Chapter 28
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Lilly was thrilled that she was going to be doing the painting at Blue’s.
It was like a dream come true. Standing at the wall, she looked at what had already been done and it wasn’t much to look at after the fire damage.
The first thing she would do would be to paint the wall a single colour and start again.
Then Lilly would decide what would go in its place.
She needed to do some research into the building.
She had an idea along the lines of Elaine’s but wanted to make it more of a Scottish feel.
Stepping forward to the wall she traced the dancer’s outline that had been sketched faintly on the wall in the corner untouched by the smoke.
Lilly daydreamed about dancing in the arms of a man who knew how to dance.
She loved to dance but had yet to find a man who could dance well too.
If only she could find another who could dance the tango, her dancing dreams would come true.
She wondered if Elijah could dance, she hoped he could. If she was going to Jack and Olivia’s wedding, she would want to be able to have the first dance with the best man. She hummed a song aloud as she continued to trace the lines of the dancer.
“What are you thinking about Lilly?” Elijah asked.
Lilly jumped and stopped humming immediately, Elijah’s low voice sent a shiver through her. She adored the feeling, the fission of excitement. It was like being at school when the boy she crushed on spoke to her. She felt giddy and happy.
“Dancing, Can you dance Elijah?” Lilly asked.
“No, not a step,” Elijah said.
Lilly’s heart plummeted, her disappointment must’ve shown because, Elijah took her right hand and spun her in a circle and pulled her tight to his body.
Swivelling his hips into hers, he dropped her back and pulled her left leg up high while holding her close.
She was breathing hard as she looked up into his eyes and grinned.
Slapping his chest, she tried to contain her blushing.
“You can dance, you tease,” Lilly said.
“I can dance a little, you can find out if you’ll be my date at the wedding,” Elijah asked.
“Holy smoke, are you actually asking me?” She said and added. “I shall think about it.”
Lilly let Elijah lift her back up after he pecked her check with a quick kiss. She beamed in response to his affection and kissed his cheek in return.
“Do you know who caused the damage to the wall yet?” Lilly asked to change the subject.
“Will you come to the wedding with me Lillian Harrison?” Elijah asked and then pouted.
“Oh for goodness’ sake, yes, I will come to the wedding with you.”
“Great,” Elijah said and grinned his trademark smile. “I’ve heard nothing from the police. The lit bottle of alcohol thrown through the window hit the turpentine for washing the brushes, which caused it. As to who is to blame I don’t think we’ll ever know,” Elijah added.
“I hope it wasn’t deliberate Elijah. I love this place, if Blue’s burned down I would be heartbroken.”
“Me too babe,” Elijah said and hugged Lilly and kissed the top of her head.
“Go and get back to tidying that office of yours and let me get back to planning this wall of decadence,” Lilly said to lighten the mood, she had only just remembered that Elijah lived there too and that it would be his home that went up in smoke as well.
“Yes,” Elijah said.
Elijah replied, saluted her and walked away. She giggled to herself and turned back to her canvas. She needed to visit Edinburgh Castle to get some ideas. She was reasonably sure what she was going to paint and needed to check some details. She wanted to get all the eras correct.
The sweeping dance scene from left to right would start when this building was built and on to the present day. The attire of the dancers depicting the era and decade as time moved on. They would all be dancing the same dance and that would be the waltz.
She was thrilled at what she was going to do and now research was going to be that much easier. The tricky part would be to hide it from Elijah until it was done.
If she told him to stay away, she was sure he would, if he didn’t she would find a way to punish him.