Three Loves of Martha

by vertrauteaugen

To my friend Berta. Wrote her a story with three characters of Richard Armitage (John Standring, Dr. Alec Track and Harry Kennedy). Hope you like it. Martha and her friends Jane and Tracy are visiting Cornwall during her holidays and she hopes her friends won't use this trip for more blind dates. Martha has enough of lies about true love and gave up believing to ever

25. Chapter 25

Chapter 25 – What could have been

Martha didn't feel like talking much the following days. She left the house again and went to see places and the nature with her friends. Jane and herself got closer since they talked and they both accepted John and his cousin Harry to join them everytime they had a bit of time away from the farm.

"Why are you married to a vicar?" Jane started a new conversation with Harry and walked a bit away from the rest of the group. Martha had no idea why Jane was doing this and only thought her friend might feel a bit lonely being so long away from her own love. She was sure Jane secretly couldn't wait to go home and then Martha thought about herself.

What was she going to do once she was back? Tracy would have to go through her first lovesickness and Martha would have to cuddle her, but apart from this she had no idea what to do with her life.

It was the ever same job and always the same people. In her own home was still a room she never opened because she had put all the things that reminded her of bad things happened to her in this room. This vacation would go in the room too if this was possible. Every memory of Alec Track will be put inside and she wanted to forget that he had actually made her think of a new start even it only lasted seconds.

There in the hospital in London she for once didn't feel guilty and there for once, but only for a short time, was a new chance of happiness.

"Martha!"

Tracy shouted after her and Martha only now realized she had been walking away from the group too. "I'm sorry. I was thinking"

"And what were you thinking about?" Tracy held John's hand and Martha felt like crying again. After she left London she had felt the same for some time but she didn't wanted to feel it.

Now it was growing stronger every day and she had to apologize to Tracy and John. "Have a nice day together. Jane and I forgot something"

"Oh, did we?" Jane was coming back but Martha grabbed her hand and led her away. "I feel so stupid. Tell me I'm stupid and that I'm doing a mistake. I can't be thinking clearly but I..." Martha stood still. "I miss Alec"

"I noticed" Jane grinned and in the next morning Martha felt a hand on her shoulder. She was scared it was him but she knew it couldn't be. When she turned around it was his face but it was in fact Harry smiling at her. "Jane told me you might have kept thinking of my cousin. He can be an idiot but he was actually nicer while you were in town"