Chapter 14


 

So Bette escorted Tina down the boat to a black BMW that was waiting for them along with the chofer.

Bette: (in perfect spanish) Buenas noches, seor. Mi nombre es Bette, cual es el suyo? (good night sir, my name is Bette, what’s your name?)

Chofer: Marcos, seora. Encantado, a dnde nos dirijimos? (Marcos, madam. Nice to meet you. Where are we going to?)

Bette: encantada tambien de conocerlo Marcos, vamos a Los Cocos. (nice to meet you too Marcos, we are going to Los Cocos)

Now looking at Tina, Bette opened the door of the car for her…. and resting on the seat there was another red rose waiting for her…..

Tina: (once inside the car) wow…. if I’m a teaser then you’re a charmer….

Bette: as long as you like it…..

Tina: what is Los Cocos?

Bette: (looking mischevously) hopefully something you will remember for the rest of your life….

Twenty minutes later they arrived to a very big and beautiful house…. and were greeted by James….

Bette: Hi James (giving him a hug) how are you?

James: Hi Bette, I’m fine….. besides it’s only been two days, you know?

Bette: (smiling) yes I know…. but you know me…. Tina (looking at her) this is James my personal assistant….. James this is Tina Kennard….

They shook hands both smiling to each other….

James: well everything it’s been setled the way you asked… I’m leaving now, I hope you two have a great night…..

Bette: (hugging him again) thank you so much for this….. and have a great night too…. bye!!! (now looking back at Tina once James was gone) follow me…..

Once inside the house…..

Bette: the name of this place is Los Cocos and this house was built on the beginning of the XIX century and although it was reformed it still conservs its colonial style….

Tina couldn’t say anything…. her eyes were contemplaiting every inch of this amazing house…. each different thing she saw was more beautiful than the previous one…. the whole house was painted in white…. with lots of replics of paintings and tapestries hunging on the walls…. the furnitures were all dark brown and middle century style…. with candles all over the house…. and fresh jasmines in every base on every table of the place, so the air was filled with their scent….

Bette: Tina…. are you with me?

Tina: (turning around) I’m….. sorry…. but…. this…. how…..

Bette: (smiling) I’ll tell you a little secret…. if you promise me not to run away…. (Tina nodded a yes) when I read Alice’s email and found out you were coming I couldn’t stop thinking about you and you already know this….. so I planned this back then…. even before shipping and James volunteered to help me…. (looking ashamed)

Tina: (melting) come here…. (and I put both my arms around her waist) and what would have happened if you didn’t like me?

Bette: (with puppy eyes) that was not an option…. I knew I’d like you…. but I’ve never imagined I’d like you this much….

Tina: do you always have an answer that makes me melt?

Bette: (smiling) well…. that’s my job actually…. but this isn’t the whole surprise…. let me show you the rest…. (grabbing Tina’s hand and leading her to the back of the house) you see…. what I liked the most about this place is that it has its own secluded beach (opening the door for Tina)

Once they were outside they found a path of rocks in the middle of the sand which leaded to a very small dock where there was a table dressed in white tablecloth and chairs also dressed with a white soft fabric….

On the table rested two big silver trays which were covered and a big bucket filled with ice which contained a bottle of the finest Chardonnay all over Acapulco…..

And since it wasn’t a windy night there were candles contained in big cristal balls on both sides of the rock path and on the table…. when they got to the table Tina wasn’t able to form a single word….. even less when she found twenty two red roses sitting on her chair with a card attached to them….

"This are the rest of the twenty four roses I wanted to give to you…. one rose for every hour of true joy and new hope you gave  me just  by knowing you…. I only hope I’ll be able to give you in return the same things you have given me in this twenty four hours…. Bette"