Chapter
Twenty-Four: Sweet Lover
~ THE NEXT
NIGHT ~
There are
only a few shows left to perform at, and in reality I fear what
will happen after that time, of course Marco has said nothing to
me about it – we don’t talk. He just stands
there, watching my every move the bundling me into the bus and
driving me to the hotel, or the next venue. I truly believe
he sees the sadness in my eyes, I don’t try to hide it, I
think maybe he just doesn’t want to see. He acted on
anger and impulse, he didn’t want to believe that his only
daughter was growing up, I wonder if he’ll ever see it, I
know that if Mama was here, she would understand, she would hold
me and tell me that Brian and I could be together, Mama believed
in love as I believe in love, I miss her.
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“You
alright?” Belle questioned Brian as Nick excused himself to
the bathroom
“Yeah,
I'm fine” Brian lied as he barely kept his attention on the
TV
“Yeah
uhuh right, whatever” Belle mocked “Come on,
what’s wrong?”
Brian sighed
as he turned to face her.
“I miss
her” he whispered “am I stupid? I mean Kevin thinks I'm
an idiot for falling for her, AJ’s dubious about the whole
thing, he father thinks I practically raped her, I know I
shouldn’t feel this way but I cant stop thinking about her,
I think I really do love her”
“Don’t
worry about what anyone else says Brian, so she’s 15? She
could be 50, it doesn’t matter, age is just a date, and it
doesn’t change what’s inside. I admit I was
worried to begin with, that maybe she was too young, but I see it
in her eyes and I see it in yours, you have something Brian, you
have something amazing and some pure and it doesn’t matter
what anyone else says, you’re meant to be with her and
she’s meant to be with you, don’t stop believing
that” she smiled
“I wish I
could see her”
Belle thought
quickly for a moment, then an idea came to her.
“Go get
ready, meet me back here in 10 minutes” she announced
“Why?”
“Don’t
ask questions, just go”
~ 10 MINUTES
LATER ~
“Riyan,
door” Marco announced, his voice booming loudly
I slowly
walked out of the bedroom into the sitting room, where Belle was
standing with a Room Service trolley.
“Thought
you might be hungry, bought you some food” she smiled as I
walked up to her
I shook me
head, a little confused at her presence.
“I'm not
hungry, but thanks anyway” I smiled
“No, you
are, I think you should eat something” she pushed
“Really
I'm fine”
>“But this
is your fav, you know, we used to call it Rok, like B ROK”
she announced
I suddenly
clicked as her eyes motioned downward.
“Oh,
right, okay, sure, why not, um, we’ll talk and eat in my
room” I smiled as she followed me into the bedroom, then
closed the door behind her.
I ran across
to my portable stereo and turned the music on, as Brian emerged
from underneath the trolley.
“Thank
god he’s little” Belle laughed
“I
promised you I’d get here as often as I could” Brian
smiled as he and I embraced tightly
“I’ll
let you two talk, I’ll be in the bathroom, reading” she
smiled, motioning toward the onsuite.
She walked in
and gently closed the door behind her.
“I missed
you” I smiled, laying my head on his chest
“I know
Riyan, I wish I could spend forever with you”
“What
about when the tour ends?”
“I’ll
find you I promise?”
“Promise?”
“I
promise Riyan, I promised to love you, and nothing will stop me
from keeping that”
~ 4 DAYS LATER
~
It’s
the day before the last show, and I cant help wondering what will
happen when that day arrives, I know Brian promised to love me
forever, as I promised to love him, but I know Marco/Papa will
stop at nothing to keep us apart, he doesn’t want to loose
me, but what he doesn’t understand is that by keeping me
away from someone I love is going to result in him loosing me
quicker.....
I stopped
writing as I heard the voices outside the door. It was
later at night, and the voices sounded like Marco and Michael.
I moved across the semi dark room to the door and listened
silently.
“And
after tomorrow?” Michael questioned
“I’ll
take her back to Mexico, and she’ll get off that label,
anyone would sign her up”
“And
about Brian?”
“I still
hold him responsible for raping my daughter as far as I'm
concerned”
“And
–“
“And I
think he needs to pay for that, that’s my blood”
“Marco
don’t do anything stupid”
“I will
take Riyan away and she will never see that boy, and I will make
sure if he ever comes near her, now or in the future I will tell
the world what he did”
The voices
went quite as I sunk down onto the floor. Papa would make
sure Brian and I could never be together, he was going to take me
away, I don’t think I could ever deal with that. I
cried into my hands without restraining myself - it was the end
of my life as far as I was concerned.
~ 20 MINUTES
BEFORE THE LAST CONCERT ~
“On stage
in 20” the stage hand called banging on my dressing room
door, I looked up only slightly as I shoved what I could fit for
clothes into the backpack.
I looked
around the room one last time then headed for the bathroom
window. I opened it into the night and climbed out into the
thickness of night.
I ran across
the crowded parking lot, trying my best not to be noticed, I
sulked along the fence line, my clothes all black and my hair
shoved under a baseball cap. I’d counted the windows
earlier that night and I knew exactly what room Brian was in.
I scouted over to the window and knocked on the glass. He
pulled back the curtain almost instantly, it looked like he was
brushing he teeth. He spat and rinsed, then opened the
window.
“Riyan?”
“I'm
leaving tonight Brian” I spoke quickly
“As in
after the show?”
“No, as
in now. I'm running away, I cant be without you and keep on
doing this, I need to be away from here, it hurts too much”
“Where
will go?”
“I
don’t know, to the airport, then the first plane I can
catch” I sniffed back “I know I shouldn’t ask you
this, but I do want you to come” I turned away, wiping a
tear “But I understand that you cant”
“Riyan
you cant leave”
“No, I
can’t stay, I cant Brian, I cant live like this”
“He does
care about you, your father”
“No, if
he cared he would see I love you. He wont ever let us be
together if I stay with him Brian and I cant live with that”
“Do you
love me?” he whispered, tears forming in his eyes
“With
every ounce of my soul”
“Then
trust me Riyan, we’ll be together, but not like this”
I sniffed back
the tears, looking at him with almost fear across my face.
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“Riyan,
on stage now” Marco called through the door, banging loudly
He turned the
knob and saw the empty room.
“SECURITY!!!”
he screamed loudly
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“Go out
there Riyan, show them how amazing you are, show them how
beautiful you are and don’t ever let anyone crush that
spirit, and know that I will always be with you, in your heart
like you are with me, and then one day we’ll be
together”
He looked at
me with complete compassion.
I took the
ring from my on the necklace around my neck.
“Take
this Brian, and give it back to me, when we’re together
again” I whispered handing him the ring.
He smiled as
he took the ring from my hands.
“I
promise” he smiled as he slipped it onto his little finger
“And you
take this, and give it back to me when we’re together
again” he repeated as he removed the gold cross from around
his neck and handed it to me.
“When
we’re together, it’ll be forever, wont it?” I
questioned holding the cross tight as I knew how much it meant to
him
“Forever
and ever and ever” he smiled as I leaned in to kiss him
I heard the
commotion around and I knew it was Papa looking for me.
“I have
to go,” I whispered
He nodded
before kissing me again.
I vanished
into the dark, making a detour back to my room, climbing in the
same room I’d left.
It took me 5
minutes to change and appear in the hallway, Marco shouted at me,
but I ignored him as I walked out onto the stage, passing a
smiling Brian. I walked around handing the music sheets to
the band, they knew the song, as I’d given it to them
before, but this would be the first time I’d ever sung it.
I walked out by the microphone to a chorus of screaming fans.
“There’s
a song I want to sing for you all, its new, and I wrote it, and I
want the world to hear and the message behind it, and I want to
dedicate it to my first love, I’ll love you always” I
whispered
The crowd
hushed down, as I closed my eyes and visualized Brian in front of
me, and began to sing,
You bought me in and showed me
The meaning of true love
You took my hand that night and
Flew me to a heaven above
Never have I felt this way
And I know never again
Will I have someone like you
A dreamer, a lover, a friend
You taught me how to feel
You taught me how to care
You promised me the world
And took away my fear
Oh baby,
Sweet lover of mine
A dream, never dreamt so sweet
A touch never felt so deep
An image of you in my head
As you lead me to our bed
A kiss never kissed so true
A body never as close as you
You took my heart and showed me
Everything inside
You bought a smile that
I couldn’t hide
Forged in my memory
I’ll never forget that night
You loved me like no one else
When you loved me that night
You taught me how to breathe
You taught me how to touch
You promised me forever
And gave me so much
Oh baby
Sweet lover of mine
A dream, never dreamt so sweet
A touch never felt so deep
An image of you in my head
As you lead me to our bed
A kiss never kissed so true
A body never as close as you
Sweet lover of mine
Sleeping next to me I know
Sweet lover of mine
I’ll never let this go
Sweet lover of mine
A dream, never dreamt so sweet
A touch never felt so deep
An image of you in my head
As you lead me to our bed
A kiss never kissed so true
A body never as close as you
Sweet lover of mine
>Sleeping next to me I know
Sweet lover of mine
I’ll never let this go
Sweet lover of mine
Sweet, sweet lover of mine
I love you
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