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Chapter 40: Crystal Gazing
Jareth appeared in the throne room of his castle and summoned one of the Goblin nursemaids that cared for wished away children until their new parents came to get them. He handed the baby girl over when one arrived and vanished from the room, appearing in his study. He rifled through the adoption request forms and eventually found the one he was looking for. It belonged to Marcus' brother Malcolm and his wife Rachael. They had wanted a child for some time, and he now had one for them. Emily had obviously loved her baby with all her heart, and he would give her child to a family who he knew would care for the babe and love her. He sent out a message to the couple and left his study to go see Sarah.
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Sarah and Toby were still curled up in bed when Jareth entered the room. Sarah appeared to be in the midst of telling her brother a story and Toby was watching her every move. Jareth smiled at the sight of them and went over to stand by Sarah. She paused in her tale and looked at Jareth expectantly.
He raised an eyebrow at her and she rolled her eyes. "Well?" she asked.
"Well what?" he smirked, seeing her frustration grow.
"You know perfectly well what I mean. But since you're being difficult, what happened with the child?"
His expression changed to one of sadness and he relayed the occurrence with Emily and her baby Amy, he also summoned a crystal to show her the parting of mother and child. Sarah looked to be on the verge on the tears as she watched the girl Emily, only a few years younger than herself, giving up a baby she loved so that her child would be given the chance for a life better than the one Emily herself could offer.
Sarah wiped her eyes as the crystal vanished. "Jareth I'm glad you let me see that."
"Oh?" He once again raised his sculpted eyebrow at her.
"Well, now I've seen how you can help people. She wanted you to take her baby and give the child something she couldn't give."
"Yes. Oh and it's Marcus' brother and his wife who will be taking Amy. So you will be able to see the child as she grows up."
"Well it's good to know Amy will go to a good family. Now if you two wouldn't mind I'm going to go take a bath and get into some clean clothes."
"Alright Sarah, lunch will be ready when you are. Where would you like to eat? In here or on the balcony?"
"Um…" she tilted her head slightly in thought. "Balcony please." She stood up and crossed the room to reach the bathroom.
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When Sarah emerged from the bathroom she was dressed in a pair of her own jeans and a loose, forest green peasant top. She pulled her wet hair back into a braid and then went out onto the balcony.
"So what's for-" she stopped mid sentence after seeing what was on the table for lunch. "Hotdogs?"
Jareth turned to her and nodded and Toby grinned at her from his place at the small table.
"I'm guessing this is your doing young man?" she asked, directing her attention to her brother.
He grinned even wider and nodded his head. "Yep, Jareth asked me what we should have for lunch and I said hotdogs."
She looked at Jareth and smiled as she rolled her eyes.
"Well then, hot dogs it is." She took her place between the two most important people in her life and began to eat. As she did so she felt a twinge of pain in the back of her head but ignored it.
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