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Chapter Four
Let the game begin
It was early on Saturday morning, Lucy was sitting sitting on a sofa sipping her coffee with contentment. She was wearing a white gown and a white towel was wrapped around her head. She had a phone on the other hand. "W-a-a-i-t! A-a-a-h-a! Yes! A white gown and a white towel. It is Saturday right? Let me invite Theodora to a spa treatment. My treat as a pre-wedding gift. Yes that's a good plan", she said as she was dialling Theodora's number. It rang once twice and Theodora answered. " Hello Theo, how are you today", she said with a soft voice. "Fine dear and how are you? Theodora replied. "You sound sleepy darling. C,mon, there's no time to snooze. Let me take you to the spa treatment. My treat and I won't take no for an answer. The last thing I need is to see my boss walking down the isle with a tired and dull bride. Imagine, revitaling those eyes, the face and afterwards a massage. Did I mention pedicure and manicure and a glass of bubbly
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The best friends"It's time to eat now, baby girl", Lucy said while she was taking the glass away from Theodora. Theodora was drinking the wine, glass after glass until Lucy had to intervene. She was not a drinking type though. She was that kind of girl who would drink her juice instead, even in big parties. But now Lucy had insisted she should take a sip. "I'm not an alcoholic but this wine of yours has that thing", she said gobbling another glass. "Yeah! Wine is a good combination of joyful moments and good food. You should try it more often. It's good even for your heart. Just one glass a day will make a cardiologist far from you. I learnt that somewhere". Lucy said bursting out laughing. Theodora burst out laughing as well and there was a splash of wine that was sprinkled all over the table while she was laughing. Lucy shyed away as she felt a bit of awkwardness. She smiled and gave herself a silent congratulatory remark. "Not a bad job you are doing there
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