The Mysterious Women Series:Blackmail
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Chapter 6
Has she been this tough always, never allowing a soul to understand her? May be her job is the main reason behind all this that she prefers living in the cocoon. Ryan had been thinking about Sara since he returned from the meeting. Though he was exhausted yet his mind lingered over her. She was really a special creature. He was a close friend of Rachel's and would be her husband if she wouldn't have married Nick. That devil he stole her from me. The last time he met her was before Rachel's wedding, Sara had somehow managed to bring her out to see him. She knew he loved her and would prove to be an efficient husband if given the chance. But Rachel was so blindly in love with Nick that no one stood better than him in her eyes. Both the sisters had stark contrasting features. Rachel had blonde hair, blue eyes; her skin was paler than Sara's, she was wilder than her sister. He loved everything about her especially when she turned angry, she looked much more beautiful. His father was a client of Sara's father who owned a law firm. But the family was much closer than it seemed, Ryan's and Sara's mothers were college friends so they often visited each other. Those days Rachel used to visit Sara and her family only during her vacations but after her parent's death when Sara's father decided to bring her in permanently it only made him happier. Now he could spend much more time with her. He was a year older than Rachel and four years older than Sara. Three of them went to the same school and after high school when Rachel wanted to study law he encouraged her. She went to study law in Philadelphia and went to NYU but the distance never changed their relation. After he graduated he waited one more year to propose her. He can still remember the day he took her to a Mexican restaurant and presented the ring. She looked surprised, "We're only friends Ryan and I don’t want anything more." When he asked her if she was seeing someone else she didn’t answer and left the restaurant. Later that day when he asked Sara she said Rachel was still single. Then he thought maybe she didn't like him. But she is totally comfortable with me. Maybe she needs time to understand me. So he gave her time, for one year he waited and in between he tried every possible way to impress her. It was only the last time they met did she tell him that she was secretly seeing Nick and she had already proposed Nick before Ryan proposed her and she was waiting for his answer all this while. He felt a sting in his chest.
Today when he met Sara he thought of asking her about Rachel but then decided against it. Sara was a sister like figure for him. A very sweet creature meant to be loved, god save her from all the troubles. Unlike Rachel, Sara was always confined to herself. During high school she never gave any boy a chance. He found her a total mystery the cold looks that she gave proved that. She never showed her feelings; maybe the girl hides her pain. A knock on the door brought him to the present state. Bruno came in "Boss we should better leave for the dinner lest we be late." Bruno was his bodyguard; the guy was a real muscle man. He served in the army three years before Ryan appointed him. He was of Irish decent but staying in US for more than 40 years had changed his accent. The person was very loyal and dependable, so Ryan paid him double than what he paid the other staff. "I'm ready, I'll drive by myself, ask Tom to visit his mom if he wants" Ryan said. Jeremy was another of Ryan's staff he was a young African-American. The boy called himself Jr. Michael Jackson though there was nothing familiar in between them except they were from the same state. He had been working for Ryan for two years and had earned a place in the business by now.