~*Chapter 8*~

Klara had been surprised after Martha had called her, however she had agreed immediately to the unusual suggestion. This time it would be for a better reason. So why shouldn't she play the woman in love with Georg von Trapp for a second time?

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She had been wrong. Ever since that woman had arrived at the villa, Maria couldn't help but feel that knot in her stomach. She had thought she had started to love Georg in another way. However, she had been wrong. Her sensibility had beaten her sense. She had found the courage to admit this to herself.  But how to tell Georg?

Whenever she had noticed that look in his eyes in the last months, a look that told her he longed for more than friendship, she had told him what a wonderful friend he was, making sure he would not cross the invisible line. How could she tell him the difference? How could she tell him that something in her still longed for him as her lover, her husband?

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First Georg had been surprised when Klara suddenly had appeared in the Villa. In addition, his surprise grew even bigger when he realized she was obviously flirting with him. For a moment, he had been tempted to believe her, but then the scales fell from his eyes. 

"Who is paying you this time?" he asked Klara, who started to laugh.

"Have you ever paid me?" she answered. 

Georg couldn't help but laugh, too. "No. However, you can't tell me you suddenly realized you actually love me."

"I love you!" she protested.

"Not this way – so who? I will find out if you tell me or not. So who?"

"Okay, you got me, Georg."

"And?"

"And what?"

"Klara!"

"Okay, okay. Your children."

"The children?"

"Yes." Klara said amused. "I suppose they're playing –"

"Matchmaker." Georg finished her sentence. "Klara – I'm really thankful you're trying to help them. However, I lied once at her. I used a lie to get a divorce. I won't use another lie to win her back."

Klara nodded. "That's a wise decision."

"Is it?" Georg sighed. He didn't know if it really was. Maybe he should let the game go on.

"Yes. Nevertheless, it already had worked. Haven't you seen the look in her eyes?"

Georg nodded, but he didn't know if he should be happy about it or not.

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Maria felt a single tear falling down her cheek. She had not intended to do ears dropping, it just had happened and the words she had heard made her shiver all over.

There he had the chance. Now she knew he knew it. That he knew how she was feeling. That he knew he could easily use Klara's presence to win her back, but he didn't. And she felt that old, familiar feeling again, the feeling she used to have in his presence, which absence made her resist. She suddenly felt trust again.

**So this is the last chapter…don't like the end…hehehe...well – there's still an epilogue. Review and I'll post it *GG* Thanks a lot to my two incredible Betas Soaz and Iluvtsom!!!***

So….To be continued.