If You Could See Me Now by Cecilia Ahern

Author:Cecilia Ahern
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Azizex666
ISBN: 9780007198894
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2005-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

If You Could See Me Now

Chapter Nineteen

after the day i gave Elizabeth the daisy chains . . . and my heart, I learned far more about her than just what she and her mother did on Satur- day evenings. I realized shes like one of those cockles that you see clinging to the rocks down on Fermoy beach. You know by looking at it that its loose, but as soon as you touch it or get close to it, it seizes up and clings on to the rocks surface for life. Thats what Elizabeth was like; open until someone came near and then shed tense up and cling on for dear life. Sure, she opened up to me on that day in the back garden, but then the next day when I dropped by, it was as though she were mad at me because shed talked about it. But that was Elizabeth all round, mad at everyone, includ- ing herself, and she was probably embarrassed. It wasnt often Elizabeth told anybody anything about herself, unless she was talking to customers about her company.

It was difficult to spend time with Luke now that Elizabeth could see me and frankly she would have been worried if I knocked on her fuchsia door to ask her if Luke was coming out to play. She has a thing about friends being a certain age. The important thing, though, was that Luke didnt seem to mind. He was always so busy playing with Sam. Whenever Luke decided to include me, it would make Sam frustrated because he couldnt see me of course. I think I was getting in the way, and Luke and I both knew that it wasnt really him that I was there for. Kids always know whats going on, even before you know yourself sometimes.

I didnt like that Elizabeth thought that I was Sams dad. I never lie to my friends, ever, so I tried so many times to tell her that I wasnt Sams dad. One of the times, the conversation went like this.

One evening in the house after Elizabeth had been at work, she asked me, So where are you from, Ivan?

She had just finished a meeting with Vincent Taylor about the hotel and apparently, according to her, she just walked right up to him and told him she had been speaking with Ivan and we both felt the hotel needed a childrens area to give the parents an even more relaxing romantic time together. Well, Vincent laughed so much that he just gave in and agreed. Shes still confused as to why he thought it was so funny. I told her it was because Vincent hadnt a clue who I was and she just rolled her eyes at me and accused me of being secretive. Anyway, because of that, she was in a good mood so she was ready to talk, for a change. I was wondering when shed start asking me questions (other than the ones about my

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