A/N: Seems like I really have lost readers, well.. Thank you to those who are actually reading.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone but Catherine, Madeleine, Frederick, Natalie Parker, and Sydney Tancredi.
Chapter 10:
It's Not A Lie:
Sara heard the doorbell and hastily went to open the door.
"Hi Sara." Chris said.
"Hi."
"So did you enjoy seeing your friends interrogate the guys?" Chris smiled.
"As a matter of fact, I did rather enjoy it." Sara smiled back. It was kinda funny.
"Well, I just came to tell you, that tomorrow you will go visit the guys' families. We have decided to change the usual visits to shorter meetings."
"I'm meeting the families already?" Sara sounded shocked.
"Yes. Tomorrow you will eat lunch with Michael's brother and sister-in-law, dinner with Jacob's family and a little midnight snack with Mark's family."
"Okay, I'll make sure to prepare myself for tomorow. Thanks for letting me know Chris."
"Of course, that's why I'm here."
With that said Chris left.
So tomorrow she would meet Lincoln again...
The next day at noon.
Sara walked up to the restaurant where she was supposed to meet Michael and his family.
"Hi." Michael greeted as Sara approached.
"Hello." Sara said while they gave each other an awkward hug.
"Hello Lincoln" Sara smiled.
"Hi Sara. Let me introduce you to my wife, Veronica. Honey, this is Sara." Lincoln said while his arm was around Veronica's shoulder.
"Nice to meet you Sara, I've heard a lot about you." Veronica shoke Sara's hand. They all sat down and started to order some lunch.
"So Lincoln, what do you do now?" Sara asked curiously.
"I build buildings." Lincoln answered.
"That's good. I'm glad you're free. Despite everything, I believed that you were innocent."
"Thank you."
The conversation continued. Sara really had a good time. At first she was afraid what would happen when she met Lincoln. She thought it would remind her of Fox River. But Lincoln looked different now. He was going to be a father, Veronica was pregnant. They had built a life together. After hearing about their lives, Sara almost thought that it was worth it. Yes, Michael lied to her and it took a while to cope with it. But looking at the happy family that they were now, kind of made it all okay.
Michael and Sara went for a walk.
"You all seem happy." Sara said as they walked around the park.
"We are. They keep telling me how I should find a woman myself." Michael said silently.
"You should. You deserve to be as happy as they are. After all, if it weren't for you..." Sara said.
"Or if it weren't for you." Michael replied. He couldn't have escaped from prison without her help. As wrong as it was to do it their way.
"I didn't really do anything."
"You did. You are the reason to why Lincoln can become a father and husband. You kept me from losing my brother. I will always be grateful." Michael looked her in the eye.
Sara looked away. She wasn't looking for gratitude.
"So is all this your way of showing me that you're grateful?" Sara asked feeling slightly hurt.
"No. I wish you'd believe that it's real. It's not a lie, nor is it gratitude." Michael took her hand. He pulled her in for a hug. She felt comfortable in his arms.
"Sara... Don't give up on what we have here. Please, don't.." Michael said and softly placed a kiss on her forehead.
Sara was in heaven at that moment, she felt as if she could throw everything else aside and make this moment last forever.
Later Sara left to go home and freshen up, then leave for dinner with Jacob's family.
Sara arrived at the restaurant and met Jacob's sister, Michelle and his parents.
They were all very kind. Unfortunately, she kept thinking of Michael during that dinner. He sounded so sincere. He had asked her not to give up on them.
"Sara?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah, sorry. What?" Sara snapped back to reality. She was walking along the beach with Jacob.
"I was just asking you, what you thought of the wine."
"Oh, it was good." Sara randomly said.
"It was? That's weird, I thought it was sour." Jacob said.
"It was? I didn't notice." Sara replied.
Suddenly Jacob stopped.
"I really had fun tonight. Sara, I think I've fallen in love with you." Jacob said shyly.
Sara didn't know what to say. She couldn't exactly say, 'me to', and lie to him. While Sara's mind was looking for a word or sentence, Jacob took the chance and kissed Sara on her left cheek.
Sara found herself blushing. Jacob was a really kind man, but was he the man she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with? Did her heart even beat for him the way it beat for Michael?
There was no doubt that she felt something for Jacob. But, she wasn't quite sure what kind of feeling it was.
Later that evening she met Mark's family. One thing was clear there, this was a materialistic family. They seemed to think poorly about her past. There was no way for her to spend much longer than a night with them. That night she decided to see if her heart beat rapidly when she was close to Mark. – It didn't. There was nothing but a friendly conversation.
She was taken to her apartment. It had been a long day. Meeting families, answering questions about her past and future and all that. Tomorrow she had a rose ceremony, and the remaining two men would be the ones she brought home.
Just when she had locked her door, she heard the phone ringing.
"Hello?" Sara said tiredly.
"Sara, it's your father."
The next day, Rose ceremony.
"Sara, you have two roses tonight. When you're ready." Chris made his usual speech.
Sara took a deep breath, she closed her eyes.
"Jacob. Will you accept this rose?" Sara said and Jacob accepted with a huge smile, and he gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Sara wanted to cry, this was just not right.. Her heart told her no, but her father and mother said yes. She remembered her fathers words for the hundredth time. The conversation they had had the night before. Why did her parents have that much influence on her? Why couldn't see just pretend she did not hear what they said.
"M..."Sara stuttered.
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