Breathlessly, Anne ran through the wood. Tears rolled over her cheeks.
Gilbert was running in front of Anne.
As they finally reach the end of the wood, they saw Roy standing near the cliffs. He held the crying Nan in his arms.
They could hear the roar from the sea.
"Well, Anne." Roy said coldly. "You want a divorce? Think about it." He went a step nearer to the abyss.
"Roy, what are you doing?" Anne asked with a shaking voice. "Please, let her go."
"If you don't come back to me, you will never see Nan again. I will." he looked down to the abyss and Nan screamed.
"Gardner! Be reasonable," carefully Gilbert edges nearer to him.
"Stop, Blythe! Don't come nearer. Anne it is your decision. Will you come back or should Nan's life end here?"
"Please, Roy, let her go. She is your daughter, too." Anne had fallen on her knees.
"I won't let you embarrass me. You will come back." He said again and again. They both realized that he was crazy. While he was speaking he went backwards nearer to the abyss.
"Roy, please come away from the cliff!" Anne entreated.
But, Roy didn't stop. Gilbert moved again slowly towards him. Only one step separated Roy from the horrible drop.
"Roy!" Anne yelled panic stricken.
Slowly Roy moved and a stone loosed. Roy slipped and fell down from the cliff. Anne screamed, and Gilbert jumped towards Roy, grabbing Nan's hand.
A loud scream echoed on the rocks as Roy lost his last hold on the rock.
Then there was silence. Gilbert still held Nan and pulled her up. Crying, Anne ran to them and clasped Nan in her arms. Gilbert looked down and saw Roy's lifeless body in the sea.
Roy was dead and his family left Anne alone. Everybody in Kingsport thought it was a simple accident. The Gardner's wanted to hide every bad fault of Roy's. No one should hear the truth.
****** One year later, Anne and Gilbert married. The children were thrilled about their new Daddy. Anne and Gilbert traveled for one week on their honeymoon while Nan and Walter stayed with Marilla.
After their wedding night, Anne snuggled nearer to Gil.
"I never thought that.?" She interrupted her sentence.
"What?" Gilbert asked and kissed her hand.
"Nothing, I shouldn't say this." Anne said evasively.
"Anne, we don't have any secrets. You can say anything to me. Please trust me."
"Gil, I trust you, more than any person in this world. I only wanted to say.that I had never thought it could be so beautiful. Either, Roy was a very bad lover or it is because I love you so much. So much that it can take my breath away." She smiled.
"I love you, too, Anne. And I will show you this every day again and again." He kissed her and with a sigh Anne laid her arms round his neck.
Sometimes we make wrong decisions in our life. But, sometimes we get the chance to make it right.
"Every morning is another day free of faults!"
End
As they finally reach the end of the wood, they saw Roy standing near the cliffs. He held the crying Nan in his arms.
They could hear the roar from the sea.
"Well, Anne." Roy said coldly. "You want a divorce? Think about it." He went a step nearer to the abyss.
"Roy, what are you doing?" Anne asked with a shaking voice. "Please, let her go."
"If you don't come back to me, you will never see Nan again. I will." he looked down to the abyss and Nan screamed.
"Gardner! Be reasonable," carefully Gilbert edges nearer to him.
"Stop, Blythe! Don't come nearer. Anne it is your decision. Will you come back or should Nan's life end here?"
"Please, Roy, let her go. She is your daughter, too." Anne had fallen on her knees.
"I won't let you embarrass me. You will come back." He said again and again. They both realized that he was crazy. While he was speaking he went backwards nearer to the abyss.
"Roy, please come away from the cliff!" Anne entreated.
But, Roy didn't stop. Gilbert moved again slowly towards him. Only one step separated Roy from the horrible drop.
"Roy!" Anne yelled panic stricken.
Slowly Roy moved and a stone loosed. Roy slipped and fell down from the cliff. Anne screamed, and Gilbert jumped towards Roy, grabbing Nan's hand.
A loud scream echoed on the rocks as Roy lost his last hold on the rock.
Then there was silence. Gilbert still held Nan and pulled her up. Crying, Anne ran to them and clasped Nan in her arms. Gilbert looked down and saw Roy's lifeless body in the sea.
Roy was dead and his family left Anne alone. Everybody in Kingsport thought it was a simple accident. The Gardner's wanted to hide every bad fault of Roy's. No one should hear the truth.
****** One year later, Anne and Gilbert married. The children were thrilled about their new Daddy. Anne and Gilbert traveled for one week on their honeymoon while Nan and Walter stayed with Marilla.
After their wedding night, Anne snuggled nearer to Gil.
"I never thought that.?" She interrupted her sentence.
"What?" Gilbert asked and kissed her hand.
"Nothing, I shouldn't say this." Anne said evasively.
"Anne, we don't have any secrets. You can say anything to me. Please trust me."
"Gil, I trust you, more than any person in this world. I only wanted to say.that I had never thought it could be so beautiful. Either, Roy was a very bad lover or it is because I love you so much. So much that it can take my breath away." She smiled.
"I love you, too, Anne. And I will show you this every day again and again." He kissed her and with a sigh Anne laid her arms round his neck.
Sometimes we make wrong decisions in our life. But, sometimes we get the chance to make it right.
"Every morning is another day free of faults!"
End
