Part Fifteen
"Sheridan," she heard a hoarse voice say. A voice that sounded so far away. "Come on. Wake up, Princess. You can do it. Open your eyes for me." She moaned softly at the pain. Blinking her blue eyes against the sun. "Luis," she croaked. Horrified at the sound of her own voice. "That's it," Luis said. Stroking her cheek with the back of his hand. And pulling her deeper into his arms. "You're going to be okay. It's all over now," he said softly. "You're safe," he smiled.
"But Roger?" She followed Luis's dark gaze and realized that Roger wasn't going to be bothering her or anyone else ever again. She sighed. Relaxing in his arms. But only momentarily. "Pierre," she panicked. "Luis! He's still out there. What if he.?" "Shh," he soothed. A finger to her lips. "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise. We're going to get out of here. And call the authorities. Tell them everything. And then.then I'm going to take you home."
Home. He wanted to take her home. To Harmony. With him. The thought made her indescribably happy. But then she remembered."Luis," she said. Not looking him in the eye. "I'm sorry. But I can't. I can't go with you." "What are you saying?" he asked uncertainly. "Are you saying you don't want to go back to Harmony with me?" he asked. Letting go of her abruptly. And the loss of his warmth, his embrace made her heart ache.
"You lied when you told me you loved me, didn't you?" She tried to stop him. Tell him he was wrong. "Lu." He cut her off. "It was just the fear talking. You know Sheridan.I thought I was seeing a different side to you. One that I could.one that I did.forget it." "You were," she said in a pleading voice. But he ignored her. "I don't understand you, Sheridan Crane. And I don't think I ever will," he said bitterly.
She ached inside to think he thought of her in such a way. And she couldn't keep the tears from escaping. "I guess you don't understand me, Luis. I DO love you," she whispered. Wiping carelessly at the tears that streamed down her cheeks. "I would never lie about something like that. The reason.I can't go back to Harmony with you, Luis, because of Catherine," she admitted. In a hurt girlish voice.
"I may be her godmother, but there are legalities involved. I can't just whisk her out of France like that. And if you had let me talk before you attacked me like that.We don't really know each other at all, do we?" she asked. Her question hanging heavily in the air as she struggled to stand. Luis hung his head. His heart heavy as he watched her walk away sadly. "I guess we don't, Sheridan," he said. Following her. He had the feeling he had just made one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Just how much it would cost him remained to be seen.
"Sheridan," she heard a hoarse voice say. A voice that sounded so far away. "Come on. Wake up, Princess. You can do it. Open your eyes for me." She moaned softly at the pain. Blinking her blue eyes against the sun. "Luis," she croaked. Horrified at the sound of her own voice. "That's it," Luis said. Stroking her cheek with the back of his hand. And pulling her deeper into his arms. "You're going to be okay. It's all over now," he said softly. "You're safe," he smiled.
"But Roger?" She followed Luis's dark gaze and realized that Roger wasn't going to be bothering her or anyone else ever again. She sighed. Relaxing in his arms. But only momentarily. "Pierre," she panicked. "Luis! He's still out there. What if he.?" "Shh," he soothed. A finger to her lips. "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise. We're going to get out of here. And call the authorities. Tell them everything. And then.then I'm going to take you home."
Home. He wanted to take her home. To Harmony. With him. The thought made her indescribably happy. But then she remembered."Luis," she said. Not looking him in the eye. "I'm sorry. But I can't. I can't go with you." "What are you saying?" he asked uncertainly. "Are you saying you don't want to go back to Harmony with me?" he asked. Letting go of her abruptly. And the loss of his warmth, his embrace made her heart ache.
"You lied when you told me you loved me, didn't you?" She tried to stop him. Tell him he was wrong. "Lu." He cut her off. "It was just the fear talking. You know Sheridan.I thought I was seeing a different side to you. One that I could.one that I did.forget it." "You were," she said in a pleading voice. But he ignored her. "I don't understand you, Sheridan Crane. And I don't think I ever will," he said bitterly.
She ached inside to think he thought of her in such a way. And she couldn't keep the tears from escaping. "I guess you don't understand me, Luis. I DO love you," she whispered. Wiping carelessly at the tears that streamed down her cheeks. "I would never lie about something like that. The reason.I can't go back to Harmony with you, Luis, because of Catherine," she admitted. In a hurt girlish voice.
"I may be her godmother, but there are legalities involved. I can't just whisk her out of France like that. And if you had let me talk before you attacked me like that.We don't really know each other at all, do we?" she asked. Her question hanging heavily in the air as she struggled to stand. Luis hung his head. His heart heavy as he watched her walk away sadly. "I guess we don't, Sheridan," he said. Following her. He had the feeling he had just made one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Just how much it would cost him remained to be seen.
