The things you go through now, the heartache and the pain, the smiles and the laughter, prepares you for your fate, for your destiny. All the if’s, the why’s, the will’s and want’s, brings you what you ask for. So when you ask for something make sure to be clear or you may land with something you asked for but did not really want. If you the lucky few you will get what you asked for but receive a whole lot more, a whole lot that you did not expect but that you realise you actually wanted.
All we wanted was to play a little game. Silly boys that push the limit to proof a point. Our game was simple, it was supposed to be easy but there is nothing easy about life and most certainly nothing easy about love. Our game is long gone finished but I have not got what I wanted, at least not all of it.
The past two weeks has been scary busy. Work has kept us occupied for most of the time. I have just bought a new company over which have taken most of my main focus while she has been looking after Chase. We have managed to go visit her dad a few times as well.
We sitting at Crazy Beans having our morning coffee.
Damon ~”So bunny we need to set a date.”
Skye ~”I heard November in Bora Bora is the best time to go.”
Damon ~”You know that it is just around the corner? Like a month away?”
Skye ~”Well we can always wait until next year.”
Damon ~”Bunny I don’t think I can wait that long. Your dad’s trial date is in two weeks and the lawyer says he is pretty confident your dad will be released.”
Skye ~”Talking about my dad, I have taken Amber’s place of the market, I want my dad to have it.”
Damon ~”That is a great idea, I did not actually think about it.”
Skye ~”It’s because you been too damn busy with that other company.”
Damon ~”Bunny I need to tell you something, something that I have been keeping from you.”
Skye ~”What have you done Damon Chase? Please do not give me a headache so early in the morning. I must warn you, I feel like slapping someone today.”
I move my chair away, making sure that I am not within arm’s reach before I speak again.
Damon ~”That company…”
She interrupts me.
Skye ~”What is that damn company even called? All I am doing is writing cheques to renovate a building without a name.”
Damon ~”That’s the thing, it has no name.”
Skye ~”So when are you going to name the thing?”
Damon ~”I am not going to name it.”
Skye ~”Then I am not writing anymore cheques for it.”
Damon ~”You can’t do that.”
Skye ~”Oh just watch me, I can do that. If you don’t know what to do with it then sell it.”
Damon ~”You really feisty this morning.”
Skye ~”I will show you feisty if you don’t tell me what you are up to.”
Damon ~”Bunny I know it is not up to me to fix my father’s mistakes and the thing is that he never will. I want to give your dad back what he lost.”
Skye ~”I am sorry but how do you bring back lost years? Or even more importantly, a life?”
Damon ~”I can never bring that back. I can only hope that he let’s go of the past and lean on the future and even find love again.”
Skye ~”So what do you intend on giving him back again?”
Damon ~”The company that he lost, maybe not the exact one but a shell of what he had, it is up to him what he makes of it.”
Skye ~”What? Are you telling me this company you have been putting so much of your time in is for my dad?”
Damon ~”Yes my bunny, it is for your dad.”
Skye ~”Baby I don’t know what to say, giving a man a dream is almost like giving him life. You have really made me so proud, you have damn heart of gold Damon Chase.”
Damon ~”What are you going to do with this place?”
Skye ~”I have spoken to Jo, I am selling my half. I can’t run this and Chase.”
Damon ~”You know that we have come a long way since that bet. I believe now that if we never made it that we won’t be sitting here now.”
Skye ~”I think we would have, if we were destined to meet, we would have, maybe not so fast but definitely would have.”
We finish our coffee and make our way back home to shower and change for work. We took a run this morning, yes you heard me right, I went jogging or running or whatever you call that draining exercise that normal people do every day.
Damon ~”Bunny what do you say we take the day off. We get on my Harley and hit the open road.”
Skye ~”Are you going to teach me how to ride that death machine?”
Damon ~”Yeah I will teach you but first I need to get out of this smelly shit.”
Skye ~”I will race you to the shower.”
She is shedding her clothes as she makes her way to the shower. By the time I get there she is already in and have the water running. I watch as the water is running down her hair, all over her body. She knows I am here, I do have to say a word.
I slip off my black underwear and step into the shower with her. Damn, she is a sight to behold, especially when she is standing naked in front of me. She step backwards to allow the shower head to spray me with droplets that glistens off my arms and trickledown my sculpted chest.
She grabs two bath sponges and pour body wash into both, one for her and one for me. She turns her back to me so I can scrub her down, first her back, then her neck. I scrub down her legs and even the soles of her feet. Then she spins around to face me. She starts washing my chest, then my shoulders, my neck and my back.
When she is done I rinse myself off and step out the shower, I grab a towel and wrap it around my waist.
I pick her up off the floor and carry her out of the bathroom.
Half hour later we on the Harley, it rumbles to life. I can smell the gasoline and feel the heat coming up from the engine. We hit the road, it feels like we are flying in the wind. It is the feeling of complete freedom.
We stop on a long deserted road.
Damon ~”Now it’s your turn.”
Skye ~”Oh my god I am going to fall.”
Damon ~”You will be fine bunny. Make sure you sit comfortable and that you can reach the controls.”
Skye ~”Okay.”
Damon ~”Your kickstand is still out, you got to lift it.”
Skye ~”What is a kickstand? Where is it?”
Damon ~”Hahaha that stand thing that keeps the bike from falling over.”
I slide in behind her.
Damon ~”Now start the start it up, I will help you with the controls.”
Damon ~”Roll forward.”
Damon ~”Now lift your feet.”
Damon ~”Slowly accelerate.”
Skye ~”Oh my god we are going to fall.”
Damon ~”Hahaha go little energizer bunny, I want to see how fast you can make this thing go.”
She let’s go, we can feel the force of the wind on our face and bodies. For a moment it feels like we airborne, like birds in the wind.
As the sun sets, we make our way back to the city. We meeting Brody and Tajsa for drinks at the bar.
Tajsa ~”Where were you two today?”
Brody ~”By the level of his messed up hair, they either had sex the whole day or they went cruising.”
Damon ~”Hahaha why are you thinking about us having sex? We took the Harley for a spin.”
Skye ~”He showed me how to ride, it was fucking awesome.”
Brody ~”You have a serious thing for speed.”
Skye ~”Hahaha more like an addiction.”
Damon ~”I already owe her a Bugatti.”
Brody ~”The girl has some expensive taste.”
Skye ~”I just love going from zero to sixty in less than two and a half seconds.”
Damon ~”My little speed freak.”
Skye ~”Talking about speed, we decided to have a November wedding.”
Tajsa ~”That is like in a month.”
Brody ~”That is like super-fast.”
Damon ~”I can’t wait any longer, the thing is, are you two available?”
Brody ~”Of course bro, I am not missing it for a thing.”
Damon ~”Well you kind of cannot miss it, I want you to be my best man.”
Brody ~”Damn bro, you don’t even have to ask.”
Skye ~”And Tajsa I want you to be one of my bridesmaids.”
Tajsa ~”Holy shit, I did not expect that. Of course I will.”
Skye ~”Great cause you have to help me plan a wedding in Bora Bora in less than a month.”
Brody ~”Fuck I can’t believe you are getting married bro.”
Damon ~”Believe me I can’t either.”
Much later the evening when we get home, we phone Mason to ask him to be my other best man and the Jo to be the other bridesmaid.
For the next two weeks Skye and the girls are flat out busy planning the wedding. I wrap-up things at her dad’s company and redecorate Amber’s place.
Today is the trial. She is as nervous as hell. She has moments of clarity then moments when she cries.
After doing her make-up over three times and changing dresses twice, we are finally on our way back to the prison, the trial will be held in the court next door.
Two hours later we find ourselves sitting in the court waiting for the trial to start.
Johnson(Lawyer) ~”We have this in the bag. You guys need to stay strong.”
Damon ~”I have faith in you. It is just the suspense that is killing us. I am not the world’s most patient person and I can’t stand to see her cry anymore.”
The judge finally shows up and it begins. They go through all the obvious evidence that there was a fight and that her father shot his wife. But then a first witness comes up, one of their neighbours
Johnson(Lawyer) ~”Please could you tell us what you heard?”
Witness One ~”Well there was fighting then it was quiet for a moment then the fighting started again. I heard a man keep saying please give me the gun, please give me the gun. The woman said that no she is not and that she is going to shoot the man. And then the gunshot went off.”
Johnson(Lawyer) ~”Thank you mam that will be all.”
Then they call a next witness also a neighbour but from across the street
Johnson(Lawyer) ~”Sir can you please tell us what you saw.”
Witness Two ~”Well I was sitting outside just having a cup of coffee when I heard a man and a woman fight. I could see it was the couple across the road, I could see because the curtains were wide open. They fought for a while, then I saw the woman leave the room and then come back. They started wrestling, I could hear the man say please give me the gun, please give me the gun. The woman said no she will not and that she is going to shoot the man. Then the gun went off.”
Johnson(Lawyer) ~”Thank you sir that will be all.”
The judge excuses himself to go review the evidence and render a verdict. Another half an hour of agony passes, the judge returns.
Judge ~Mr Davis please could you stand.”
Matthew ~”…..”
Judge ~”I have reviewed the new evidence that has come to light. I hereby…”
Skye starts crying.
She cries.
And cries.
And cries.
The judge waits for her to calm down.
He waits.
And waits.
And waits.
Once she is fine he starts again.
Judge ~”Mr Davis on behalf of the state, I wish to apologize for the injustice that has been done to you. I know it does not give you the time back that you have spent here. I hope that you will make the best of your future. I hereby declare you innocent, you are free to go.”
Skye jumps out of her chair and runs to her father. As he embraces her, they both burst out into tears, this time it is tears of joy. I am overwhelmed by the love and joy that they feel, the same love and joy I feel. I close my eyes and let the feeling consume me and I start to cry. This is the greatest gift that I have ever given her.
We leave the courtroom and make our way to the car.
Damon ~”Thank you, I owe you big time.”
Johnson(Lawyer) ~”Forget it, this was a favor. It was far more rewarding to reunite a father and daughter.”
Matthew ~”Thank you Mr Johnson.”
Skye ~”A thousand thank you’s.”
Damon ~”Now what do you guys say, let’s blow the joint.”
Matthew ~”Hahaha you sound like Skye when she was a teenager.”
Damon ~”Believe me I have seen that.”
Matthew ~”Now what do you say my baby girl, can daddy take this monster of yours for a spin.”
Damon ~”Hahaha I can see where she got it from.”