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A Love from the Past
by hot4luis
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Chapter Two
Sheridan couldn’t believe her ears. She felt as if someone and knocked the wind right out of her. Luis was once
engaged? It was hard enough for her to see Luis with another woman and have that woman turn out to be her bodyguard
but knowing he had asked her to marry him was just a little bit too much for her to handle. Hank and Beth looked
shocked too. Luis looked down at the floor a sheepish grin on his face. He then looked straight at Sheridan. She
looked away.
"No way!" Hank said disbelievingly "Lady, you must have known another Luis, because I know this
Luis would never do anything that spontaneous!"
"Well why didn’t you two get married?" Beth asked through gritted teeth. Sheridan knew Beth was jealous.
Boy did she know it.
"There was always someone else." Luis said looking at Beth. She smiled a little.
"His mother." Jordan finished, oblivious to the look on Beth’s face. "It’s a long story but let
me tell you getting over this guy is the hardest thing I have ever had to do."
"Hey, you’re the one who broke my heart." he said playfully. "First girl to ever do that. You were
the first girl to make me cry." Jordan turned to look at him again.
"I never meant to hurt you." she said with a wry smile. Luis looked as if he was going to kiss her.
Sheridan felt sick. "Oh my god! Look at me, I came here to say hi to you and meet Ms. Crane and I end up riding
down memory lane. I really have to get Ms. Crane home."
"But Sheridan and I have a date." Hank said. Sheridan winced hoping he’d somehow forget. "She’s
not going home right now."
"Well then I’ll have to tag along. Sorry but my job starts now. I promise to sit far away and not disturb
the two of you." Jordan explained. Sheridan was starting to hate the situation more than anything.
"I’ll join you." Luis added. Her hatred went up another notch. "We have a lot of catching up to
do. Don’t worry we won’t double, I’ll just help Joey make sure nothing goes wrong."
"Look there’s no point in you two sitting far away. I was planning a private dinner and it will be no fun
with the two of you watching. You can just join us. I really want to hear about your past together." Hank
said disappointed. Sheridan wanted to scream ‘no!’ but kept her cool. She calmed herself down and told herself
that she would be able to get through the night. "You don’t mind do you Sheridan?"
"Look, Hank do you mind if I take a rain check, tonight?" Sheridan asked finally deciding that she wouldn’t
be able to make it through the night, not with Luis there.
"What? Why?" Hank whined confused. Sometimes the man just didn’t get it.
"Ok I think I’ll be leaving now. I really got to go back to the Book Café." Beth said suddenly.
"I’ll see you all later. Nice meeting you Jordan."
"Nice meeting you too, Beth." Jordan replied as Beth left. "Um, look why don’t we wait in your
office Luis. Ms. Crane, please tell me when you’re ready to leave." The two left and Sheridan decided to come
clean with Hank.
"Look, Hank I was looking forward to tonight but I don’t want Luis to be there." she said "It’s
just upsetting and I can’t handle it tonight."
"Hey, we’ll just tell him to get lost!" Hank suggested. Sheridan gave him the ‘yeah right’ look and
he sighed "Okay. It won’t be fun with them anyway. Sheesh! I can’t believe Luis was engaged. I thought Beth
was the only girl he ever loved."
"Me too, Hank," Sheridan sighed "Me too."
Jordan walked ahead of Sheridan as they made their way to her cottage on the Crane estate. She was awed by the
size of the estate although she knew that it would be incredible. She had seen many large houses but she liked
this one the best. The grounds were beautiful and it was located in a peaceful little town. Harmony. What could
be more perfect? She told Sheridan what she was thinking about.
"Thank you." the blond woman replied. "I haven’t lived here that long, but I guess it’s home."
By this time the two women were already inside the cottage and Jordan immediately started checking the place out.
She went to make sure the windows were locked and the kitchen was safe. She saw Sheridan’s forlorn look and apologized.
"Sorry Ms. Crane, it’s routine procedure."
"You’re just doing your job. It’s okay. Please, call me Sheridan."
"Okay, Sheridan, I know this bodyguard thing is gonna be awkward for you but I’ll try to be as un-domineering
as I can. I can totally understand your discomfort." Jordan said, knowing that Sheridan didn’t want a bodyguard,
from the FBI report. If she remembered clearly, the report said that ‘Ms. Crane had vehemently refused to have
anyone guarding her.’ "Try to think of me as someone who wants to make sure you’re okay. So what do you say,
friends?"
"I’d like that." Sheridan replied smiling. Jordan liked her already. ‘And Luis said that the Cranes
were rude, self-centered people.’ she thought. "Well, um, I guess you can sleep on the sofa, it’s one of those
sofa cum bed things. I’ll go get you some fresh linen."
"I’ll help you, Sheridan." Jordan said, "Luis never mentioned you to me before."
"That’s because Luis didn’t know me when he knew you. We met a few months ago. Like I said, I haven’t lived
in Harmony for years."
"Oh right you grew up in Paris." Jordan finished and when Sheridan gave her a puzzled look she added
"I read about you Cranes in a magazine article. They scrutinized your life in every single detail. Doesn’t
it get frustrating?"
"Like you’ve never imagined." she replied. The two women set up Jordan’s cot and headed for the kitchen
to set up dinner. "I had the cook send some food here. No one is at the main house so it’s easier here."
They sat down to eat and Sheridan told Jordan about her life in high society.
"Wow! I wonder what it must be like to live like that. It must be great. You have everything." Jordan
said taking a sip of water. "If I wasn’t so satisfied with my own life, I’d envy you." Sheridan laughed
at her comment.
"You really don’t want anything more out of life?"
"I didn’t say that. But I don’t think I could lead your life. No, I want to settle down in a peaceful little
town, marry the perfect guy and raise a family, one day. You know the white picket fence thing." Jordan replied
as Sheridan’s face became pensive.
"You want exactly what Luis wants." Sheridan said with a hint of sadness in her voice that made Jordan
wonder what she said wrong.
"Well Luis and I dreamed of that life together. We were going to spend it together but things went haywire."
Jordan explained becoming a little pensive herself.
"Wow, you two must have had a real good relationship."
"The best. I was so in love with him. A part of me wishes that we had gotten married. I guess it always will.
But there were too many things in our way. I guess true love doesn’t always win." Jordan said, and at this
point she had to will tears back. To distract herself she began picking up the plates and glasses.
"But you both wanted the same things, what happened?" Sheridan asked. Jordan realized that she felt
real comfortable with Sheridan and proceeded to explain.
"Well he had a family to take care of and with me around it would just be another person to be responsible
for. He was twenty, and he already had a full-fledged family to take care of, life wasn’t fair for him and marrying
me would have been a big mistake. I first thought he was marrying to get away from his responsibilities, but he
proved that he loved me. He said he would never use me. And it was true, but I couldn’t ruin his life. So I set
him free." Jordan said while they cleared the table. "But you know what? Enough about me, how did you
two meet? No offense, but you don’t move around in the same social circles."
"Hmm, I don’t think my meeting with Luis had anything to do with social circles." Sheridan remarked
dryly. "I crashed into his police cruiser."
"Ouch." Jordan winced. She could imagine how furious Luis would’ve been.
"Yes, well he had me arrested for speeding. I tried to use my last name to get me off the hook-bad mistake!"
Sheridan explained as the two sat down on the sofa. "Then I crashed into his brand new cruiser and I was sentenced
to 100 hours of community service, at the Youth Center-"
"Where Luis is the director." Jordan finished "Whoa! Talk about starting off on the wrong foot.
But things must have gotten better?"
"Well he ridiculed me every chance he got, and we ended up fighting a whole lot. He gave me a hard time ‘cause
my last name is Crane and he has this vendetta against us Cranes."
"Oh I know about that. He criticized your family a lot when were together. I’m not saying what he did is
right but I can sort of understand him. He can act macho, rough, unloving and stubborn as hell, at times but deep
down is a heart of pure gold." Jordan explained not wanting to bad-mouth her best friend.
"I wish I could’ve seen that part of Luis more often," Sheridan said somewhat dreamily then she shrugged
and added "But I can’t. Luis Lopez Fitzgerald will always hate me."
"C’mon, the guy doesn’t hate you. He wouldn’t have flown all the way to Paris just to save you. Now that
is not hate." Jordan said wondering what kind of relationship Sheridan and Luis had.
"How did you know about Paris?" Sheridan asked, changing the focus of discussion. Jordan wondered why.
"The FBI report. It has the full story. Your engagement to Jean-Luc, the drug cartel that were after you
in Paris and how Luis saved you and the whole episode in the cabin." Jordan informed. Sheridan flinched and
Jordan saw tears welling up in the other woman’s eyes. Jordan intuitively put her hand on Sheridan’s. "I’m
sorry Sheridan I didn’t mean to upset you. I know it’s scary to have this happen to you."
"I just feel as I’ve been running from something my entire existence." Sheridan said breaking down.
"I guess this is just one more thing to add to my list."
"Hey, it’s okay to cry. You can’t bottle up your emotions forever." Jordan consoled. "Okay, why
don’t you get some sleep and in the morning you’ll feel a lot better. I promise as long as I’m your bodyguard nothing
will happen to you."
"You’re right. Thank you." Sheridan sniffled and then smiled "I can’t believe I’m breaking down
in front of a person I met three hours ago. Goodnight."
"Goodnight Sheridan." Jordan smiled as Sheridan went into her bedroom. "There’s something about
that woman I feel I can relate to. I just don’t know what." |
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