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Rey took a deep breath in the dressing room where she is alone with her grandmother and a trusted woman to do Rey’s hair and makeup. Rey’s grandmother knew this woman very well because she had sponsor her. Monique, an orphan from the first world war and she has talent in the makeup as proven to Talia when she caught the poor girl going through her trash for food. The poor thing stole food and did somethings a young woman shouldn’t do just to get by and by chance Talia decided to check her kitchen instead of sending one of her staff to deal with the food thief. Monique was skinny. Too Skinny for a girl at her age and Talia took petty on the girl and gave her a warm meal, a warm bath, clean clothes and a roof over her head. She was barely fifteen when she found the girl and in away become a mother to Monique and her a daughter to Talia.
“Ah, Rey dearly you have grown quite beautiful.” Monique said as place foundation on Rey’s face. “A man will be lucky to marry you. Blushing?! Oooh, is there a man already.”
“She’s courting an American soldier.” Talia answered with a cheeky smile and a wink. “He is quite handsome man.”
“Grandmama stop it!” Rey said feeling embarrassed. “It is bad enough you have us sharing a bedroom and a bed in your home.”
“Oooh, Rey, tell your Auntie Monique everything. Are you to marry?” Monique asked excitedly. “Does this man make you happy? Make you smile? Long to hold you? Told you he loves you?” Rey nods to all her questions. “Then there is nothing to be embarrassed about as love is love and for him to love you and of course sleep with you and not leave you makes him the perfect man for you. Now on your wedding day I insist on doing your hair and makeup. Ah, bah, bah young lady. Auntie Monique has spoken.”
Rey blushed and smile as she began to tell Monique about Ben and how his family is so nice towards her. She mentions him saving two orphan children in Poland and having his parents to adopt them and he can speak more than one language. Talia, tease he speaks the language of love as well. Rey turned fully red in the face, and Monique told Rey to not be embarrassed about making love before marriage as long as the man doesn’t leave you high dry which Ben didn’t do that. He called her father and asked his permission to marry her and that makes him a real man doing that as Monique said. Her makeup done and Rey looked herself in the mirror and she looked very classy. Nothing she thought she would ever be in her life. She is normally a simple girl from England wearing a long beautiful red dress that expose one of her legs just above her thrive bone and her breasts were showing with long sleeves and matching high heels she spends time learning how walk them. Her hair down with most of it on her right side and curled to draw the eye to her chest. She wonders what Ben would think of seeing her in this type of dress.
“Ah, fuck!” Ben cursed in the back. “I hate those pieces of shits!”
“Join the club.” Hux said passing the orders over to the barman. “Jack here told me he spits in their drinks.”
“Nice to know!”
“Yeah, not many of the staff here are fans of Hitler.”
“Good!”
“Rey will be on stage soon. Monique doing her hair and makeup.”
“Has see sing in public before?”
“School plays, Christmas chore but that is with more than person not by herself.”
“Damn and I can’t comfort her and give her support for going on stage by herself.”
“Grandmother got that covered mate. Don’t feel bad which keep yourself under control when you see her.”
Ben rosed an eye brown at his friend’s words when he heard the French announcer present Rey onto the stage and Ben turned to see her and his jaw drop at the sight of her. Rey looked stunning like a movie star. The guests clapped her appearance on the stage before the music began. Her voice was heavenly as she began to sing in French. The lyrics to La vie en rose flowed beautiful out of Rey’s mouth and Ben felt she was singing to him from her heart. Her voice was beautiful, and she looked great. Damn, that woman singing up there is his future wife. The guests cheered and clapped at Rey’s performance once the song was over and she smiled at them and bowed lightly as a lady should. They loved her performance. Ben smiled at that because they were right to know.
“Ihr Service-Boy bringt uns jetzt unsere Getränke!” A German general shouted at Ben. “Können Sie glauben, dass dieser Servicejunge glaubt, er kann einer schönen Frau beim Singen zusehen und sie anlächeln? Ha, eine Frau wie sie spielt nicht in seiner Liga, aber sie ist in meiner Liga.”
Ben narrowed his eyes at the German general. “Hey, Armitage let me spit in that one’s drink.” Ben whispered. “He thinks Rey is in his league and not my league.”
“Pfft, gladly and besides Rey’s got better taste then that crusty old man.” Hux said getting the drinks ready. He spit in each drink. “Bastards the lot of them. Killing and murdering innocent men, women and children because of their religious belief. I hope Hitler dies a painful death for it and the rest of them ordering such cruelty. Right let’s go!”
Ben took a deep breath before getting the chance to spit in their drinks and no one stopping them as not many people in France are fans of those Nazi generals and as news was spreading on what was happening to Jewish people and what it is that the people around the world don’t really like it. Now on with the mission as Ben serviced the four officers their drinks with extra spit in them. Ben just ignored the insults they were speaking about him in German. Calling him slow at servicing them their drinks and stupid like his parents didn’t educate him. If only they knew he can speak and understand German. He bowed and told them in French to enjoy their drinks. Hux comes along with their food with extra spit, but they didn’t know that as they listen in on the four generals speak in German. Ben taking mental notes of what was being said. So, far after being insulted by these men the mission is going on smoothly and let’s keep it that way.
“Der Service-Junge holt mir die Gastgeberin Madam Jinn und diese schöne Sängerin von der Bühne.” The older Nazi general demanded. “Bist du taub, weil du dumm bist? Erhalten. Mich. Gnädige Frau. Dschinn.”
“Madame Jinn, oui monsieur.” Ben responded in a tolerable tone. “Un instant s'il vous plait monsieur.”
Ben forced a smile as he and Hux towards the bar and kitchen. He insulted them under his breath for horrible men that they are and Hux got his grandmother to see them and to get Rey. Time for that feminine charm he heard so much about and he has to really control himself if that Nazi general touching Rey inappropriate in away, he might not be able to hold himself back and punch that stück scheiße bastard. God, war sucks so much. Hux had gotten his grandmother and she nodded as now it was her and Rey’s parts now. To charm the enemy and get more information that can help the rebellion fight against the German soldiers in France. Seeing Rey bought a calm to Ben as if God had sent him an angel of hope to help him through this hard time and give him the strength to move forward and keep his cool. Rey smiled at him as she had to go backstage to get into the kitchen without being seen. Now she has a job to do and that play her part as woman expected to be and take all those charm lessons her grandmother taught her to use against men that are blind to the strength of a woman. She was a ball of nerves on stage but pulled through beautifully. However, this is a new kettle of fish, and the show must go on and for the freedom of France and for the freedom of innocent people she’ll be charming to these generals whether she likes it or not.