Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Belle kept singing the song lyrics over and over again softly to her belly. Waiting for Adam...for someone...
She was tallying off the days she's been trapped in there and it's been a month now that she was locked in that dark...damn cell. Adam and all her other servant friends no where to be found. Her only visitor...unfortunately was Daniel. He brought her meal three times a day to keep her nourished. He was only doing it for the child growing inside of her.
He thought he was entitled to her child...her and Adam's child. She bitterly thought this at least once a day.
She just kept on wondering why no one had found her yet. But why would they? No one comes into the cell tower. They didn't hold any prisoners. Well...they didnt use to.
"How come Adam hasn't found me yet? Surely he has been looking." She found herself asking her father in law. "Only because I told him you ran away." He shrugged like it was nothing. "He hasn't been home since I've put you in here...must be searching everywhere for you." Belle's heart broke slightly. "What about the other servants? Do they know of the same? They think I'm not in the castle?"
"Rumors spread quickly Belle."
That line hit her heart like an ice pick.
Days later-
"Surely you can get me something to read...it's quite boring up here." She tried lightening the weight on her heart. Hoping for something happy in her life. "And surely you must know it's not right for a women to read."
"How could I forget?" She said glumly as he walked down the stairs after giving her dinner.
One more month went by before Adam returned to the castle.
Adam returned from his long journey and shut the door behind him.
The servants came running towards him. "Nothing." He sighed. "All over the whole country in two months...and nothing..."
The servants walked slowly away from him to give him some space. His Belle...was gone and he had no idea where she was.
Why would she run away?
She didn't feel safe here...she said it to your face.
But she always felt safe with him. Always.
He made it to the west wing and tried the mirror again. It hasn't been working well since the curse was lifted. It didn't bother them much but now...
"Show me my wife...please."
This time instead of it remaining on his reflection, it flickered. It was a millisecond long but it was his wife shivering in the cell tower.
Holy...
He ran up the stairs to the cell tower and saw his beautiful but sickly looking wife.
