She Dies - Season 1 - Episode 69

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She Dies - Season 1 - Episode 69

The senator smiled, “Ok, I’m sorry. I won’t call you that again.”

“Now I’ve given you the chance to show how
sorry you’re, can I now hang up?”

The senator said calmly but immediately, “No, don’t hang up yet.” He paused, “I like apologizing in a grandiose style. Can we’ve lunch tomorrow, may be in a restaurant, that’s if your apartment won’t be conducive?”

Thelda thought a moment. She didn’t want to
be spotted any place in the company of the
senator. She decided to ask him to come to
the apartment. She would tell the guards to
stay with her inside the apartment until the
senator was gone. The senator wasn’t going
to charm her again. She determined, “Come to my apartment by 2:00PM and be sure the
lunch doesn’t last more than fifteen minutes.”

The senator said happily, “Very sure my dear.

Will be in your apartment at exactly that
time.” He hung up.

The following morning, Thelda saw her
husband to the convoy, kissed him goodbye
and he was off to a rally. She prepared and
left for her office. At 1:30PM, she was back.

She called Morgan, her chief guard and
Raymond, another mean-looking guard, into
the sitting room and asked them not to leave
until they were told otherwise. She rested her
eyes absentmindedly on the television and
waited restlessly for the senator. At exactly
2:00PM, a black Jeep pulled up in the garage.

She strolled to the window, looked out and
was filled with sudden sadness as she
watched a guard open the door of the car.

Senator Mahoney came out, pulled on his tie
and took his briefcase. The guard closed the
door and the senator walked towards the
apartment. Raymond opened the door and the
senator stepped into the sitting room. He
strode to Thelda and extended a hand, “You
look beautiful my dear.”

Thelda gave him an awful glance before
accepting his hand in a handshake.

He smiled, moved to the dining room and sat
at the table, “Are you not joining in the
lunch?” His voice was captivating.

Thelda hesitated before walking to the dining
room. She sat on a seat far away from him
and said curtly, “I’m not hungry.”

The senator smiled, “In that case, you’ve to watch as I eat.” He said in a clipped voice.

Thelda despised the tone of his voice but
managed to watch as he ate, blaming herself
for even allowing him into her apartment.

The senator tried to start a conversation with her but every statement he made was met by
silence. The senator gave up and ate in
quietude. When he was done, he moved to the
sitting room and Thelda followed him. They
sat down and she said, “Hope you’re still
mindful of the time?”

The senator’s lips twitched in a smile, “Sure,” and he placed the briefcase on his laps. He turned the numbers and looked at the guards,

“Can you please excuse us; this is
confidential.”

The guards turned to Thelda for her
instruction. She looked from the senator to
Morgan, then to Raymond, hesitated and
slowly nodded. They opened the door, walked
out and closed it behind them. Thelda
contemplated whether she made the right
decision by letting the guards leave and made
up her mind to scream if the senator tried
anything silly. She looked up to the senator
and watched as he slid his hand into the
briefcase and take out a golden casing. He
turned the lid, bent the casing a bit, held out
a palm and a golden necklace slipped into it.
Thelda looked with awe at the necklace; she
had not seen such attractive jewellery before.

The senator dropped the casing on the couch,
“Can I’ve the privilege of putting this,” he held it forward, “round your neck?” He was smiling,

“I promise you, I’m entirely harmless.”