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A Secret to Hold Close Chapter Fifteen That night Danny picked Mylie up from her hotel and he surprised her by taking her to one of the best restaurants in London. The hostess sat them at a secluded table and set the fancy menus on the table in front of them. The waiter came bustling up and filled up their water glasses, recited the specials for the night, and asked if they wanted anything else to drink. Mylie as usual stayed with the water and Danny got a beer. Mylie felt physically sick to her stomach and it wasn�t because of the cancer. It was because she knew she was just about to do the most horrible thing to the guy she loved. Wait! Love? I don�t love him� I can�t love him!! No not love� just� intense liking�yeah� Danny looked at her with a worried expression on his face and asked, �Mylie? Are you okay? You�ve been really quiet and you seem really tense�� Mylie realized that she was twisting the cloth napkin in her lap into a balled up, wrinkled mess and she stopped abruptly. She tried to give him a smile and said, �Yeah, I�m fine I just have something really important to say.� Danny leaned forward, �Okay but can I go first?� Mylie nodded. Danny suddenly looked really nervous, �Mylie, we�ve been spending a lot of time together since we met and the other day I realized that I�ve never felt this way about a girl before.� Uh oh� I don�t like the sound of this� this is NOT good� �I know that you were planning to leave in two days but I was hoping that I could maybe persuade you to stay and live with me, here in London.� Mylie�s jaw dropped. This is not good, NOT good, NOT GOOD! a voice screamed in her head. She couldn�t do this to him, he didn�t deserve to have to take on the responsibility of a terminal girlfriend. It�s time� more lies, more lying� I hate it but I can�t force him to do this for me�he doesn�t need the burden of having to take care of me until I die� Mylie sat up straight in her chair and tried to make herself cold as ice. She couldn�t react to anything he might say or do and she couldn�t break down. �Danny that is a wonderful offer but I can�t accept it.� She tried to ignore the hurt expression that spread across his face. �I�m afraid that what I was going to say is very different� I know you�ve probably been wondering where I�ve been disappearing to when I would have to cancel on you. Well I�ve been seeing someone else.� Lies, lies, LIES!!! A flicker of anger crossed Danny�s face, �So� you�ve been cheating on me?� he asked, incredulously. Mylie gripped her napkin hard in her lap, �Yeah, this whole trip to London was about fun and I had fun with you.� Mylie gave a shrug and planted a look of indifference on her face. �And in two days I�m going home...� One more lie. ��to my boyfriend.� Mylie hated herself more then ever before as Danny looked at her with disgust. She continued, she had to make all of this stick and she had to make him hate her so that he wouldn�t try and chase her. �So thank you Danny for the great time. Goodbye.� And with that Mylie, trying to keep from bursting into tears, stood up and walked out of the restaurant, walked out on the one guy she ever truly loved� Back |