A/N:
Hi! I'm back with the 3rd chapter of "My Daddy Long Legs". Sorry for not updating the story for quite some time. Like what I did previously, I would like to apologize for any mistakes that I made, and I hope you guys still enjoy the story.
Note:
If you read the previous chapter, one chapter usually represent one encounter story. Since this 3rd encounter is quite long, I decided to separate them into 2 chapters, which is chapter 3 and 4.
So, enjoy the story.
Chapter 3 –Third Encounter part 1 – Meeting you is like a dream
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Meeting you is like a dream
Many times I've prayed
So that God will let us meet
When I was down
I recalled the words you said to me
Your words soothe my heart
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Dear My Daddy-long-legs,
How are you today? Me? I'm fine, and doing great right here. I'm not sure whether this letter will reach you, but I want to give it a shot. The reason I write this letter is because I want to ask so many questions to you like, who are you? Have we met before? Why are you always there when I was down? Why are you always helping me? Why you never show yourself to me? There are so many questions that I want to ask, if I write it down, maybe it can be more than 1 page. I want to meet you at least once, and give you my proper thanks to you personally. I'll be waiting for you Thursday after noon at the beach.
Regards,
Chelsea.
After the last line containing my name, I folded the letter and put it in an envelope then place it in my mailbox which was just in front of my house. After I placed the letter in there, I took a moment to pray for him to be able find my letter and meet me this Thursday.
Natalie came up with this sort-of-great idea of writing letters to him, I doubt it works, but there's nothing wrong with trying it at least once. She has been helping me to find information about this my benefactor that I nicknamed him as Daddy-Long-Legs due to the fact that he's taller than me. There's no other clue who is he other than that.
Now, we have moved from joyous fall to a festive season, winter. There are no more leaves left on the trees, they all have returned to the earth and decided to absent for the whole season. Instead, snow come and accompanying us in this season. The snow loves us so much until you can see them everywhere, on the ground, on top of the buildings, even on the trees and rocks. The scenery has change dramatically from warm red-orange color to ice blue white.
Since the field is covered with snow, and the weather is just too cold for any plants to grow, I can't plant anything this season. What are left for me are just livestock and fishes as my main source of money. And thanks to Vaughn kindness, he helps me taking care of the animals every Wednesday and Thursday, after he has finished his job in Mirabelle's shop.
Actually I still think that Vaughn is the Daddy-Long-Legs person. Why? I don't know whether this is just coincidence or what, but the two events of Daddy-Long-Legs happened on the day he is around in the island. Isn't that just weird? I've asked Vaughn about that, but he just "hmped" me and say nothing about it. Sometimes I wonder if he knows about it but hiding it from me, but on the other hand, his expressionless face says he knows nothing. I really can't stand that looks of his, and so I decided to stop chasing him for interrogation.
*In Café*
"So you're going to meet him this Thursday?" asked Natalie eagerly.
"Yea, but…" I said it hesitantly
"Where? When? Tell me everything! What did you write in your letter?" she asked.
She's like a kid who is in her learning stage, wants to know everything, except, this is about someone else's private thing.
I decided not to tell everything to her, because I can feel she's planning something.
"This Thursday which is tomorrow at the beach in the afternoon. Why did you ask? "
She raised her eyebrow when I asked the reason, and gave me an unhappy facial expression because she couldn't get what she wants to know. With a grumpy face she answered me, "Nothing…I just want to know, can't I?"
"You're hiding something from me, aren't you? If not why did you act suspiciously just now? "
"I told you it was nothing, just wanted to keep my information about you updated."
"Natalie…Tell me or I treat you anymore chocolate cakes or hot chocolate from the dinner. Instead, I'll give you mushrooms!" I said blackmailed her, then with a big grin I took a big mushroom that I found few days ago and showed it to her, right in front of her face. "Or... do you want me to chop this up, and put it in your cakes?"
Natalie's face turned white after saw that big mushroom, and quickly moves away from me. "ALRIGHT! I'll tell you, but throw that thing away first" she demanded.
Aha!! This trick always works. I knew this thing will happen, and I've prepared my best weapon against her. She hates mushrooms, I don't know why she hates it so much where it one of the best fall cooking ingredient.
At the end Natalie revealed her plan to spy on my meeting this Thursday at the beach, so in case of anything happen to me, she would knows who that person is. Though it's a good idea, I demanded her not to do it. But I bet she won't listen to me.
The next day…
I've been looking forward this day, the day where I would finally meet him. Hopefully.
By 10 am I've done all my chores which consist of brushing animals and give them food. Since it was a clear day, I left them grazing outside, I've planted some grass last season which I think it would sufficient to feed all the animals. The animals were delighted, and thanks to that I managed to get some high quality animal products, like some large sized milk and some fine wool.
From 2 out of 4 bottles of milk that I've collected today, I put them on the shipping bin as and the rest into the fridge and another one I use as special ingredient for my special chocolate cake. Finally after spent a few hours baking the cake it's done, and on top of the cake I wrote "To my Daddy Long Legs" with icing sugar.
The journey to the beach is just a few minutes walk from my farm. Since it was still early, I took some detour to the people's house giving my daily visits and collect some wild items.
I dashed towards the beach when I saw a sign says "Beach Ahead". Even though it's still early than the promised time, somehow I have this unexplainable feeling, an eager to meet him as soon as possible.
I can see the vast blue water, some fishes jumping out of the water, making a splash. When the sun shines on that water splashed by the fishes it makes a small colorful rainbow just over the water. It was so pretty, a breath taking scenery that you won't be able to see it everyday.
Someone giggled at the same time when that moment happened. It seems that I'm not the only one who seeing this event. I searched and found a man sitting at the edge of the beach. Could it be him…??
"Oh gracious God, please grant my wish, let me meet that person and deliver my thanks to him. And… I hope you can help me calm my heart. It was beating so fast, that I'm afraid it could just drop off from its place."
"Excuse me, are you…?" I asked the person who I saw earlier.
That man turned, my heart beats even faster than before. I bet this is one of the longest few seconds in my life.
To be continue.
That's the end of chapter 3, the first part of the 3rd encounter with Daddy Long Legs. I'll submit the 2nd part of the 3rd encounter (which will be the 4th chapter) really soon, probably tomorrow when I've done editing them.
So, do you think Chelsea have found her Daddy Long Legs?? Who is that person at the beach?
Curious? Stay tuned for the next chapters of "My Daddy Long Legs".
Again, thanks for reading.
