*******Lela*******
Char chased Ella out of the ballroom. I followed. He was standing on the stairs holding something in his hands. She had gotten away from him again. I walked over to Char and put my hand on his arm. He was holding a small glass slipper. It must have fallen off.
"Oh Char, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."
"It isn't your fault at all. I wanted it to be her, more than anything I wanted it to be her! I was fooling myself. She probably came to gloat about her riches. I can see that I am nothing to her," he said, placing the slipper on the marble railing and walking back towards the ballroom.
I grabbed it and ran to stop him, "You're wrong. She loves you and she is not married. She wants so much to be with you but for reasons I do not understand she won't let herself get close to you! You must go after her. Find her. Make her see that nothing can keep you two apart."
"How do you know all this?" Char asked suspiciously.
"I'm breaking a promise by telling you this. We met the night I arrived here in Frell. She told me everything but made me promise not to tell you. I don't want to have broken that promise in vain. Go," I put the shoe back into his hands.
"Lela, you have been a better friend to me than anyone ever has. I don't know what I would do if I didn't know you. Enjoy the rest of the ball. If all goes well I will not be back," he kissed me on the cheek and ran down the stairs telling one of the guards to assemble the others.
I looked after him, "Oh Ella, don't break his heart again."
Char chased Ella out of the ballroom. I followed. He was standing on the stairs holding something in his hands. She had gotten away from him again. I walked over to Char and put my hand on his arm. He was holding a small glass slipper. It must have fallen off.
"Oh Char, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."
"It isn't your fault at all. I wanted it to be her, more than anything I wanted it to be her! I was fooling myself. She probably came to gloat about her riches. I can see that I am nothing to her," he said, placing the slipper on the marble railing and walking back towards the ballroom.
I grabbed it and ran to stop him, "You're wrong. She loves you and she is not married. She wants so much to be with you but for reasons I do not understand she won't let herself get close to you! You must go after her. Find her. Make her see that nothing can keep you two apart."
"How do you know all this?" Char asked suspiciously.
"I'm breaking a promise by telling you this. We met the night I arrived here in Frell. She told me everything but made me promise not to tell you. I don't want to have broken that promise in vain. Go," I put the shoe back into his hands.
"Lela, you have been a better friend to me than anyone ever has. I don't know what I would do if I didn't know you. Enjoy the rest of the ball. If all goes well I will not be back," he kissed me on the cheek and ran down the stairs telling one of the guards to assemble the others.
I looked after him, "Oh Ella, don't break his heart again."