Why? Why was he here? Never had she guessed about him being at the party. Finally her mind wasn’t thinking of him 24/7 and then … there he was. Looking as sharp as ever. Her heart flipped and the room felt like a furnace. She couldn’t breathe.
Samantha wanted to bolt but at first her legs wouldn’t let her. They were like a bungee cord that had snapped, felt so weak, like they couldn’t hold her up.
Then his eyes started to sweep the room and she ran. Knocked a tray of crab hor d’oeuvers right out of the waiter’s hand. Samantha felt bad, but kept running.
She made it and leaned against a column, bracing herself. She may have only seen him from afar but the memories of his beguiling blue eyes overtook her.
Oh, why! Why did he have to come? Tonight was supposed to be a fun night of kicking back and relaxing, but that idea had been nixed now.
Her neck and shoulders ached with knots from the shock of seeing him and the rush of memories that followed
The day they went to the park and he pushed her on the swings. When they dipped their feet in the creek and dreamt of all the tomorrows to come. Discussed their future plans of Samantha becoming his bride.
The night he had brushed her face wirh his gentle hands, romancing her with his promises of love. She was lost in his eyes that night and thought all was right with her world.
She had blushed with feelings of love before, now her face was flushed from mixed emotions. Did she really miss him?
For a moment in time it had been so right. Where had it all gone wrong?
Nuggets of Gold 
… To Be Continued …
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LOL! But I didn’t say that. 😉
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Oh yes you did! Not, perhaps, in those exact words, but when one leaves that many doors open, you know that sooner or later she will have to come back and close some of them before the rain starts! 😉
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Haha!! We will see. But Jason and Tippy already ended it, did you see that?
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Um … yeah, just now. I can’t say I’m crazy about that ending, but … okay, I’ll buy it.
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Well Jason’s was at least happier than Tippy’s ending!
Don’t worry I will have a happy story for tomorrow 😊
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Waiting with bated breath for the next installment…
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😊
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I think it started to go wrong when he married her sister and they had triplets.
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Oh gosh! And she was the nanny? 😂
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That was the crazy part!
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😂😂
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She gazed at her Zirconium engagement ring. Where had things gone wrong? she wondered. She glanced in a mirror at her black eye. Just why had they broken up? She limped into the garden, to hide from him. Just what was it about him that left her feeling hesitant? She hugged her broken ribs and pondered. But she just couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
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Oh help! Can always count on you for cheery endings! But at least she got away, so I guess it is a happy ending and when she saw the headlines about him getting hit by a car and killed, she felt at peace. No more regrets.
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You and Mr. Gnu have another Hallmark movie idea here, I think
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That could not be a Hallmark movie, doolally! Its a little short on the romance. 😛
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Oh, I’m sorry, I meant Lifetime movie
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Yeah, an honest “mistake”, I am sure.
Your brain must have been fuzzy, from not enough coffee.
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Hallmark?? More like an AMC Walking Dead sequel or maybe even something like Lifetime’s V. C. Andrews’ family secrets/forbidden love movies projects.
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And after she recovered from her amnesia, she realized she had been the one who was driving the car. But a quick trip to a body shop eliminated all the evidence.
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And all was well!
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He looked across the room and saw her. There she was, as beautiful as ever and apparently in a complete daze and lost in her own internal world as usual. Samantha was a lovely woman and when she was in touch with reality she was fun to be around. But he soon tired of trying to talk to her only to notice her eyes glazed over as she was in her own mental world listening to her own internal dialogue. He honestly wondered if she had noticed that he no longer came around. But he just couldn’t take trying to have a relationship with someone who often acted like a mannequin. Oh well, at least the hors d’oeuvres at her party were nice.
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Her “own internal world”? Talking to the voices in her head? He met her when they both took that ice cream ride to the Funny Farm, right?
Yes, I could go for come crab hor d’oeuvres right now.
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I don’t love crab meat, but it’ll do in a pinch
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😶🤚!
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