In the morning Sally-Ann was up bright and early and out the door before everyone else had even got out of bed.
Luke had agreed to take Skyanne to school and drop her off on his way to work.Before Luke even had the chance to sit down with his coffee, Karen questioned him about the agreement he made with Sally-Ann .
Asking him if it was what he truly wanted and could be happy with that decision knowing deep down underneath it all, Sally-Ann's heart wasn't really into it. "Face it Luke, you know and I know that Sally-Ann's heart only belongs to one man. This non sex thing says it all.... surly your not to blind too see that," she statted.Luke just stood there puzzled by what Katen had said to him, but deep down in his heart of hearts, he knew she was right. He just didn't want to accept it.
At Freeman's, Sally-Ann was busy working on modeling underwear and swimwear, when Tony told her to head down to the make-up department so they could get her ready for the next layout.
Twenty minutes later , they got stuck into it and was finished in no time. Tony suggested going to have a bite to eat at some cafe not far from Freeman's.
By 2:30pm, Sally-Ann was heading to Skyanne's school to pick her up.
When Skyanne got into the car, she was all chitty-chatty about her day and told her mother about her friends who happened to be a set of triplets. She than asked her mother if she was going to that many babies one day, and Sally-Ann almost chocked on her drink.
"No sweetheart I hope not that many all at once!"Once at home, Skyanne changed out of her uniform, threw it in the washing basket and headed outside to play with Hope. Her mother on the other hand, rounded up the rest of the washing and placed it in the washing machine just as Luke walked inside and called out to her.
"I'm in the laundry," she called out to him.
Heading outside, he stuck his head inside the laundry, quickly extended his arm and said, "These are for you."
Taking the big bunch of flowers from Luke, she thanked him and went into the kitchen to find a vase to place them in.Just as Sally-Ann was rearranging the flowers , Karen walked into the kitchen, took one look at the flowers and shook her.
"What?" Sally-Ann said as she placed the vase down on the counter.
"Oh nothing in particular. ... just can't get my head around the fact your dating someone, but your heart really isn't into it because it belongs to my brother," Karen said.Sally-Ann spun around and told Karen to stop questioning her on the decision she made. That she has moved on, just like her brother had done with Amanda. She made her choice and that choice was to give it a go with Luke and see where things go.
Karen on the other hand wasn't about to drop the subject and she pointed a few things out to Sally-Ann- like the no sex rule, not wanting Steven to know about her dating Luke and the fact she was actually wearing the ring Steven sent her as a xmas present.
"If you claim you feel nothing for my brother, than why on earth are you wearing his ring?"
"Dont know what your on about," she said turning away from her.
Karen just shook her head, threw her arms up in the air, mutterd something under her breath and went out to the lounge-room.Walking into the lounge-room, Luke suggested going out for dinner.
Half an hour later, they all piled into the car and were heading for the Sundowner.After parking the car, they all headed inside to find a seat. The place was pumping for a Thursday night.
No sooner had they taken their seat, Steven approached their table, smiled and asked if they were baby sitting again.
Karen answered yes."He remembered my name Mummy," she said.
Steven looked quizzical at Karen and asked if he heard Skyanne call Sally-Ann mummy.
Karen laughed and told him not to be daft.
He just shocked his head and off he went to join Amanda." What was that all about ?" Sally-Ann asked.
Looking at each other, both Luke and Karen said,"No idea!"After ordering their meal, they sat back and listened to the band play, then got up and danced to few songs. Luke, Karen and Sally-Ann bopped around the dance floor with young Skyanne, unaware they were being watched.
"Who's the kid with them Steven?" Amanda asked as she watched them all bopping around.
Steven smiled and told her that the little girl was the daughter of a friend who Karen was baby sitting.
Amanda just picked up her drink, took a mouthfull of it and muttered something under her breath.
Steven looked at her and asked her if she'd care for a dance, but all she could do was laugh in his face."Suit yourself," he said as he headed over to the bar to order himself another drink.
Bumping into Sally-Ann, he asked her if she was havung fun and she told him she was , but that what would make things awhole better, would be if he disappeared. Looking straight at her, he asked why she had to always be so hostile towards him.
Biggest mistake he made, as she went into full defence mode, told him to fuck off and go back to his bitch.
He just stood there glued to the floor, dumbfounded by her little outburst and muttered...."damn woman"¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
The long weekend came up quicklyand Sally-Ann had gotten up, changed into a pair of stripped blue woven shorts, a floral black la ed bustier, a pair of black tie-up shoes and tied her hair back, then headed out to the kitchen.
Both Luke and Karen were up running around gathering stuff up for the long weekend away at Mount Purdie log cabin,when Sally-Ann walked in.
"Holly cow, what's all this?" she asked as she watched Karen open up the pantry and pull out a box full of grog.
Karen just smirked at Sally-Ann and told her it was Monkey jiuce. Sally-Ann rolled her eyes and went to grab herself a coffee.Two hours later, they finally arrived at Mount Purdie, unloaded the car and went inside to check the cabin out.
It was a magnificent log cabin with a concert acrylic stan floor in 5 colors, windows all around, a nice big kitchen with pine timber cupboards and white marble benches with a cobblestone breakfast bar, withan adjouring dinning room and lounge-room.
In the lounge-room there was an open fire place with a big woolen rug laying on the floor, a climbing bears floor lamp, a bear side tablesand pot plants everywhere you looked. Two big sliding class doors that lead out onto the back porch over looking the beautiful scenery.
On the second floor there were 3 rooms.
The master bedroom was done in a rustic look with a big four post bed, a white woolen rug on the floor and a big rustic blanket box at the end of the bed. The second room and third room was also done in a rustic style, but the second room had a double bed and the third room had a bunk bed.
The bathroom was done in a stonewash along with a stonewash shower and a stonewash spa bath on an angle with two big windows with wooden blinds on them.Once they decided on who was taking what room and finished unpacking, they decide to go for walk and have alook around.
The scenery was absolutely breath taking, with field's full of marigolds scattered through them. Footh hills all around, over looking
a small valley leading down to a stream."How on earth did you find this extraordinary piece of heaven Luke?" Sally-Ann asked.
"Through a catalog," he smiled.Back at the cabin, Luke whiped something for dinner, lite the fire-place and they sat in the dinning -room eatting their meal in comfort.
It was peaceful on the mountains, the air clean and fresh with the smell of the marigolds when the breaze came in through the open windows.
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