YES, LET'S JUST BE FRIENDS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

HIS EYES HOLDS HER HEART, BUT HER MIND IS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH... SHE BREAKS FROM HIS GRIP AND QUICKLY ENTERS HER HOUSE.. CAN LEANS AGAINST THE DOOR, HIS ARMS BRACING HIM, HE WHISPERS,  " SANEM, YOU ARE MY BELOVED,  I WILL NOT LET YOU GO. "  HE WALKED BACK TO HIS TRUCK FEELING HIS WORLD CRUMBLING AROUND HIM. HE SLOWLY  DROVE HOME HIS MIND STILL REELING. IN ALL MY LIFE, THIS FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS HAS NEVER BEEN SO GREAT,  HE THOUGHT. HOW DO I MAKE HER LISTEN, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS DOING.  IT WAS MY OWN FAULTS THAT HAVE CREATED THE DOUBT IN HER MIND, CAUSED HER TO BE UNSURE OF MY FEELINGS FOR HER.  STAY PERSISTENT, HE TOLD HIMSELF AND LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN....

SANEM KNEW THAT LOOK FROM CAN, THE DESPERATE LOOK OF TRUTH...BUT SHE HAD TO BE SURE.  SHE HAD TO CONFRONT TANER...THE NIGHT WAS LONG WITH LOTS OF DEMONS CHASING HER THOUGHTS... HE WOULD BE AT THE AGENCY TOMORROW, SHE WOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT THEN..

THE MEETING WAS EARLY,  CEYDA AND TANER ARRIVED AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM. DEREN WAS GATHERING THE CAMPAIGN FILES IN HER USUAL DRAMATIC WAY, YELLING AND DEMANDING HER COFFEE.. CAN HAD CALLED TO REPORT HE WAS RUNNING LATE, HE WAS CAUGHT IN A TRAFFIC JAM AND WOULD BE THERE SHORTLY.   SANEM DECIDED TO MAKE HER WAY TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM TO GET SETTLED.  AS SHE APPROACHED THE DOOR, SHE HEARD CEYDA TELLING TANER ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF COMPASS SPORTS.  AS SHE CONGRATULATED HIM ON HIS PROMOTION, SHE DETAILED HIS JOB DESCRIPTION.  SHE NEEDED A PERSON SHE COULD TRUST TO OVERSEE THE NEW BRANCH IN KAYSERI.  SHE CHOSE HIM BECAUSE HE COULD ALWAYS GET PEOPLE TO DO WHAT HE WANTED..TANER WAS ELATED AND EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE COMPANY.  CEYDA WAS QUICK TO ASK HIM WHAT HE HAD INTENDED DO ABOUT SANEM, NOW THAT THEY HAD BECOME A COUPLE.. " WELL,   HE STATED, I PLAN ON ASKING HER TO COME ALONG, WHAT DO YOU THINK? "  CLAPPING HER HANDS IN APPROVAL,  CEYDA ADDED,  " THAT'S PERFECT,  IN FACT WE WILL INSIST ON IT, SAYING YOU WILL NEED HER TO DEVELOP THE AD CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW STORE.  OF COURSE THE HARD PART WILL BE CONVINCING CAN...  SHE LAUGHED AND SAID, " THIS WAS THE PREFECT IDEA WE HAD TANER,  ABOUT YOU REKINDLING YOUR OLD FLAME WITH SANEM......BY THE TIME SHE RETURNS, IT WILL BE TOO LATE AND CAN WILL BE MINE. " 

SANEM HAD THE URGE TO KILL, BUT SHE HAD TO STAY CALM.....CAN ARRIVED AND RUSHED TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM. EVERYONE WAS ASSEMBLED AND READY TO START. HE SCANNED THE ROOM, NODDING TO CEYDA AND WELCOMING HER... HIS EYES LANDED ON SANEM, HE QUICKLY OBSERVED HER, TRACKING WHAT HER EYES MIGHT SAY....BUT HE SAW HER LOOK WAS STRAINED AND UNCOMFORTABLE.....CAN STARTED THE MEETING......CEYDA LAID OUT THE NEW PLANS AND DELIVERED THE NEWS THAT THEY NEEDED SANEM TO RELOCATE TO KAYSERI FOR A WHILE TO HELP TANER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ...CAN FELT A RUSH OF ADRENALINE AS HE INSTANTLY OPPOSED, " CEYDA, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROPOSE SUCH A THING."  HE TOLD HER. CEYDA COUNTERED CONFIDENTLY, " CAN, MY DEAR, WE ARE THE SINGLE MOST VALUABLE CLIENT THIS AGENCY HAS, SO I THINK THAT DOES GIVE ME THE AUTHORITY...SHE SMILED, LOOKING AT SANEM..

LISTENING TO THIS ALL, AND RERUNNING THE CONVERSATION FROM EARLIER,  SANEM FELT THE DISGUST OF BEING USED.  TANER SMILED AND WINKED AT HER, AS IF TELLING HER, HE HAD WON.......CEYDA CONTINUED,  OUTLINING THE DETAILS OF THE EXPANSION AND OF THE IMPORTANCE THAT IT WOULD HAVE FOR THE AGENCY....EVERYONE WAS EXCITED FOR THE RECOGNITION IT WOULD BRING THEM...ESPECIALLY DEREN,  "  THIS WILL BE A HUGE BOOST FOR THE AGENCY, AND I WILL GET RID OF SANEM ALSO, HOW COULD IT GET ANY BETTER, "  SHE REJOICED IN HER THOUGHTS....

CAN ADAMANTLY DISAGREED WITH THE WHOLE CONCEPT,  HE KNEW HIS DECISION AND THAT WAS IT....THEY ALL TURNED TO SANEM, TO GET HER OPINION OF THE SUGGESTION.  " THAT'S  SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, "  SHE CALMLY VOICED... AS SHE LOOKED AROUND TO SEE THE EXPRESSIONS.......CEYCEY GASPED, PUTTING HIS HAND OVER HIS MOUTH.  GULIZE'S MOUTH FLEW OPEN.  " OH MY,  HOW ROMANTIC. "  SHE BABBLED... DEREN WAS ALL SMILES.......    CEYDA JUMPED UP, CLAPPING HER HANDS,SHE EXCLAIMED,  " SUPER,  WE'LL START THE BALL ROLLING."  WE WILL START IMMEDIATELY SO THE TRANSITION MOVES SMOOTHLY.....

WITH THE MEETING OVER, CAN STORMED TO HIS OFFICE, NOT WANTING TO CONFRONT SANEM IN FRONT OF EVERYONE...SANEM RETURNED TO HER DESK WITH TANER IN PURSUIT..." SANEM,  THIS IS GREAT, LETS  GO TO KAYSERI TOGETHER.  IT'S A FRESH START FOR US.  WE ARE THE PERFECT PAIR. "  HE BLURTED, OVERJOYED AT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. " I'M LEAVING OUT TOMORROW FOR KAYSERI, COME WITH ME,  WE CAN GET THINGS GOING."    HER FEELINGS OF RAGE MARCHED THROUGH HER MIND WITH A VENGEANCE.  TELLING TANER SHE WOULD THINK ABOUT IT SEEM TO APEASE HIM FOR THE TIME BEING...WITH HIS AIRE OF CONFIDENCE. HE STATED, " MY FLIGHT LEAVES AT 10:00AM,  PLEASE MEET ME THERE AND WE CAN GO TOGETHER."  SHE SMILED AND WHISPERED TO HIM,  " I  WILL MAKE MY DECISION BY THEN...AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW. "   HE GAVE HER A BIG HUG AND WALKED AWAY...

CAN WAS PACING IN HIS OFFICE, WHAT WAS SHE THINKING. NO, ACTUALLY SHE WASN'T THINKING..  IT WAS HIS DECISION IF  SHE COULD GO OR NOT, SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS AGENCY..  AND HIS DECISION WAS " NO. " UNLESS SHE RESIGNED....HE WOULDN'T ALLOW HER TO GO...NO.NO.NO.....HE HAD TO TALK TO HER BUT NOT IN THE OFFICE.  AT LUNCH TIME HE WOULD TAKE HER OUT AND MAKE HER SEE WHAT TANER WAS TRYING TO DO....

SANEM NEEDED TO EXCAPE THE OFFCE FOR A WHILE,  NOT WANTING A CONFRONTATION WITH CAN AT THIS TIME....SHE TOLD DEREN SHE NEEDED TO THINK,  SO SHE WANTED THE REST OF THE DAY OFF...DEREN AGEED. TELLING WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY SHE HAD BEEN OFFERED.....TRYING TO CONVINCE HER SHE SHOULD TAKE IT.... SANEM TOOK HER BUS TOWARD HOME, BUT INSTEAD, SHE  WENT TO THE COAST WANTING TO BE ALONE. SHE NEEDED TO ANALYZE HER LIFE AND WHY SHE KEPT LETTING PEOPLE MANIPULATE HER.... KNOWING THAT CAN WOULD BE LOOKING FOR HER AND WOULD CERTAINLY COME THERE TO FIND HER, SHE WALKED TO THE OLD HOUSE SHE VISITED AS A CHILD. THE PLACE WHERE SHE WATCHED THE BIRDS AND WROTE HER POEMS OF LOVE AND WHAT SHE DREAMED HER LIFE WOULD BE LIKE...IT WAS LATE INTO THE NIGHT WHEN SHE FINALLY WALKED HOME......

CAN FRANTICALLY SEARCHED FOR HER, EVERY POSSIBLE PLACE HE COULD THINK OF...BUT NO SANEM....  HE GOT TO THE OFFICE EARLY THE NEXT MORNING SO THEY COULD TALK BEFORE EVERYONE ARRIVED.....SHE WASN'T THERE BY 9:00, AND HE PANICKED.. HE WAS THINKING OF LEAVING TO SEARCH FOR HER AGAIN WHEN HE SAW CEYCEY COMING TOWARDS HIS OFFICE...HE TAPPED ON THE DOOR AND CAME IN..." MR. CAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS BUT SANEM HAS GONE TO THE AIRPORT TO MEET MR.TANER.  SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO TELL YOU,  BUT I FEEL I MUST."" HE SAID....." OH MY GOD, CEYCEY, WHEN DOES THE FILGHT LEAVE?''  HE YELLED, GRABBING HIS FRIEND MY THE ARMS..  " AT 10:00, " HE SHOUTED,  " IF YOU HURRY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. " 

CAN RAN, LIKE HE HAD NEVER RAN BEFORE.  HE WAS A GOOD 20 MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ON A GOOD DAY.  PRAY THERE'S NO TRAFFIC....MAKING RECORD TIME HE PARKED IN A DROP-OFF ZONE ONLY,  AND RAN......HE STOPPED AND SCANNED THE DEPARTURE SIGNS FOR THE GATE.  THERE IT WAS, THE FLIGHT TO KAYSERI, BUT IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TERMINAL. "DAMN, " HE YELLED.  HE SPRINTED THROUGH THE CROWD.  AS HE NEARED THE GATE HE COULD SEE THEM, THEY WERE STANDING NEAR THE TICKET DESK. HE YELLED AT HER....BUT SHE DIDN'T HEAR HIM..IN HIS HASTE HE BUMPED INTO A LADY CARRYING SEVERAL MAGAZINES, MAKING HER DROP THEM ON THE FLOOR. HE QUICKLY EXCUSED HIMSELF AND REACHED TO PICK THEM UP.  WHEN HE RAISED UP HE REALIZED HE HAD LOST SIGHT OF THEM.....HE STARTED YELLING HER NAME AS LOUD AS HE COULD, WITH EVERYONE STARING AT HIM...  THEN HE SAW THEM SITTING NEAR THE ENTRANCE GATE. HE RAN TO HER, " SANEM, WAIT. YOU CAN'T GO, " HE PLEADED.  SANEM JERKED AROUND IN SHOCK, " CAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. " SHE SHOUTED... " YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE,  I NEED YOU, YOU ARE MY SOUL...I LOVE YOU.".  HE PLEADED.

TANER STOOD AND LOOKED AT CAN,  " I ALSO THINK SHE'S MAKING A MISTAKE, " HE SPEWED. " I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THE BEST MAN WON, BUT NEVERTHELESS, SHE HAS MADE HER CHOICE." TANER SAID, GLARING AT CAN... 

" SORRY TANER," SANEM REPLIED......." BUT THERE WAS NEVER A CHOICE"..

SANEM LOOKED AT CAN WITH HER EYES FULL OF LOVE..." I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE." SHE WHISPERED...

CAN WRAPPED HER UP IN HIS ARMS AND SHOWERED HER WITH HIS KISSES.........

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