Chapter 7: Will he ever come?

Three day's have past and Scarlett hadn't received anything from the person who sent the flowers. No roses, chocolates, letters nothing. Was this a sign telling her that he no longer interested in her?

Scarlett waited and waited by the door looking out the window hoping he would come this time and not some delivery boy.

"Come away from the door Scarlett. You standing there ain't gone make time go faster," Mammy said coming up next to Scarlett. This was getting out of hand now. Scarlett would wait night and day by the window, just waiting for him to come get her.

"Where could he be? He told me in his last letter that he would meet me here," Scarlett said turning to Mammy with a sigh. Scarlett couldn't do this much long. Scarlett had already lost so many hours of sleep that she had lost count.

"Yaw just being inpatient that all Miss. Scarlett," Mammy said. "Yaw need to be peasant, you know the less peasant you become the more time it will take."

"I'm trying but it's just so hard," Scarlett said with another sigh as she walked away from the window. Then all of a sudden she heard horse hooves getting closer and closer. "It's him! He's come just like he said he was going to" Scarlett said swing the door open with force.

Scarlett ran out into the street hoping to find the man standing there. But when she got out there the hooves of the horses just kept on going. It wasn't her mask stranger after all just somebody passing by. Scarlett went back inside with disappointment.

"He's not coming!" Scarlett cried as she sat in a chair. "This can't be he told me he wanted to meet me so badly."

"I told yaw not to give up yaw hopes" Mammy said. "Yaw put the horse before the cart."

"I did what!" Scarlett asked looking up at Mammy. What was Mammy talking about? Putting the horse before the cart?

"What I'm saying is yaw gave your hopes up before yaw even knew it was him or not" Mammy said patting Scarlett on the back. As the many tears fell from Scarlett's eyes.

"Oh," Scarlett said looking up at Mammy she had never heard of such a thing. "But how will I ever know if it's him if I never meet him?"

"Ya'll know the moment yaw meet him" Mammy said with a smile.

Scarlett wiped the tears from her eyes and calmed down. Mammy was right she was getting ahead of herself. All she needed to do was be patient. Sooner or later things would fall where they needed to.

He would come right? Scarlett dismissed the thought from her mind and went about her business. Scarlett put her nose back in her book like she had moments ago trying to forget about her mask stranger. But as she got to the romance in her book she thought of her and Rhett. How could she be falling for a man she had never met? When she was still in love with Rhett? Scarlett put her hand to her forehead

"This isn't possible. It can't be happening it just can't be," Scarlett said allowed as she shut her book. She went to her room and laid down this was just too much.

Heaven

"Aunt Melly! They only have two days left" Bonnie said with a gasp. Only two days and that wasn't much time.

"Calm down Bonnie Blue, everything is going to be fine," Melanie said in a sweet voice as she calmed Bonnie Butler down. Melanie knew that Bonnie was scared for her parents.

"But Aunt Melly they only have till midnight on Friday" Bonnie cried as she buried her face into her small hands. These were her parents she was trying to save and everything was going to turn out all wrong.

"I know that you're scared for your parents but you just have to believe that everything will be okay," Melanie said going over to the crying child. "Come let's go get your baby brother it's time for your naps."

Melanie picked up little Bonnie and carried her to her small bed and tucked her in for her nap. After doing this Melanie went and watched the two lovers as they went along their days without each other.