Love at First Touch
Chapter 3 - Together Again
As Belle takes her final step through the bushes, she looks up and says, "Oh my God, it's you!"
Belle collapses on the grass and begins to cry tears of happiness yet of pain, as she cannot believe who is standing before her... a man who she has loved all of her life, but disappeared shortly after she began Salem University.
"I was waiting for the perfect moment to come back for you," he explained.
"Why did you leave me," asked Belle who was shaking and nervous about everything that has suddenly happened to her.
"I am so sorry, dear. I didn't mean for my leaving to hurt you. I needed to take care of some dangerous issues in Paris and I didn't want to involve you so that you wouldn't get hurt," he replied.
"But daddy! I MISSED YOU!! All of the times that I needed you, you weren't there. After mom died, I thought you would be here for me during these difficult times!" yelled Belle who once again broke down into tears and was so full of emotion that she pounded on the ground.
"I'm so sorry," Belle's father kneeled down in front of his daughter and reached out for her. She couldn't face him. She was so upset at his actions because she lived those few years in college without knowing if her father was alive. "Don't touch me!"
"Belle, I'm sorry. I'm here for you now and will never leave your side again," her father explained.
Belle looked up at him and noticed his sincerity in his words. She grabbed her father and hugged him. "Promise me, daddy, that you'll never leave me again. promise me," begged Belle.
John Black, Belle's father, began reminiscing about his daughter's birth. Holding her in his arms and rocking her side to side. He used to sing sweet lullabies to her to calm her down and put her to sleep. Those tender moments were so far away, and now he wishes he had done things differently. So many more tender moments missed. "I promise, my sweet little girl," he said.
Mr. Brady briefly interrupted and wanted to explain to Belle his part in this. "Belle, your father had asked me to watch over you for the past few months. He wanted me to make sure that you were safe and happy. When first seeing your angelic face, I could tell why your father loves you so much. Your caring actions to others, your unselfish ways. all of these features have intrigued me." He turns to John and says, "Sir, I would like to ask you permission to ask your daughter out to dinner." John looks at Belle, who is now blushing, then looks at Mr. Brady and says, "I think I will agree with whatever choice that Belle makes."
"I don't even know your full name. All I know is that you are S. D. Brady," giggled Belle.
"Sweetest Belle Black, would you care to join me, Shawn Douglas Brady, for dinner at Tuscany?" questioned Shawn.
John stands up from the ground and offers a hand to his daughter. Belle gets up and wipes her tears, and with a smile, she says, "I'd be delighted to."
"I will depart now and let you spend time with your father. You two have a lot to catch up on," Shawn reaches into his pocket and pulls out a cellular phone, "Take this phone and I will call you soon."
As Belle reaches out her hand to take the phone, he lifts her hand up to his lips and kisses it.
Wow, his lips are so gentle.
He turns her hand around and places the phone in her palm and closes it.
Shawn takes one final look at her smiling face and turns around to leave.
"Thank you. Shawn," were her last words to him that night. Shawn nodded and disappeared through the bushes and into what was now night.
Belle turned around to face her father.
"I have so much to tell you, daddy," said Belle, "I'm so glad you are back. I love you."
"I love you too, pumpkin."
Chapter 3 - Together Again
As Belle takes her final step through the bushes, she looks up and says, "Oh my God, it's you!"
Belle collapses on the grass and begins to cry tears of happiness yet of pain, as she cannot believe who is standing before her... a man who she has loved all of her life, but disappeared shortly after she began Salem University.
"I was waiting for the perfect moment to come back for you," he explained.
"Why did you leave me," asked Belle who was shaking and nervous about everything that has suddenly happened to her.
"I am so sorry, dear. I didn't mean for my leaving to hurt you. I needed to take care of some dangerous issues in Paris and I didn't want to involve you so that you wouldn't get hurt," he replied.
"But daddy! I MISSED YOU!! All of the times that I needed you, you weren't there. After mom died, I thought you would be here for me during these difficult times!" yelled Belle who once again broke down into tears and was so full of emotion that she pounded on the ground.
"I'm so sorry," Belle's father kneeled down in front of his daughter and reached out for her. She couldn't face him. She was so upset at his actions because she lived those few years in college without knowing if her father was alive. "Don't touch me!"
"Belle, I'm sorry. I'm here for you now and will never leave your side again," her father explained.
Belle looked up at him and noticed his sincerity in his words. She grabbed her father and hugged him. "Promise me, daddy, that you'll never leave me again. promise me," begged Belle.
John Black, Belle's father, began reminiscing about his daughter's birth. Holding her in his arms and rocking her side to side. He used to sing sweet lullabies to her to calm her down and put her to sleep. Those tender moments were so far away, and now he wishes he had done things differently. So many more tender moments missed. "I promise, my sweet little girl," he said.
Mr. Brady briefly interrupted and wanted to explain to Belle his part in this. "Belle, your father had asked me to watch over you for the past few months. He wanted me to make sure that you were safe and happy. When first seeing your angelic face, I could tell why your father loves you so much. Your caring actions to others, your unselfish ways. all of these features have intrigued me." He turns to John and says, "Sir, I would like to ask you permission to ask your daughter out to dinner." John looks at Belle, who is now blushing, then looks at Mr. Brady and says, "I think I will agree with whatever choice that Belle makes."
"I don't even know your full name. All I know is that you are S. D. Brady," giggled Belle.
"Sweetest Belle Black, would you care to join me, Shawn Douglas Brady, for dinner at Tuscany?" questioned Shawn.
John stands up from the ground and offers a hand to his daughter. Belle gets up and wipes her tears, and with a smile, she says, "I'd be delighted to."
"I will depart now and let you spend time with your father. You two have a lot to catch up on," Shawn reaches into his pocket and pulls out a cellular phone, "Take this phone and I will call you soon."
As Belle reaches out her hand to take the phone, he lifts her hand up to his lips and kisses it.
Wow, his lips are so gentle.
He turns her hand around and places the phone in her palm and closes it.
Shawn takes one final look at her smiling face and turns around to leave.
"Thank you. Shawn," were her last words to him that night. Shawn nodded and disappeared through the bushes and into what was now night.
Belle turned around to face her father.
"I have so much to tell you, daddy," said Belle, "I'm so glad you are back. I love you."
"I love you too, pumpkin."
