Elizabeth and her father walked in silence all of the way back to the street corner where Mr. Shaft had advised their carriage driver to wait on them.
"Where is it?" Elizabeth cried, searching madly down the twisting street.
"Er.. I don't know," her father replied. The carriage was no where to be seen. "I guess that we took a little longer than we had said."
MacBeth sighed. It was going to be a long day. "How about a little walk?"
"I guess that would be in order," he said, taking her outstretched arm.
"So, now it's your turn to pick the destination."
He thought carefully. "How about Central Park?"
"Sounds good to me." Elizabeth smiled.
*****
They walked arm and arm through the vast areas of Manhattan's Central Park, admiring the beautiful settings etched in snow and ice. They sat down on a small wooden bench beside a sign that read Bethesda Terrace. Each sat silently observing the pedestrian walk in front of the bench along with the Wollman ice skating rink.
Elizabeth cocked her head, staring up at the mass of large dark gray clouds. "Did you come here a lot before I was born?" she asked, her eyes not meeting his.
"Actually I'd come here daily."
"Hmm..." she sighed, eyes closed. It had begun to snow. The small snowflakes littered the mantle of white.
"Let's go home, Okay? It's getting late," Mr. Shaft said.
She nodded slowly. "Wait, I have one more place that I want to go."
He smiled warmly. "And where's that?"
"It's a surprise!" She smirked, taking his hand.
*****
Author's Note: Sorry it's been so long for an update. ::smirks:: Part of it's got to do with the problems fanfiction.net lately. I'll try to post more as soon as possible. Please read and review. The few reviews that I have been getting lately have been about the only thing keeping me going on this story lately. There's just not much time with school now a days, but I will try. Believe me.. I'll try... ::smiles:: Thanks for reading and I hope to receive a review. ~ L`etoile
