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Fiction Revision

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CW1100

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July 11, 2020

OPTION 2:

It is nine o'clock in the evening. In an evening dress, a beautiful young man of twenty has an opera hat and a bunch of flowers in his hands; as he approaches the room, the flowers are placed on the piano. The apartment is furnished and fashioned in the South Kensington flair; it is a showroom that demonstrates a racial position and the spending power of the owner. The woman walks into the room as she is dressed for the theatre, wearing so many diamonds to portray an image of a beautiful young woman, but the truth is she is 37. Jacob, the young man, kisses the hand of the woman!

The woman is panicking, and Jacob, the young man, is concerned about what is going on. The woman says, "Jacob, something dreadful happened. I have lost your poems." Jacob insists that he will write more poems for him, and she refused to blame herself that she was imprudent. She is worried about who will access the lyrics of the poem because they articulate the intimate aspects and characteristics of the beautiful Aurora. She is concerned that her husband's relatives will judge her the minute they get hold of the letters. The woman becomes fearful and paranoid. She is questioning Jacob about the worst that could happen if Rango was to find out her infidelity, and Jacob seems not to care about what other people might think of the situation.

Jacob explains to Aurora that "We love one another, and I am not ashamed of that. I am ready to go out and proclaim to the entire city as simply as I will declare it to your husband when you see, as soon as you will see that this is the only way honourable enough for your feet to tread." He begs the woman to come with him to his own house without any shame or fear of being caught. Jacob has always insisted on simplicity because he cannot afford diamonds that Aurora puts on. He proposes that they go to Rango and inform him that they are leaving together, and she warns him that the husband would kill him. Jacob is willing to fight the husband to elope with his lover.

The woman tells him, "No! Stop! There is no need of saying all these Mr. Mason; I thought you were only a boy, a child, a dreamer. I thought you would be too much afraid to do anything. And now you want to beat Rango and to break up my home and disgrace me and make a horrible scandal in the papers." Jacob flinches because, as a young man, he thought that happiness and blessings had knocked at his door. He breaks one of her fans in the room out of anger. She is convinced that the poems are in Christina's possession, Rango's sister, and confronts Jacob that he should be able to get her out of this mess because he is to blame.

The husband walks into the house, well-groomed wealthy man with no sign of displeasure quite the contrary. He asks Jacob if he can have a word with him, so Aurora left the room, and after a while, she heard an argument. Rango wants Jacob to admit that he admires his wife; so many men have tried swaying her in the past, and it was not the first time it was happening. Ironically, Jacob refutes ever writing poems to her. Suddenly, the two engage in a physical fight that forces Jacob to speak the truth about the poems he had written. The woman begs the lover at that moment, not to fight back. Rango turns to the wife in that heated moment to choose who she loves so much, and despite refusing to leave with the young man, she decided to go with Jacob because she felt young and beautiful again. One could assert that Aurora chose the young man because he was romantic, something that she had not felt for years with the husband, or some would conclude that the woman wanted to be freed from the marriage because she was unhappy.

The husband asked the young man to take care of his wife and work on the pieces of poems he had created because he is talented. Rango is unhappy about the decision she made; he wants to work on this young man's gift expressed in the poems. The woman leaves her husband's apartment; she walks out, crying, and remorseful; Jacob smiles as he walks out, holding her hand.

Upon reaching the stairs Aurora sat on one of the stairs with her head down filled with guilt. Behind her was Jacob who was all smiles and very confident since he was taking the price home. He felt like a champion since winning her from Rango was not an easy task. Actually, at the moment it was still unbelievable, and he really wanted to know why she had chosen him over her husband. Jacob followed her and sat on the staircase next to her. He could not bear to see the anguish on her face. In a low tone, Jacob asked “My dear what’s wrong” to anyone else especially someone who knows what had just happened this would have been a weird question but to Jacob it was not. He had always \known for a fact that Aurora had not been in love with her husband for several years now and the only thing that kept her in her marriage was lack of a proper way to leave. Jacob was patient enough not to push for an answer from her but instead, he embraced her in his arms and softly pat her back.

The air was filled with silence which was then broken by Aurora who seemed to better even though she was still whimpering. “I remember 2 years ago when I met Rango it was so magical it was love at first sight.” Said Aurora who now had finally decided to explain to Jacob why she was in so much pain. The two had met in a movie theatre where she was patiently waiting for her sister to finish watching her movie so that they could head home. The reason why she was standing outside was that she felt the movie was too childish for her to watch. A young handsome man hunky man approached her. “Excuse me please I was heading to the washrooms and now I am lost could you please direct me,” Rango asked but did not get an answer from Aurora who was gazing at him. At this particular moment the world was at a standstill she could not feel her face this was the first time a man and well in this case not just a man but a handsome man had approached her or even talked to her. To most people, she was not the type of girl to be admired. She had never felt any better than she was doing right now. “Hey, are you okay” Rango had to ask again. This was the statement that made Aurora finally come back to her senses “what was that again I didn’t quite get you” she said Stammering. “I was heading to the washrooms and now I am lost could you please direct me. She directed Rango to the washrooms but still, she was left feeling something she had never felt before. After some minutes, her sister later came out and they headed to the bus station where a spiffy black Mercedes with tinted windows pulled over. At the moment this had nothing to do with aurora since she did not know anyone who owned such an expensive vehicle. The windows dropped down and immediately Aurora noticed that the man she had earlier met was the driver. “Hey, you are the girl who helped me earlier right? Maybe I can pay back the favour by giving you a ride home. Aurora at fist hesitated but she later got into the vehicle where Jacob later introduced himself to her. After one and a half years they tied the knot.

“The first one years were amazing; he would always call me his angel and he would hardly do anything without me. Honestly, I was so happy that I never thought we would ever part ways” said Aurora. For all that time that they were together, Jacob had always known that aurora was not in love with her but he could not still comprehend why she was in so much pain yet she was not happy with her husband. “I am so sorry dear, I am here now and free to stay together without anyone judging us, you should be happy now that you are finally free from that beast. “Said, Jacob. The statement did not really bring relief to Aurora as Jacob had expected instead her heart was still heavy with emotions and Jacob did not understand why. He had been patient enough and it was now time to clear the air. “My dear I do not understand why you are still sad; you should be happy that you do not have to tolerate your husband anymore,” Jacob said. Aurora who seemed to be deep in thought leave alone replying she did not seem to even get the question asked. Jacob felt the need to ask the question again but before he would finish a word Aurora finally spoke. “Stop Jacob, just stop. I really do not know if I should ever trust a man ever again. Right now, we will be very close but later our love will still fade away the same thing that happened with Rango will happen to us, Jacob. I think I have made a great mistake” she yelped. Jacob could not believe what he hard and he only felt that he had triggered the bomb and if only he had not asked the question it would not have come to this! “But dear I am not like him I am here to stay, and I will never ever leave your side,” said Jacob. Without hesitating, Aurora gave a response to Jacob. “No, don’t try and promise anything he also did and look, he could not keep his promise. I think you should leave I need some time alone. I need some space.”