After Arthur had his talk with Paul, he decided to propose to Carol on the next Saturday night.
The family was gathered at Carol´s because they had to dress up, since they were going to a social event, as Arthur´s guests. It happened to be the charity event of the year, that night, and the most celebrated high society people would have dinner and a gala ball.
At Carol`s, everybody was excited and looked their best. The men in suits and the ladies in gowns. Mark was already there, wearing a dark blue suit and it looked great with Mandy´s soft blue dress. They matched.
The grandmother´s dresses were classic and very nice. A pink one for Lily and a green broidered one for Helen.
As for Carol´s gown, it was exotic and beautiful. As it cascaded down the perfect curves of her body, you had an impression that it was silver, because it made her shine. But as soon as she moved gracefully, it changed to a golden color and still shinnin
On their arrival at the benefit party, they soon noticed that it was a success. Many reporters and paparazzi´s were gathered in the sidewalk, and many flashes were being used. Politicians, artists and people of many sports were attending, and the fans crowded the entrance.It was cute how grandma Lily and nana Helen posed for the pictures, as if they were movie stars. Everybody was in an excellent mood.Inside the ballroom, while they were being taken to their reserved table, many important people stopped Arthur to greet him, such as the mayor himself.Since a gigantic diamond ring can never go unnoticed, the greetings were soon followed by enthusiastic congratulations.During the dinner, the donations for the municipal hospital were announced and thanked. Arthur´s was impressive.They were served a delicious dinner, followed by a variety of deserts, where they could choose among fruits, sweets and ice creams.Since their talk da
Things were pretty busy at school too. The preparations for the Math Championship were intensified since they day for it was approaching.And everybody else was a little crazy with coming up tests in every subject, specially for eniors like Mark and Charlie, since they were also applying to different colleges and preparing themselves for interviews, in case they were invited in the selection process.But even with this full agenda, it was impossible to ignore that student´s personal objects kept disappearing. One girl noticed that her braces went missing. And that caused astonishment, not only because it had no commercial value, but also because who would want a used one. And it would probably not even fit the person.All the wonder was to no avail, until the day that Charlie noticed that his new swimming goggles went missing. Not only were they new, but they were also a present from his girlfriend Dorothy. And she had his name engraved on it.&ldqu
Pamela Smith is a heart surgeon with an international name. Her skills have allowed her to save many lives. She breathes Medicine and she feeds from its scientific wonders. The only other passion in her life is her husband Donald.And Donald Smith is one of the best brain surgeons in the world. He has received all the main awards and this international recognition puts him in touch with the top scientists of the globe. History of science is being made by these brilliant minds.Donald loves his wife and admires her.All their spare time they dedicate to one another. He calls her Pam and she calls him Don. Nobody else has permission do do so. They have similar hobbies, that include reading and travelling. They are also owners of General Premium Hospital, an enormous private and very expensive place. This situation allows them many luxuries. A great house, the best cars, jewelry and clothes. Name it and they have it.Pam and Don happen to be Mark´s par
Carol had to ask Arthur to limit the number of guests for their party. In all his excitement he had intended to invite almost a thousand people.“I want the world to know that I love you, Carol. I want to make it clear that we are together.”“Oh, honey, I think the world already knows. We are in all the main broadcast vehicle that exists. We´ve even made it to the worst gossip magazines.”“We did it, didn´t we?” He seemed proud as he embraced he tightly.“You are having a great time with it, because while the gossipers call you “The king”, The empreror of gold”, they refer to me as an alian who came from a distant planet to rob your heart.”“Hahahaha. Did you also read that one? It is my favorite.”“Why?”“They only say that about the top celebrities. The people they admire the most. Since there are not enough adjectives, they p
Arthur soon noticed something very extraordinary about Carol. When she enters your life, she really entes your life.With all she has to offer, her talents, her listening, her care, her time. In short, her love.She takes an interest in you. With all her enthusiasm and still with respect of your individuality and choices.Arthur became the center of Carol´s attention. And love. She became his family, and that was what he really wanted.Arthur´s first measure was to get an assistant for Carol.“She will help you get organized and take care of small tasks. This way, you will have more free time for yourself and for me.”“Thanks, honey. Can I choose the assistant?”“I´ll have my human resource´s manager making the first selection and sending you three candidates for an interview. How about that?”“Sounds great to me.”“Also, Carol, I want you to c
A few days after his parents´ arrival from Japan, Mark decided to talk to his mother about Mandy´s visit.He avoided talking to his mother about any subject, because she seemed to get upset when he did it.Since an early age he had simplified his life and kept to himself most of the time. Only urgent matters were brought to his parents’ attention, and even so, most of the time through notes or through the maids.But he realized that Mandy´s wishes were more important than his need of distance from his parents.He talked to his mother one morning, while she was gathering her things to go to the hospital.“Mother, can I talk to you for a minute?”“If it´s quick, then OK. I can´t be late.”“I just want to inform you that I am going steady with someone.”“And?”“Well, she has been my girlfriend for some time now.”“An
Since time has a way of passing whether we want it to or not, the day of Mandy´s trip finally arrived.Previously she had endured the crazy packing her mother had provided. It included survivors’ items.“Just in case the plane lands on a deserted island.” Carol explained in details. Mandy knew that it didn´t make any sense, because there was no island on her route.Arthur had come up with the idea of Mandy having some tracking device, if that was the case. What amazed her the most was that Arthur had made this trip hundreds of times and he also knew that there was no island involved in any part of this trip. But Mandy knew that he did it mainly to calm Carol down and help her cope with the short time separation. He continues his line of thought.“I´ll suggest something else. What about, after you have your taste of freedom, with your independent trip and tours of the capital, we join you for the last two days? Onl
After both planes land safely at the capital of the country, Arthur gets a suite for Carol and him, at a very nice five stars hotel.The suite has all the comforts they could need and besides the large bedroom, it had a living room and office area, with plasma TV and last generation computer to say the least.While Carol is taking a relaxing warm bath, with flower aromas in the jacuzzi, Arthur instructs George about last minute tasks that need immediate attention.When Carol joins him in the living room, they sit together on the soft satin finish couch, and without further explanations, he turns on the TV and Mandy is alive on the large screen.She is giggling and talking to her friend Rose. The sound is mute, but the image is perfect.“How is it possible, Arthur?”“Steve has one of our guys following Mandy and recording her in real time. She won´t notice, since he was trained by our Special Operations Squad. The came