"Christy how are you feeling?" Alice asked concerned as she watched Christy and Neil walk down the stairs.
"Fine. Why is everyone worried about me? First Neil and now you." Christy shook her head slowly. "All I did was take an little nap is all."
Alice eyes clouded with worry. She looked up at Neil who was staring back down at her.
Neil slightly shrugged his shoulders.
"Why are you looking so worriedly up at Neil?" Christy asked not missing the eye play.
"CHRISTY!" David cried out as he rushed into the hallway from the parlor.
"Hello David." Christy was slightly surprised at David's tone. But not shocked. Not after the way Neil and Alice were treating her. "So what happened to me?"
"I think it's best that you remember on your own Christy." Neil said putting and hand on her shoulder.
"Get your hands off of her McNeill!" David said forcefully. He shook his head. "Sorry. I didn't mean that."
Christy leaned back into Neil and felt such warmth of the man behind her. *Should I tell him?* She wondered.
~It's not time yet Christy. You must choose than you can tell.~
*Yes Lord.* Christy soul sang out. She looked back David and Alice who were still standing at the bottom of the staircase. "Where's Margaret?"
David and Alice turned to see if Margaret was still in the parlor but they saw no one. They turned back to Christy and Neil.
"I don't know." David said. "Perhaps she went for an little walk. She'll be back."
"She always is." Neil said softly so no one else heard.
Christy heard him. But she also heard something in his voice that was never their when he talked about his wife.
"Thee must have something to eat." Alice said looking in Christy's face and saw the hunger in her eyes.
"Thank you Alice." With that Christy moved away from Neil and walked down the few remaining stairs. She followed Alice into the kicten.
"What's wrong with her Neil. The truth?" David looked at Neil as the other man walked down the stairs to the first floor of the Mission house.
"She fainted. When she came too again the past few hours have been blocked from her mind. ALL of it." Neil said meaning ful.
"What? How? Why?" David asked shocked.
"I don't know. But you must admit the past few hours were not great. On ALL of us." Neil said with an frown to his lips.
Before David could respond to that remark the front door opened and Fairlight Spencer walked in with an smile.
"Hello Doctor McNeill. Hello Reverend." She said hosting up her basket of flowers.
"Fairlight I'm pleased to see you." Neil said looking over at the woman. "Christy is in need of some proper care that no man can give her."
"Why what's wrong with Miss. Christy?" Fairlight suddenly sounded frighten.
"Well Neil and I were fighting over Christy and she fainted." David confessed downcastly.
Fairlight closed her eyes and shook her head. "Leave the child alone you two." She said opening her eyes looking at the two men who were strongly in her heart. But no matter what Christy always came first. *Christy must choose between these two and soon. Otherwise this will never end and none of them will ever have peace.*
"I have to go on some rounds. So I will let Christy explain everything." Neil said moving past David and Fairlight.
"Yes I too also have rounds to make." David followed Neil out of the house closing the door behind him.
Fairlight sighed and went to the kicten.