minutes past three this afternoon, and I don’t take cash or credit, so make sure you’re not late.”

She nodded and then had an idea.

“Maybe I won’t take the car. If I walk, you can come over and walk me home, just like we used to. I
missed it the last couple of years at college. That way you can protect me from all the young studs and the bullies at the same time.”

Dan
iel’s expression brightened.

“Okay, you’re on. I’ll be right outside at three, so don’t be late.”

Carrie walked out of the door and closed it behind her. She moved quickly down the hall and out onto the long drive before she took her mobile phone out of her pocket. She dialled Daniel’s number. He answered on the first ring.

“Hi, have you forgotten something?”

She turned round on the driveway and looked back to where she could see him staring at her anxiously from out of one of the tall drawing room windows. She waved at him.

“It’s nothing important, I just wanted to tell you something.” She paused for a breath.

“What? What’s wrong?” He sounded worried and she could see his eyebrows forming a solid black line across his forehead.

She started walking backwards as if she didn’t want to lose sight of him ever again. Then she waved once more and whispered down the phone.

“Oh, it’s nothing much. I just wanted you to know something…”

“What?” He sounded even more on edge as he stared out of the window.

She laughed into the phone and then clicked it off. She whirled around and around as he watched, her, arms open wide as she spun wildly.

Then she yelled out
, as loudly as she could, for the whole world to hear.

“I LOVE YOU DAN
IEL!”

The End