I'm back! Again! Sorry for taking long, I'm running out of ideas... but hope you enjoy anyway!
Haunted Dreams
Chapter 28
"Was I really engaged to you?" Sweeney asked, stopping to catch his breath. Digging a giant hole in the backyard wasn't the easiest of tasks.
"Yes. For about a day." Nellie said.
"Don't remember it. Not one bit." He said pushing the wrapped up wolf carcass into the hole.
"Maybe it'll come to you."
The wolf fell into its grave with a sickening thud.
He poured dirt back into the hole, covering it up. "Jeramey! No!" Nellie screamed running after their son. He was slowly making his way towards the forest entrance while his parents backs were turned. "No Jer! It's not safe out here." She said picking her son up.
Sweeney watched them with adoration in his eyes. When did he become so soft? He wonders.
He watched Nellie's movements as she walked back inside the house, carrying the boy. She was so stunning that it hurt him. He loves it when she looks like this, her long curls falling down her back. Even her style of dresses has changed. Instead of those revealing black ones, she wears blues, greens, even a dark shade of pink sometimes. She was wearing her navy blue dress today, Sweeney's favorite actually. The end of the sleeves came down to her wrists, the neckline fit perfectly on her shoulders, not too revealing. It was simple, no lace, no bows, no corset. She couldn't wear a corset anymore. Not with the small baby bump that made her a thousand times more attractive.
He followed her inside, and watched her put Jeramey down, not taking his eyes off her.
"Can I help you?" She asked sarcastically noticing his stare.
"Just enjoying the view." He smiled.
She cocked an eyebrow, surprised by his response. She couldn't believe how far they have come. It seemed like only yesterday she was doing all in her power to get him to give her the slightest of attention. And here she is, in her dress that was basically old rags, she would never wear it in public, but it was comfortable. She wasn't even wearing shoes, or make up. Plus her hair was a complete mess, her curls were so wild she didn't even attempt to brush them this morning. Feeling comfortable, but nauseous, it was a miracle he was attracted to her at all.
"That's a surprise. Considering I feel disgusting and I look disgusting."
"You look beautiful." He said standing in front of her, their noses inches apart. She blushed. He smiled, looking into her chocolate eyes, it took all his will power not to kiss her.
Kick. Her hand moved to her stomach. He noticed and placed his hand on top of hers. She looked back into his eyes, as a wave of dizziness hit her causing her to almost fall over. She grabbed onto his shoulders, steadying herself.
"Woah." He said leading her to the couch. "I think you've been up on your feet to long." He said to her as they both sat down.
She leaned against the couch with a sigh. Five months pregnant and it's already a chore.
"I like being up on my feet." She complained.
"So tell me." Sweeney said sitting down next to her on the couch. "How does the story end?"
"The story of our engagement?" Nellie asked, her head leaned back against the couch.
"Yes. I'll be honest, part of me doesn't believe that its true."
"I'm not lying about it." She said laughing.
"Tell me how it ends, since I don't remember anything."
Nellie took a deep breath and tried to recount the details. There's a simple reason why they weren't engaged. It involved one word; Lucy.
"There's not really much more to it." She began. "You met Lucy and picked her over me. And that's that. Albert was the second choice so I ended up with him."
Sweeney's eyebrows knitted in confusion.
"None of that rings a bell?" Nellie asked.
He concentrated really hard. Then slowly, very slowly it came to him. "She was pregnant." He said after a long pause.
Nellie turned her head to look up at him.
"I remember she came into my room in the middle of the night, and told me that she was pregnant with my child and that I had to run away with her. I remember being engaged to someone else, but I couldn't just leave my child like that so I ran. I ran to London and eloped Lucy and that's it. That's all I remember, besides getting dragged off to prison." He finished looking straight at the floor, face twisted in concentration, trying to remember.
"And I was the girl you left behind." Nellie said sadly.
"It all worked out now didn't it?"
Nellie shook her head. How much of a difference would things have been, if Benjamin didn't impregnate Lucy? What would there lives be like now? Where would they be? What it be better? Or worse?
"Did you immediately leave for London that night?" Nellie asked.
"I think so yes."
"Where did you go?"
"We rented the shop above your establishment remember."
"But if you left that night. I wasn't married to Albert yet, so I wasn't in London yet." Nellie said confused. There's something missing to his story, there's a big chunk of the time line that he isn't telling her.
He looked just as confused as she did. "I remember going straight to London. In London the room above the pie emporium is the only place I remember us living. You sure you weren't there?"
"Yes, I'm pretty sure. I didn't marry Albert until at least a few months later after my mother found out that you left."
Sweeney put his hand to his forehead. He just can't remember. Trying to is starting to make his head hurt.
"Sweeney? What are you not telling me?"
"Nothing Nellie! I told you everything that I can recall!" He shouted.
"But it doesn't add up right." She complained.
"Nellie, all I know is what I told you. I just can't remember. I don't want to. It's to painful."
"Sweeney?"
"Nellie, no! I don't want to talk about it." He stood up from the couch. "I'm tired, I'm going to bed." With that he left her sitting there on the couch by herself.
I'll be honest I don't know where I'm going with this chapter. I just wanted to update something hahah.
