Dragging up their cabin luggage to seat themselves comfortably in the airport departure lounge, Jules, Maddie and Milo were finally about to board a plane back to the States. The three were quiet for some moment, still reeling over a decision made about a week ago, which all began from an unexpected mail addressed to Maddie. She still has it kept nice and safe inside her knapsack, not feeling it was the right time to pull it out to have another long read...All the heavy sense of guilt she has been harbouring for causing such a drastic shift in their priorities were too much to broken into words. She stole a few glances at the person closest to her in the whole world and just the thought of wreaking havoc to her romantic relationship all for the sake of giving her own a chance created nasty butterflies in her stomach..
Jules appeared to be staring absent-mindedly into space, oblivious of the crowds of people rushing in opposite directions before her face...Nevertheless, she was not actually that indifferent but was mentally weighing all the steps she took over the past week to get the three of them to where they were right now. She was determined to not let Maddie and Milo feel bad for her because in truth, they were not the only reason which landed themselves in this airport departure gate today...Who else was to blame? The answer was easy to guess...
That early morning when Jules and Maddie had their first round of talk after receiving her secret admirer's letter, they were actually not at all serious about making a real plan to head back to the States...Who would know, the turning point came when Ashton had literally disappeared since the two stepped out of Jules' bedroom to show up for breakfast with everyone else...From then on, they were told that he just had to be at a very urgent and important function for the top nobility class in England and no one would know for certain when he would be back at Castlebury. Later that same first day, Maddie and Milo's grandfather too left to join him. The 'castle' was like their playhouse ever since, even though Jules were deeply expecting Ashton to return as soon as he could. No phonecall, no mail and neither any electronic means of communication took place between the two lovebirds...Very soon, Jules was more than lovesick - she was beginning to feel indignant towards Ashton...Milo even saw Jules shedding priceless tears when she was out alone in the balcony, ironically that very same spot where Ashton had made his golden promise to her...
Days turned into a week, with Jules only able to pass on messages to him through their senior butler, yet Ashton did not offer any response...When Duke Edward finally returned past midnight the night before, he simply said he was too tired to handle any question from the three of them. Without any hint of objection, he agreed to Jules taking Maddie and Milo on a flight back to the States the next day's evening...Presumably, he might be thinking for the sake of a brief vacation...
Now having thought of all these sequences which led them to this airport, Jules was tempted to slip out her purse and sneak a peek at the picture she took with Ashton over at that 'Sunset' balcony...Just as she was about to give in to the longing, a passer-by dropped his big-sized cup of Starbucks latte, splattering the drink all over the floor...and even onto part of Jules' costly powder-pink boots...