'Dammit, I want to go to David's party', Sharon said.'Bravo, my child's, He smiled crookedly. 'Being a coward never suited you for a moment'.That was Gabriel, her cousin. She had lost contact with him for so long because of her father's old fashioned ways and continued stay on the farm. She met h I'm again when she was living with Gerhard. She had gone for shopping one day and had been startled when a familiar voice had called out to her.'Sharon, Is that you?' She had not know who to expect but her heart had skipped a beat, thinking that Bryan had finally located her but turning back she found a face that she had thought she would never see again. They had lost contact. It was the only child of her mother's sister just like she was the only child of her parents.She knew that her mother must be missing her relatives but being on the farm with her husband daily without complaint had made him take all that for granted.They had sat and spoken at length and that was how she had come

Sharon listened to him, refusing to utter any word but fiddled with the gold bangle on her wrists trying to work out the answer to the question he had previously asked about why she was afraid of him before giving her a lecture on running from situations. What did he know about running from situations? She could have aborted her pregnancy and not take responsibility for it and wiped off the evidence of the reckless night she had had with him in Rome. She could have remained adamant about not wanting to marry Gerhard and some other situations he knew nothing about.But about the reason she was scared of him, The very sight of him made her heart beat violently, that was frightening enough. He seemed so untouched as though he had forgotten that they had ever been lovers, as though she was a stranger.'David told us that you have accepted the invitation to the party'.Sharon nodded. She wished now that she hadn't and it showed in her eyes. She could not have imagined how traumatic it wou

Amanda had been very young and naive and the first time she had seen him, she had believed that she was in love with Wilson.He had been a bit older and a man of the world but that only added to the fascination and the attraction she felt towards him. As soon as he touched her, she knew that she would not be able to resist any advances he made towards her but would give in to all his demands.They had two weeks of idyllic romance before his commitments and business engagements started taking most of his time.She had been so you g and thought that she would always have him to herself and despite herself and despite knowing that he had to make time for those engagements, she found that she was jealous of the time he gave those engagements and felt neglected.She remembered the first time she had gone to his house, he had found a girl there together Wilson's sister.Though Wilson's sister had been surprised, the other girl who she later learnt was called Jess was openly hostile towards

Jack had been ecstatic that she was in America. His college was in San Diego and it was just a short plane ride from there to Los Angeles.He would turn up at the apartment her new boss had rented for her especially at the weekend and with gentle and persistent persuasion ask her to have dinner with him. She could not refuse. She had no excuse to offer anyway. She licked away her terrible pain, slowly learning to face the world with a facade of cool amusement that betrayed nothing of her inner pain, thoughts and feelings.Jack was good company. He helped to bring her out of herself. She did not allow him to kiss her again though. She kept him at a very safe distance, making it clear that she did not want a romantic involvement until one night, out of the blue, he proposed to her.The proposal shocked her and she turned him down as gently as she could. Her heart ached because there was no way she could not hurt him. He loved her and could not conceal it any longer and she knew what he'

Gerhard had to go to Germany to have a series of meeting with the German bank. That was one reason he had wanted to get Sharon's answer before he left.The two days before he left, though he did not ask Sharon for the answer to his proposal, he kept looking at her hopefully but she would look away, and he would swallow the pain her continued rejection caused him.'Ensure that you do not leave until I get back', was his last plea to her before embarking on his trip.The day he took the flight to Germany, the weather was not too good and the plan had wanted to land somewhere till it was clearer to go on but in trying to avoid a disaster, the plane crashed.Gerhard was seriously injured and unconscious for more than twenty four hours. Marie, his mother flew put immediately to be at his bedside. She had been alerted that the son she had been expecting back in Germany had been involved in a crash. It was she who contacted Sharon.'He's regained consciousness, thank God', she said on the p