memories at santa maria (a romantic short story)

8/14/2019 Memories at Santa Maria (A romantic Short Story)

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It was unusually cold for a mid-October day in Rome. Snow

started falling slowly from the sky and in the twilight time inthe small, narrow district in Trastevere, a man stepped down

from a cab. He was blond with spiky hair. He looked like a

5'11. His sorrowful eyes were greenish gray. Although his

features were cute, his face had a kind of tortured and a

discontented look which would make anybody think ((What's

wrong with this man?))

The main paid a five Euro note to the driver and started

walking. He walked for one hundred meters before reaching

his destination. He opened the door of the famous Pizza

restaurant "Santa Maria".

The place brought him memories of moments of dullness and

miserable times. And for that reason he decided that he wasn'tcoming here again. It all reminds him of one thing, ((Lissa)).

Dimitri, the miserable man, was born in Venice. His father,

George Haskell, was a famous surgeon for his great work and

excellent reputation. His mother Renee Haskell was a


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journalist. She was a very kind person but she was always

nervous. They didn't have any children except Dimitri.

Dimitri's parents started having too many fights and when he

was four they got divorced. It was a shock for him with no

sibling to hold on to.

He lived with his mother. Like his father Dimitri was a

generous, kind and loving person. He fancied his mom's job

very much and used to wake up late at night to watch hismom write articles. He was a book-worm. He was always

bullied by his class mates because he was a skinny boy.

Fifteen years have passed, Dimitri is nineteen. He went tohigh school with a scholarship for his high marks. He met a

girl in high school called Lissa and they fell in love and they

always used to go to "Santa Maria". He used to call her "Hissweet heart". On the graduation day, Lissa is late and so she

speeds the car and gets killed by a giant trolley in a car

accident.

Dimitri became very miserable after what he used to call

"The love of his life"'s death. He is now in "American

University of Rome" taking an English degree to become anauthor but after graduation his marks aren't good any more.

So he tried to write articles. It was successful so he became a

journalist but still is longing for the job he always dreamed,

an author.


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After three years, his mom couldn't stand watching him

looking more miserable everyday and so she pushed Beth, the

daughter of her manager, in his way to see what effect shecould do. She was the ex- wife of a man called Jenks.

Beth was a tall, redhead, curly hair lady. She was 5'4 and the

twenty-three years that she lived made her cuter every day.

She had wide eyes and a small nose which was the cutest

thing about her.

In other words, she was attractive to any other man in the

world except him as he could never think of anybody except

Lissa but with a force from his mother's side, they started arelationship.

Dimitri thought that the task of forgetting his love to Lissa

would absorb all his powers for years; but to his greatsurprise, he discovered it grew easier every day. He refused to

believe it at first, got angry with him, and didn't understand it.

Life went on, Dimitri and Beth became happier together but

still he never loved her and he felt there is a gap inside of him,

a gap that can't be filled except by true love.

If anyone could mention the bad thing about Beth it would

obviously be her temper and her air of superiority which made

her think that she was better than everyone else, even Dimitri,

in everything.


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One day, Dimitri went to hang out with Matt, his best friend,

forgetting his cell-phone at home and when he came back he

found more than fourteen missed calls from Beth. When hecalled her she said that she is going back to her ex-husbandand he started having miserable moments again and now what

to do? It was Matt's voice which woke him up from his

memories.

"Hey Dimitri, what's up" Said matt dramatically "Who died?

Why do you look so miserable?" This was always how Matttalked and it was hurtful sometimes.

"Beth broke up with me for her ex-husband" Dimitri saidsorrowfully. And now Matt switched to his unusual voice, the

discontented one, "Oh! I am sorry for that"

"MATT!" Dimitri used this word in a shout which causedeverybody in Santa Maria to look at them "I didn't call you

here to tell me that you are sorry, I am also sorry. I didn't

come here to watch your SYMPATHY. I came here to ask

you what to do. If I stay in this mood for a while I SWEAR I

WILL COMMIT SUICIDE"

Matt never thought that his friend was that much angry "Howabout hanging out tonight maybe it can make a difference" he

said. "Fine, but if things still don't turn well, I am going to

travel to the U.S. and try writing the novel I always dreamt

about writing there." This reply made Matt feel like crying, hewould miss his best and only friend if that happened. They've

been friends since preschool.


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At eight-thirty, Matt came to Dimitri's house and took him.

They went to a discotheque called "Eventi Black" and they

enjoyed, ate mushroom ravioli. But it was dreadful whenJenks and Beth entered "Eventi black" and she started staringat Dimitri like a freak. Dimitri left the discotheque at once

with matt running after him, asking what was wrong. And at

last when they reached home, Dimitri said:

I'm so sorry Matt but I cant live here any more, I have to

move on and with all these memories here in "Trastevere". Iwon't. I am not even going to think about it. Just now I am

going to call the airport for a ticket reservation and tomorrow

I will go see my parents and after tomorrow I am going to be

in the U.S. and I won't take any thing with me I am leaving all

the memories her.

"DONT, don't. Travel but not to the U.S., Go for France forexample. I can meet you there in my business trips. And I

know a fishing village there called "La Faviere" which is

really refreshing and relaxing. You can go write the novel

there" said matt. Dimitri accepted the offer.

Farewells went well and his parents accepted his traveling in a

good way that he didn't expect. They said that he needed abreak. In the plane he kept on thinking ((Were all people's

lives so miserable or was it just his?)). In the end, He slept

with boredom.

Dimitri thought that Matt was right when he said that "La

Faviere" was a wonderful place for relaxation and


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refreshment. It was stunningly beautiful with greenery and

fishing lakes. It really made him forget most of his burdens.

Next day when he was having his breakfast in the restaurant,

one tall man came and told him "Excuse me sir, Can I come

and sit with you? All the tables are full and I have no place to

sit." Dimitri needed to talk to somebody and so he offered the

neighboring place welcomingly.

"I'm Dimitri Haskell, from Rome; I am a Journalist andworking on a novel" Said Dimitri in a voice that was willing

to talk.

"I'm Jenks Donovan; from Rome" Said the tall man "I am achief police. I am thirty-one; it's a pleasure to meet you" Jenks

ordered a bottle of Champagne and a slice of bacon. "So, what

did you come here for?"

"Just for refreshment" Said Dimitri. But from the look ofsorrow on his face, it was obvious it wasn't just for

refreshment. "Hey! I remember that I saw you two days ago

when I was in "Eventi black" with Beth, oh she's my ex-wife,

and you went out so strangely."

Dimitri felt like crying when he knew that this was Beth's ex-

husband "Did you break-up with Beth again?" he said. "So

you are the guy who Beth went to when she broke-up with me

at first." Said Jenks. "Just answer my question." Said Dimitri

curiously.


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"Yes, I broke up with her because of her air of superiority.

But wait, this is really mad: Beth breaks-up with you for me

and then I break up with her, then we both come here to leaveour old miserable lives back, this is really weird" Said Jenkslooking surprised like a fool.

"Yes, it is" answered Dimitri. When Dimitri went back to his

rented apartment he slept for a while and he dreamt about a

lady, it was neither Lissa nor Beth, and they were sitting

together talking in the same way he used to talk to Lissa andsuddenly a red-haired with a black, evil face came and

tortured her to death.

Dimitri woke up by the bell ringing. It was Jenks. He offered

Dimitri to come fishing with him, it was a splendid offer and

so he accepted. Dimitri is an expert in Fishing (he knew

exactly what was the most tempting food for each animal,when to do what) and so in thirteen minutes he caught two

salmons, a haddock and a Gefilte.

While fishing Jenks told Dimitri his brief autobiography "I

was a son of a scientist, we weren't much rich but we had

ethics. When I was eighteen, One day my parents got

murdered in their bed. Three years later, we discovered thatmy father was making a drug which would be very successful,

it was even really cheap and so it would kill the other

company's product and this was why they ."

Suddenly, Jenks burst into tears. "I'm sorry" Dimitri said

meaningfully. "We were like very close friends" Said Jenks,


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"But this isn't the end of the story. When my brother knew the

truth about my father's death he decided to take revenge but

for this he got killed too"

"At this point, I lost all my ethics and started a new life made

upon cowardice and greed. As a chief police, I set the guilty

free for bribe and the strange is that I never felt guilty for that.

But my life was very lonely. Later, I met Beth in a car

accident and discovered that she is the sister of my friend.

After the loneliness I lived in, I decided to get married and ofcourse the only girl that I found good for me first was Beth."

He sighed

"The proposing process went well and we got married soon

but we had too many problems and at last we divorced. It

wasn't sad for me, until I felt very lonely and told her to come

back and here we come back to the part when I met you in thediscotheque, while going from there we met a serious

accident. I was saved fast but Beth is still in a near-death

condition." Said Jenks, and this was the end of the story.

"I got two questions, the first one is you talk now as if you are

guilty of what you did but you told me that you never felt

guilty, What made you guilty now? The second questionwould be why did you tell me all this?" Said Dimitri

Quizzically.

"The first answer is, when I saw Beth in near-death I thoughtthat everybody will be like that in the end and so what is the


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use of all this heartache if you won't gain anything and die

like anybody." This man had a really nice way of thinking.

"The second answer is that I feel very lonely and need to talk

to somebody and you look like a worth-the-trust guy" said

Jenks. And so Dimitri told him his story too and together they

developed a great friendship.

When Dimitri came back at dusk, he started working on his

novel. It wasn't as difficult as he imagined it to be. In threehours, he figured out half the plot and at that he took a rest

and checked his e-mail and found a message from Matt.

"Hi Dimitri, Wish you are having fun there, Enjoy yourself. Iam coming soon. Reply" Dimitri read the message and then

went to bed. Dimitri's novel was mainly about "A man's daily

life in ((La Faviere)) his daily life, his dream and how hesucceeded in doing them.

For his novel he needed some history information about ((La

Faviere)) and so next day while eating breakfast he asked the

inn keeper, Jack Bennot, if he could give him this information

and the reply was "I'd love to, so would you come to my room

at 12 pm."

At eleven, Dimitri left the breakfast restaurant; he went and

walked around the village enjoying the fresh air and when he

reached the post office he sent a post card to Matt. At five to

twelve, Dimitri left his room and went to the underground

floor where the staff lived. It was a narrow, hot corridor.


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He reached the door and he didn't even find a bell to ring and

so he just knocked the door. After about five second the door

opened and an inhumanly beautiful girl who looked like in herlate teens appeared.

"Good evening" Dimitri said "Is Mr. Jack Bennot here?" "Yes

welcome" she said shyly "I'm Lily, his daughter, it's a

pleasure to meet you." She led him to an unbelievably poor

furnished room and Mr. Jack entered with his poor shirt and

grayish yellow hair.

"Good evening, Sir Dimitri" He had a strange kind of an

accent. "I'd rather prefer it if you just call me Dimitri" Jackgave Dimitri all the information he needed. But Dimitri didn't

go home at once as he befriended Jack's daughter, not Lily,

one called Amber.

She was two years younger than Dimitri. She wasn't as cute as

Lily but she was more social. She was 5'1 (Very Tiny) but her

wild, curly hair makes up for the fact. They had the same

hobbies and interests. And so Dimitri made a record, he

befriended two in three days and so for the second time in two

days he shared his life story with somebody and so amber told

her life story:

Actually, there isn't much to say, it's just I was born here with

unqualified parents and never left it except once to Paris in

Christmas. My mother died of cancer when I was nine, wespent all our little fortune on trying to treat her and we had a

trouble in trying to complete our educations, I just graduated


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last year and my sister is still in high school and so its easier

now and nothing special since then only boring routine.

Amber was the only one who Dimitri showed the novel he

was working on. Of course, they didn't much go for fishing

but they spent most of their time in the library.

Weeks passed, Dimitri's friendship with Amber and Jenks

became much stronger and they secretly started. Amber and

Jenks made friends too and Jack started wondering where didthey hang out all this time. Last week, he received a letter

from his dad which made him feel like going back to Rome.

((Hi Dimitri, I miss you very much and wish you come

back soon. Happy birthday. Did you make any friends

there? How is the place? I wish you are enjoyingyourself. By the way, Matt is going to ((La Faviere))

soon. Reply soon.

Your loving Father, George Haskell))

It was Dimitri's twenty-fourth birthday. At morning time,Dimitri went to take pictures of himself with Jenks for

memories and they enjoyed very much. At night, Jenks called

"Hey Dimitri! There's a big problem come to Mr. Jack's

room" His voice was so worried.


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Dimitri went there and when he knocked the door, the door

opened but everything was black and then suddenly the light

got opened and everybody said "Happy birthday Dimitri". Itwas fun and cheerful for everybody even for old Jack and thebest surprise of all was their gift. "Dimitri, to get your gift go

to Amber's room" Dimitri thought that It was strange but

when he entered he knew the reason "Hi Dimitri!" It wasMatt. "Hey, dude, I miss you"

This was Dimitri's best birthday ever. They all had fun and atmidnight each one went back to his room and of course Matt

went with Dimitri. When Dimitri went back to his room he

checked his E-mail and the sorrow was back again with this

message from his father:

"Your Mom's dead, come as soon as possible" Dimitri felt as

though he got kicked in the face. He told Matt that he had toleave fast and ran to Mr. Jack's room. "Mr. Jack, my mom just

died. Can I take Amber with me to the funeral in Venice?" He

did that just for her; she always said that she always wanted to

visit Venice and she was the only one who always comforted

him in pain times.

Dimitri and Amber went to the plane, she was crying, but hewasn't talking nor doing anything and refused to eat. She

suspected that he was shocked by the incident with no

siblings to rely on.

This was Dimitri's most pathetic day ever. When reaching

Venice, Amber forgot all about Dimitri's mother and started


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the tourist's happy mood and so she wasn't much of a support.

When they reached his father's house they found the door

opened and when he entered he found his father still on thefloor with a knife in his chest, and a letter:

((Dear Dimitri, I know you would be the first to

read this. I never stopped loving your mother and this is

why I committed suicide when she died, Dimitri, I am

not strong enough to face life and death is peaceful, Ineed peace. PS. you won't

find her body because she died in a car accident and

fell in a river))

At this point, Dimitri fell into a river, but this was a different

kind of a river. A river of tears, sorrow and mental illness. Atonce he was sent to the hospital with Amber's assistance, of

course.

Days passed, while he was there with nobody's help except

Amber's. Amber was a good nurse to Dimitri. Each day two

things grew better: His health and their friendship. Jenks and

Matt came to visit him once. And the strangest day was whenBeth came.

But Amber suspected that Beth's reason for coming wasn't tosee Dimitri's health but, as a nosy character, see how his

relation life is. And Beth's idiotic statements such as "Who is

this?" while looking at Amber with a look of disgrace because


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of her disgraceful clothes and her freaky looks made amber

furious, curious and angry.

On the other hand, Dimitri started seriously crushing on

Amber and he started suspecting that she got jealous after

Beth came. The doctor allowed Dimitri to get discharged and

so they left at once.

Next day, Dimitri went to his father's tomb. He usually sat

there, still, silent, like a stature under the gleaming sky. Wheneveryone else has left, he alone stays, clutching his hands

together, praying, whispering, and looking at the tombstone.

He will sometimes cry, each tear drop imitating the fewmemories of himself with his father. Each tear speaks for

itself: father, why have you left me? Father, what am I to do

without you?

But at night, everything went back to normality again. Heofficially took Amber out to a date to "Santa Maria". The

memories there didn't seem to hurt him anymore, and he

suspected there were two reasons for that: He had worse

burdens or his time in ((La Faviere)) made him not care for all

that happened before.

They danced, had fun and at last after a couple of champagne

bottles he said, "Amber, Did you feel jealous when Beth came

to visit me". Suddenly, Amber's face turned red like a tomatoand she said in a nervous way "Me? No, I me mean yes"

and because of her nervousness she broke a crystal glass and


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started crying and so from embarrassment they paid the bill

fast and went.

It was raining outside, while walking Dimitri discovered that

it wasn't just a crush, he really loved her from the bottom of

his heart. "I'm sorry for breaking this thing inside" she said in

the ((La Faviere)) accent.

"It's okay don't be sensitive" He said "Amber, I want to tell

you something and I am going to say it in a straight-forwardlyway, I love you and I am going to propose to you as soon as

we reach ((La Faviere))" She only replied in two words "me

too". This was because they didn't need words tocommunicate.

And they walked together in the rain coolly hand-in-hand as if

they hadn't just formed a relationship. Next day, Dimitrifinished writing his novel and sent it to a publisher and they

told him to come back in fourteen days for a reply.

Dimitri and Amber went to Paris and unlike what he said

about proposing they got married in Paris and enjoyed a

happy honeymoon there. She said that she is enjoying herself

very much. When they reached ((La Faviere)) and toldeverybody about their marriage they all were very contented

and Matt said "So this is what made Mr. Tragic not tragic?"

Mr. Jack wasn't contented about it, he said "Dimitri, You're a

good guy but the protocol says that you should have proposed


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before marriage" but with time he forgot it and everything

was okay.

At the same time, all this was going on and Beth came to ((La

Faviere)) and was watching them inquisitively and at the end

she had it in a different POV. She thought "They all came,

started new lives, had fun and befriended others and I am

there sitting alone and idle."

Next day, Amber went to the woods to pick up all kinds offlowers for a bouquet which would be for Dimitri and she

accidentally crash into Beth. "Beth, what are you doing

here?" She said innocently. And so Beth thought "It's not hercountry, how dare this poor fraud ask me a question like

that?"

"Amber, I don't think you have the right to ask me a questionlike that" Beth started it in a rude manner. "You were looking

for Dimitri and Jenks, weren't you?" This was the first time

since years, Amber had been rude.

"You played your game well, Amber" discontent said Beth.

"You got from rags to riches by marrying Dimitri, made

friends, and I bet that you will go live in Rome, which means

you built your way out of "La Faviere".

"Ialwaysloved "LaFaviere", andBeth like you said I

don't have the right to ask you what you come for, you also


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don't have the right to insult me that way" Amber said with

sensitivity.

"Oh! How pathetic was that? Amber, I warned you indirectly

in the hospital STAY AWAY FROM DIMITRI!!" said Beth

widening her eyes." I didn't realize until I come here that

Jenks was here too, I loved Jenks and you took him. He

was MY MAN!!"

Amber started feeling bad for Beth but when she remembered

the insults, she hardened her heart. "I have two

objections. First, unlike you Jenks woke up from all his faults

and his horrible life again, he is now the old good Jenks

which you wouldn't like, and I DIDN'T TAKE HIM!!" she

shouted the last four words.

"And secondly, Jenks never loved you. He married you

because he wanted to fill a gap in his life, a gap he couldn't

fill and the gap you couldn't fill too" said Amber. "And

Dimitri?" said Beth, "you don't talk about Dimitri, he was

never yours and will NEVER be!!" she shouted her statement

in jealousy. "Fine...." said Beth and here came the temper."You want to know why I came here. I came to kill you!!!"

said Beth.

"What kind of a prank is that?" Amber said with a voice filled

with fear. "No pranks, you spoiled my life so, I'll cut yours"

said Beth. "Forget about me, if I die as one of the best police


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cops in the world, The French police, you will be sent to jail

instantly." said Amber. "Everything is planned... Laurent

my bodyguard who is already on a run from the F.B.I. will

commit the crime" said Beth wickedly.

And like magic, at the same moment Jenks appeared. "Beth

what are you doing here?" he said. "Jenks, I miss you and I

have a surprise for you" she said with another voice, a voice

of true love. "Why did you leave after the accident? I loveyou."

"Beth I can't go back with you. I'm different now. I have true

friends and I love Amber's sister now" He said.

Amber was shocked, so that's why they always sat together

under the old tree. "And I am going to stay here forever" hesaid.

"Jenks she wants to kill me!" Amber said and she told him

the whole story while sighing and sobbing. Laurent appeared,

and from Beth's description they knew it was him. He was

muscular and dark with Greek eyes and a crooked smile, just

the perfect look for a killer.

Laurent started hitting Amber but Jenks, with all his powers

defended her. But, his powers were nothing compared to

Laurent's. But after a serious fight he managed to beat Laurent


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while Amber and Beth had a fight of their own using tree

branches.

At the mean time, Dimitri was getting a call from the

publisher. He said he liked the book and were very much

planning on publishing it. He was very contented until he met

Amber and Jenks. They were in a horrible situation.

"Did a mountain troll come and attack you or something? you

look terrible" Dimitri said spontaneously. "NO! It was worse"

Amber said finally managing to take a deep breath. "It's Beth

and her body guard" said Jenks.

"What happened?" said Dimitri inquisitively. "A serious fight

between us and both of them" And then they told him the

whole story. While Amber was sobbing and murmuring "whatdid I do for all this?"

In two days everything was alright once again although they

were still physically hurt. "Jenks, did you tell Beth that you

and my sister were in love?" said Amber. She said this in

front of Matt, Dimitri, Jack and Lily.

"Yeah I was going to propose to Mr. Jack next week." he said.

So everything went well in the end. They went back to Rome

forfour reasons:

a- Having Jenks and Lily married.


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b- Going back because Dimitri wants to report Beth to the

police.

c- Dimitri wants to buy the apartment in which he and

Amber will live.

d- Seeing how Dimitri's novel will sell and being their on

his novel's reveal date.

For part A, they got married happily and had a great

honeymoon in the UnitedStates, Lilyalways kept on saying

that she was the happiest human being on earth as she had fun

and enjoyed Jenks's company.

For part B, Beth was imprisoned; she confessed and

apologized but her eyes got hatred look towards Dimitri. They

asked the doctor and he said that this over reaction was

because Beth became paranoid.

For part C, they got a nice two storey apartment but it wasn't

in Venice, inRome. Amber worked as a teacher in a schooland they both made many good friends.

Finally for part D, the release day went smoothly and well.

Dimitri got many offers from many world reckoned news

papers some of which were TheNewYorkTimes, News


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weekand the SundayTimes. It was a shocking surprise when

he saw his novel hit the best-seller list.

Six months passed, Everybody was happy, Jenks and Lily

bought an apartment and they all went usually together to

"Santa Maria" which reminded Amber and Dimitri of their

memories their when he revealed that he love her. Lily got

pregnant, and the only tragedy in the six months was Mr.

Jack's death, it was emotionally torturing for both Amber andLily.

Dimitri's second novel released, it hit the first out of the

bestseller list, and he got an offer to write the screen-play for

the film adaptation of his first book and accepted it

He was named "The author of the year"; his novels were soldworld-wide in different languages. The screen-play was

nominated for an Oscar but, unfortunately, didn't get it. Each

day, life got happier, richer and more interesting. Amber got

nervous whenever she was talked to as the author's wife and

blushed.

One day, they were celebrating Amber's twenty third

birthdays. The invited people were Lily, Jenks, Matt, the

novels publishers and of course Dimitri. They ate, drank, had

fun and danced.


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Jenks said he was feeling sick, and so he went to sleep. After

the party, when Lily went to their room she found him on the

bed with blood all over around him and a bullet in his chest.

She called the doctor and then Amber and Dimitri while

weeping.

They came fast, scared with pale faces; the doctor said that

the hope in him living was rare. He said that the blood bank

doesn't have his rare type of blood and at once he was sent tothe hospital.

Later that day, the doctor came and announced that Jenks is

dead. At these words, Lily cried and sobbed and Amber found

her planning suicide but stopped her. "Lily, this is not good

for your son's health" Amber shouted.

"I DON'T CARE FOR ANY BODY'S HEALTH" Lily

shouted "LEAVE ME ALONE. IN SIX MONTHS, FROM A

MADEMOISSELE TO A WIDOW. IN SIX MONTHS,

LOST A FATHER AND A HUSBAND ON EARTH."

This reminded Dimitri of his days after Lissa's death. But

unlike Dimitri, but unlike Dimitri, Lily never forgot about

Jenks, She was pathetically.

Jenks's body was sent to the police and they discovered that

the bullet wasn't a type sold in anywhere in the world except


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the United States and of course they knew it was Laurent who

killed him.

Next day, Amber went secretly (because she knew Dimitri

wouldn't like it) to Beth in prison. She asked the officer if she

could meet Beth and of course he allowed her inside.

She looked pale and thin more than usual. "Good morning

Amber" she said with a guilty look which was strange for

Beth and then she gave a sigh. "I'm sorry for all I've done"

For the first ever Beth was weak and apologizing.

"I know I've been harsh to you my last days" she said. Now

Amber started talking "If you are guilty, as you say, why did

you kill Jenks? You caused Lily.."."Kill Jenks?" said Beth

"I didn't kill anybody. Did Jenks die?" She tried to scream butshe didn't even have health for that, Amber believed her.

"So who did?" asked Amber. "It is not a fact, but I think it is

Laurent. This is his way for revenge. I'm so sorry. So how is

your sister?" said Beth. "Not Okay, Beth, I'm so scared for her

and by the way, I forgive you" Said Amber with a pathetic

smile. Amber was about to go when Beth said "I am sure you

are wondering why I look so pale and ugly, Amber, I'm

pregnant, It's Jenks's son" Amber looked thrilled.


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"Don't be so thrilled, I am going to die, I feel it amber, and I

want you to adopt my baby, you and Dimitri, please this is my

only request. If you don't, I will have abortion.

Amber's look changed from thrilled to a look of somebody

who is in deep thinking. "I'll come and tell you my decision

tomorrow, Bye" And she ran without another word.

At home, she confessed that she went to Beth and Dimitri was

angry but when she told him about Beth's offer and he forgot

all about the angriness and went into deep thinking too. "OK,

what you think about it?" he asked. Her answer was:

I like the idea but I'm afraid that when we get our baby, we

will treat him better and I am afraid that this will cause Beth's

son a depression and can even cause him to suicide.

That night, they went to a doctor and it was the most shocking

moment in amber's life, even more than the day her mother

died, when he said "Ms. Haskell, I'm afraid that it is

impossible for you to get children, Ma'am I'm sorry but, you

are sterile" the last three words hit her like a rock in the heart.

She didn't believe him, She went to another doctor, on the

same night, and he assured her the same words and so she

started sobbing and shouting "MY LIFE IS A PILE OF

TRAGEDIES, I DON'T WANNA LIVE IT ANY MORE"

Dimitri was the one comforting this time "LEAVE ME


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ALONE BEFORE I KILL YOU AND KILL MY SELF,

DIMITRI"

But at these words Dimitri didn't let go, "Don't worry, we're

together, forever, we will adopt Beth's son, have fun and life

will be Okay." And just like he said, life went well. Lily got

better every day. And the funniest thing was that Beth and

Amber became good friends.

Lily gave birth to twins as cute as angels. A boy and a girl.

Jack and Nora, her parent's name. She got married again, to

Matt, they didn't love each other but she needed company

after the weeks of loneliness she had.

As estimated, while giving birth to her son, Beth died. And in

her jail locker, they found her will:

((I have nothing in my life

except my baby and my

money. Please give my

money to Lily Bonnet and

my baby to Mr. and Mrs.

Haskell))

They called him Jenks; He had Jenks's (the adult) brown eyes

and Beth's red-fire hair. Day by day, Lily and Matt became

less of friends, more of partners. Actually, I have and I have


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to stop here because there is no ending, this is life. A

collection of days. A day good. A day bad. A day happy. A

day sad. A day love. And days tragedy. There is a sequel or

not according to the success of this one.

memories at santa maria (a romantic short story)

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