Chapter 24

Third POV

"It's been five days already ma, where is that man?" Diane complained to her mother as she paced his massive kitchen.

This had become a regular routine conversation that mother and daughter had gone through for hours and days.

"I am sure that he is a little busy" Esther assured her whilst kneading some bread dough.

"Busy? Busy? He turns my life upside down and he is now too busy to see me?" she shrieked to her and looked at the woman before her as if she had just lost her mind.

"Calm down sweetie. I am sure that he will be here soon. He probably just got caught up in some extra work and meetings.

You know how you Hollywood people are" she said in a soothing voice. But she was actually praying to herself 'In the name of God, George drop whatever it is you are doing and please, please, please come home before she comes looking for you'

"Ma, ma please stop defending that man" Diane said throwing my hands up in defeat. Ever since George's 'revelation' her mother had done nothing but defend the man. It was almost like George was her son.

"Somebody has to. Besides he is my son-in-law after all" her mother replied with a wink.

"Mom not this again. Stop teasing me with that that brute"she groaned.

"You really shouldn't talk about your future husband that way" she playfully chastised her daughter. She was actually enjoying this whole thing. It was not every day you could get to tease Diane.

"Mom!"

Taking a deep breath "Diane sweetie, I think you are being too hard on the guy"

"Too hard? I am being too hard?! Mom that guy stated on national television that he and I were engaged. Engaged! And I am being too hard on him? Come on mama" she yelled. 'Is everybody going stark raving mad around me?' thinking to herself.

After George's interview, she had had series of cheers and hugs and congratulations from Nina and Neal and her friends.

No matter how many times she told them to stop they wouldn't listen. They thought the whole situation was a riot and they remarked that she and George would be a very cute couple.

Her hopes that not many people saw the episode were soon dashed when every single entertainment media was replaying and captioning the moment.

There was even a picture of the couple. She recognized it as a picture that was taken after they shot their first movie together. Nothing happened but from the angle it really did look like they were a happy couple. She was smiling and George was mock glaring at her. But they got the whole story wrong, they had been arguing and playing pranks on each other when the picture was taken.

And the stories and rumors that the entertainment magazines and television were posting she could not just believe. Some of the headlines were

"Diane has never felt this happy in a long time"

"George makes her smile and she practically lights up when he is around"

"They are moving in together"

"George is a great and a hands-on dad and they can't wait to have more kids"

Where were these statements coming from? Well according to US Entertainment a source close to the family. Which was just ridiculous. She did not even have that many close friends.

The very next day after the end of her good and sane life at least according to Diane, her phone was ringing non-stop. She was getting calls and text messages from friends and some family members congratulating on her upcoming nuptials. Her living room was overflowing with dozens and dozens of flowers coming from both her and George's friends. 'Come on people, we are not even dating let alone engaged' she felt like screaming at the top of her lungs. But she could not even scream for fear of the paparazzi hearing her and printing it for the whole world to see.

'Why me? Why, why, why me? What did I ever do to deserve this?' she continued to lament. Why was her life an entertainment blog? Magazines and entertainment news were running the story over and over again, calling her office or asking for her clients. Some journalist if you could call them that were speculating when and where the wedding were going to be held. The only good thing that came from this whole bamboozle was Diane's name being cleared from any suspicion of being a gold digger.

But that still does not excuse him for bringing more limelight to her already complicated life. She always knew that George was as mad as a fox. As well as learning long ago to never try and unravel the pieces and enigmas that made up George Sinclair's mind but now she was starting to regret not getting into contact with a psychiatric hospital sooner. Because right now only they could possibly explain how George thought and was even tempted to contact one hospital and have him checked into. That idea was dashed because the buffoon had made it impossible for her to do anything without it becoming public knowledge. Yes there were times when she wanted to go on twitter or Facebook to make it clear that she was not in anyway shape or form engaged to George Sinclair, but decided against making any rash thoughts. Her damned kindness was getting in the way of her harming George and making him the laughingstock of the country. Instead she was hiding away waiting and weighing her options.

Which brings the Reyes family's current living arrangements.

She and her family were now living in George's mansion.

George had sent his assistant to her house the next evening after his interview to bring them all to his second house away from all prying eyes. She had refused at first, but his assistant and her mother made a very good point of protection and security from stalkers and intruders and the media. So they packed up whatever they could throw in a couple of suitcases and hopped into the awaiting SUV and drove off to of his mansions out of the city. Thankfully the boys who were still unaware of the current situation, had two weeks off school and the situation could not be any worse.