---Chapter 20---
Jesse had been invited to the ball. He'd come, but had been a bit surprised to see Isabel show up. She was evidently back from her trip. He was going to go to her - but by the time he saw her, she was hurrying out with her brother and friends. He wondered what that was all about. Now, it was even later - he assumed all the guests were gone. It was very quiet and here he was still. He had been directed here to get his hat and coat when he'd turned around and no one was there, and the door was stuck.
He didn't know how long it had been - but here he was, no one around and he couldn't get out of the room. But he tried the door again for what seemed like the hundreth time and. it opened..
Jesse looked out into the hall and didn't see anyone. All was dimly lit and quiet. He wandered down the hall, trying to find someone. Gingerly he wandered and finally came to another flight of stairs. He went up the stairs and down that hall. He knew he was lost and he couldn't find anyone, besides.
Jesse stopped when he heard voices. He walked to the door from where the voices drifted out of. He heard male voices and a feminine one. As he listened, he thought, "wait. what are they saying?! ..." He opened the door and stopped in shock.
Adam Winthrop, Victoria, and their guest looked to the intrusion. Adam pulled out a gun and fired a shot at Jesse.
As Jesse fell to the floor, Adam turned to look at Victoria and to the other man present. "He can not repeat what he saw or heard."
"Of course not." The man said.
"I'll see that it is taken care of," Marsellus said, as he and a couple others walked in. They were given orders and took Jesse away.
Adam glanced at Victoria, but he did not need to tell her to keep quiet. He walked out the door. The other man was about to do the same..
"Who are you?" -Victoria.
He turned around and looked at her.
"Who do you think I am?" -the man.
Victoria just looked at him.
"Do you not remember me?" -the man.
"I think I've seen you around before, with Adam - a long time ago, here and there.."
"Remember nothing else?" -the man.
Victoria looked at him blandly. He walked over to her. "I gave you to him." He said, then continued, "in a sense."
She looked at him, surprised now. She was about to say 'I didn't know.' But he said before her, "Of course you did not know."
"How----" -Victoria.
"Now is not the time for questions, as it is not the time for answers." -the man.
He started to walk back away when she asked, "What is your name, at least?"
"Very few know that." -the man.
"Well I will know it." -Victoria.
"Why" -the man.
"Because I demand to know." -Victoria.
He looked at her, perhaps a bit of a surprise evident. she could not be sure. His facial emotions always looked plastic - or out of place or in some way she couldn't explain.
But he simply said, "Saelar," and walked out.
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Victoria collapsed in her bed an hour later, even thought it was early morning and the sky would soon begin lightening - her thoughts would not let her sleep.
Michael. Isabel Evans. 'Saelar'. The man that had been shot. Michael had come, he had danced with her and even though she'd been in costume, he had known it was her! And --- they had kissed. She and Michael Guerin had kissed. It had seemed so natural at the time, so like a dream. In fact she'd felt like she had been having a waking dream as they had danced. When they had kissed, she had seen things - things she knew had to have been from Michael's eyes. She'd never experienced that before. Of course she'd never been kissed before. But then he had walked away, with out a word.
She had no idea how he was going to act at school now or how she was going to. He hadn't left reassuringly. But then his friend, Isabel Evans, had made an entrance. The girl from the base. She looked fine and happy. But her appearance not only shocked Victoria, but it had Michael and his friends. However, thinking back, Adam hadn't seemed so.
In fact, after an initial glance from across the room, Adam hadn't seemed to pay attention to her arrival. Then there was the man who had walked in on a 'meeting' between Adam, Saelar, and herself. She had been powerless to do anything to help him. And aside from knowing he was an attorney, she knew nothing about him. Too many things were happening. And Michael and his friends had left so abruptly. Why? Had they seen something? Further, Saelar, as the man had said his name was - he unnerved her on occasion - like he knew something she didn't. And now - she had found out he did know something. He'd said he was the one to "give" her to Adam all those years ago. These questions in her mind, she drifted into a disconcerting sleep where she dreamed of things she'd seen from glimpses of Michael when his soul had briefly poured into hers..
--End of chapter 20---
Jesse had been invited to the ball. He'd come, but had been a bit surprised to see Isabel show up. She was evidently back from her trip. He was going to go to her - but by the time he saw her, she was hurrying out with her brother and friends. He wondered what that was all about. Now, it was even later - he assumed all the guests were gone. It was very quiet and here he was still. He had been directed here to get his hat and coat when he'd turned around and no one was there, and the door was stuck.
He didn't know how long it had been - but here he was, no one around and he couldn't get out of the room. But he tried the door again for what seemed like the hundreth time and. it opened..
Jesse looked out into the hall and didn't see anyone. All was dimly lit and quiet. He wandered down the hall, trying to find someone. Gingerly he wandered and finally came to another flight of stairs. He went up the stairs and down that hall. He knew he was lost and he couldn't find anyone, besides.
Jesse stopped when he heard voices. He walked to the door from where the voices drifted out of. He heard male voices and a feminine one. As he listened, he thought, "wait. what are they saying?! ..." He opened the door and stopped in shock.
Adam Winthrop, Victoria, and their guest looked to the intrusion. Adam pulled out a gun and fired a shot at Jesse.
As Jesse fell to the floor, Adam turned to look at Victoria and to the other man present. "He can not repeat what he saw or heard."
"Of course not." The man said.
"I'll see that it is taken care of," Marsellus said, as he and a couple others walked in. They were given orders and took Jesse away.
Adam glanced at Victoria, but he did not need to tell her to keep quiet. He walked out the door. The other man was about to do the same..
"Who are you?" -Victoria.
He turned around and looked at her.
"Who do you think I am?" -the man.
Victoria just looked at him.
"Do you not remember me?" -the man.
"I think I've seen you around before, with Adam - a long time ago, here and there.."
"Remember nothing else?" -the man.
Victoria looked at him blandly. He walked over to her. "I gave you to him." He said, then continued, "in a sense."
She looked at him, surprised now. She was about to say 'I didn't know.' But he said before her, "Of course you did not know."
"How----" -Victoria.
"Now is not the time for questions, as it is not the time for answers." -the man.
He started to walk back away when she asked, "What is your name, at least?"
"Very few know that." -the man.
"Well I will know it." -Victoria.
"Why" -the man.
"Because I demand to know." -Victoria.
He looked at her, perhaps a bit of a surprise evident. she could not be sure. His facial emotions always looked plastic - or out of place or in some way she couldn't explain.
But he simply said, "Saelar," and walked out.
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Victoria collapsed in her bed an hour later, even thought it was early morning and the sky would soon begin lightening - her thoughts would not let her sleep.
Michael. Isabel Evans. 'Saelar'. The man that had been shot. Michael had come, he had danced with her and even though she'd been in costume, he had known it was her! And --- they had kissed. She and Michael Guerin had kissed. It had seemed so natural at the time, so like a dream. In fact she'd felt like she had been having a waking dream as they had danced. When they had kissed, she had seen things - things she knew had to have been from Michael's eyes. She'd never experienced that before. Of course she'd never been kissed before. But then he had walked away, with out a word.
She had no idea how he was going to act at school now or how she was going to. He hadn't left reassuringly. But then his friend, Isabel Evans, had made an entrance. The girl from the base. She looked fine and happy. But her appearance not only shocked Victoria, but it had Michael and his friends. However, thinking back, Adam hadn't seemed so.
In fact, after an initial glance from across the room, Adam hadn't seemed to pay attention to her arrival. Then there was the man who had walked in on a 'meeting' between Adam, Saelar, and herself. She had been powerless to do anything to help him. And aside from knowing he was an attorney, she knew nothing about him. Too many things were happening. And Michael and his friends had left so abruptly. Why? Had they seen something? Further, Saelar, as the man had said his name was - he unnerved her on occasion - like he knew something she didn't. And now - she had found out he did know something. He'd said he was the one to "give" her to Adam all those years ago. These questions in her mind, she drifted into a disconcerting sleep where she dreamed of things she'd seen from glimpses of Michael when his soul had briefly poured into hers..
--End of chapter 20---