The Pilot

Chapter Five

"Let's hope he's right"

Danielle finished in the bathroom and made her way back through to the bedroom. It was as she suspected, Stefania had left. Danielle was relieved by this if also a little sad. She really wanted to try and start afresh with the Italian. "Maybe tonight when we both get back to the room we'll have time to talk," she thought to herself.

She pulled herself from her thoughts and got ready for drinks and dinner with the rest of the group. She decided on a pair of classic black jeans paired with a blue shirt that really made her eyes pop and her favorite black Louboutin heels. She gave her shoulder length blonde hair a slight curl and finished the look with light makeup and some nude lip gloss.

With one final glance in the mirror, she approved of how she looked. She grabbed the door card and her purse and made her way down to the bar.

Meanwhile, Stefania didn't have any clue where she was going or what she was going to do. All she knew was that she had to get out of that room. She knew Danielle was right with what she had said, Stefania had been an ass to her. She knew she would have to explain the full story sometime but for now, she just needed to make things right with her new member of staff. The question was though how would she make things right when she didn't know anything about the girl except her name. Stefania continued to walk as she tried to come up with a way of making it up to the blonde.

Stefania had walked for what felt like hours. She knew the others would be at the restaurant by now so she started to make her way back towards the hotel. She had decided that she would speak to the others and see if they could suggest something nice for her to do for Danielle as they would surely get to know her better tonight. 

Stefania was lost in her thoughts when she heard a voice behind her "Stefania, is that you?" She knew that voice instantly and it stopped her dead in her tracks. Her blood run cold and she could feel her breath start to quicken. She turned round and there he stood - her ex fiance, Cooper!

"Cooper! What are you doing here? The last I heard you had moved to Sydney with what's her face!" "What's her face?! Real mature Stef, you know fine well her name is Rachel - you were best friends with her for 10 years!" Yes Cooper, yes I was, but you successfully ruined that friendship when you couldn't resist shoving your dick in her at my bachelorette party! I'm just thankful that I found out before the wedding that you were sleeping together!" Stefania spat out. "OK Stef, calm down" Cooper said as he tried to grab her arm. Stefania jumped at the contact and started to scream at him. All the years of trauma he'd put her through were suddenly flooding her senses. She started to feel light headed and next thing she knew her head hit the ground as she went down. She came round a few seconds later with Cooper standing over her. She tried really hard to control herself but couldn't stop the tears. A passer by appeared in that moment and asked if she was ok as he had witnessed what happened. "Yeah she's fine" Cooper sneered as he lifted Stefania on to her feet. "Had a bit too much to drink is all."

"Cooper, please just leave me alone" Stefania pleaded as more people started to filter by them. "OK, OK I'll leave you just now but this isn't over Stefania. You owe me!" Cooper growled the last 3 words with a certain amount of venom. "Oh and whilst you're in town, the least you could do is pay my folks a visit. They miss you!" And with that he walked away.

Stefania reached her hand up to her head and realised it was bleeding. "Great!" She thought to herself as she felt the dizziness take over her.