Laslow the Unlikely

by PrincessPeace15

Girl escapes corporate job to a small valley town to find true love. What will happen? (Rated T for language and possible adult themes. When I say language, I mean language, like, RIGHT off the bat.) (The main character does have a name, but I try to use it as little as possible so maybe, it can feel a bit like a self-insert.) (Probably won't update here anymore. Refer to Ao3.)

63. Chapter 63

"Dear Rachael,

Our stay at this beautiful resort is quickly coming to an end. Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?

I would like to bring this magnificent week to a magnificent end... by having dinner with you at the resort's finest restaurant.

Meet me in front of Crab's Leg tomorrow at 6pm, even if it's just to decline my offer. If that does happen to be the case, I understand completely.

If you accept, I would be ever so happy to have your company. Of course, though, the choice is yours.

Sincerely,

Elliott"

So said the note I found by the door the next morning, when my mother and I were getting dressed to go grab breakfast before going on a tour of a nearby cave.

There seemed to be very faint imprints of other words on the bottom, also in Elliott's handwriting, and the note was simply a lined piece of paper having been folded into quadrants.

I tried to make out what the imprinted words could have been. I could read "like a song in the breeze," "goddess," and "didn't even have to try," but not anything more than that. I wanted to try that trick detectives used where they lightly colored over the words with pencil, but I was afraid I'd fuck it up and obscure the words completely. I didn't have a pencil on hand that could have done the trick, anyway.

I took a breath and silently decided to take Elliott up on his offer. I sincerely hoped, though, that he considered this as platonic a deal as I did.

And the fact that that was one of my first thoughts answered all the questions I'd had the night of the wedding reception.