Chapter 4
Jesse had sat there for hours, hands clasped tightly in his love's, listening
intently. Her words had been so powerful, Jesse knew she had been
through a lot. Winnie had watched the ones she loved grow old and
die, and Jesse knew just how hard that was on a person. Jesse was both
sad and happy for Winnie all at once, and both sad and happy for himself right
now as well. He knew Winnie would had to have given up a lot to be with him,
maybe too much, and that's why for 88 years he had wondered only of his beloved.
He had wondered constantly if she was dead or alive. She also wondered
about how she felt towards him, would she still love him or hate him?
However since the moment he had laid eyes on her, and heard her story, he was
reassured. Reassured because he knew she still loved him, and knew that
she had never stopped. Jesse had been amused with her story. Though
it had been tragic, Winnie had told it in a good-naturedly way. After she
had finished her last sentence there had been a long pause, then Jesse answered
with the only thing he could think of to answer with:
"Wow. Oh Winnie!" He exclaimed smiling. "Our trip to the Eiffel Tower will be number one on our list! We'll leave right after we meet, and visit with the others."
"The others?" questioned Winnie excitedly.
"Yes, they all should be arriving tomorrow." Jesse looked down at his hands and became quite bashful when he began to continue, "Yes, tomorrow. Actually, that's when we were all supposed to meet but I… I just couldn't wait. I just couldn't wait to see what you'd chosen, and it had been so long, if it was something bad I would have preferred being alone."
"Hmm." Winnie sighed with laughter then said jokingly
and lovingly, with a big grin across her face "I can't believe you ride a
motorcycle."
Winnie and Jesse reminisced through the woods, then walked back up to the house to begin preparing for the arrival of Miles, Mae, and Angus.
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