Chapter 14

Summer fun

The change of season came, and the intensity of the sun increased. Candy was getting ready for a day full of fun. She and her friends would spend the afternoon cooling off in the lake.

- Hahahaha, I still remember when we fell here by testing your car, Stear.

- I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

- How fun summer is.

- Yes it is.

Meanwhile, Nadja and the troupe were back in France. Where they had a happy reunion with Harvey and his brother T.J. There were no quarrels between the younger brother and Kennosuke. Being more mature, they only joked from time to time. Nadja remembered with great affection how much she enjoyed the recent visit to her first home. There were only a few of the children she grew up with. However, she knew where to place each of those who had already been adopted, and the new little ones quickly grew fond of her.

On the other hand, in Scotland, it could not be said that Eliza was enjoying the summer. She had been punished by assigning her the summer course. She only had rest on weekends. Naturally, her father had been notified, who was precisely in that country to make sure that his children were making progress in correcting their behavior.

Mr. Leagan was enraged to hear the story of what happened with his daughter.

Flashback

Eliza was delighted to admire the new slippers her mother had sent her for Christmas. Her foot was stretched, and caused a small 7-year-old student who played to stumble. The girl fell and hit her knee. The girl looked at her furiously.

- Hey! Look where you go, girl!

- I'm so sorry... I did not see you...

- In addition to clumsy, blind. You ruined my new slipper!

- It was not on purpose…

The girl was trembling and crying. Eliza was willing to push her. But suddenly, a young girl of her same age stopped her holding her torso.

- Leave my little sister alone! She has not done anything to you!

- Sister!

One of the nuns heard the scandal. She sent the elderly to the office of the rector, while taking the little one to the infirmary. Fortunately, it was enough to clean the scrape and put a band-aid.

Eliza tried to justify her reaction, but seeing her in the eye, they easily saw that she was lying. They demanded that she apologized to the two sisters, and they assigned her the punishment.

- Take it as a warning, miss. If you return to behave in this way, he will be expulsed.

End of flashback

Eliza received a strong rebuke from her father, she had never seen him so angry. As punishment, he confiscated her favorite dresses, along with the jewels that matched them.

Part of the summer course, involved traveling to rural areas to help several families with varied jobs. Eliza felt miserable to see her wrinkled hands for washing dishes, and getting dirty cleaning stables.

As for Neil, he felt more and more lonely. The training left him exhausted. But one day, when he had fallen while running the circuit, a young man named Angus held out his hand, and he quoted an elementary rule. "A good soldier never abandons a partner." At that moment, the dark-haired man was surprised that someone showed him kindness, even though he had not addressed any courteous word to any of the students since he arrived.

One day, Candy arrived to visit Pony's Home. But on that occasion, she replaced her pigtails with a pretty braid adorned with a red ribbon. She spent very fun days with Annie and the other children. Just as they had agreed, the friends and sisters of the soul climbed Father Tree together at different times each day. They were just sitting on one of the branches, when Candy told her that she would go to study in Italy.

- I wish you good luck Candy, I'll miss you.

- Me too, Annie. I promise to write to you often.

- And I promise to answer you immediately.

In one afternoon, they received the surprise visit of Mr. Flanagan, who some time ago promised to go there to climb the tree.

When Candy told everyone that she would go to school, they wished her much success, but they could not help but cry a little. Annie also announced that she would leave in the fall. She had discovered her passion for painting and music. So she would sign up at the New York Academy of Arts.

To be continued...