FloofiestLaurens: Thank you! And be too hard on yourself. I have those moments too.
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Chapter Twenty Two
Annie didn't know how much she could love a man after Eacker, but David proved everything she thought. Especially with being her husband. It had been a week since they returned from their honeymoon. The couple laid in their bed but neither slept. Annie yearned to do something. She slowly rose from her bed. The mattress creaked from underneath making her cringe.
"Wha' tha'?" David mumbled. He didn't open his eyes.
"Shh. Go back to sleep, Davey."
But her husband sat up. Even though, they had been married for a short time, Annie knew how grumpy David could be in the morning. All she wanted was to go on a walk. Not deal with a morning monster.
"Please go back to sleep?" Annie begged.
David laid back down. "Only if you tell me a story," he teased.
" Fine." She rolled her eyes. "About what?"
After a moment, her husband decided. David had a little smirk on his face which Annie did not like. She scowled her unapproval.
"The story of how we met from you're point of view," David requested.
The young woman groaned. "Why that one?"
"Because I want to know what you first thought of me. I remember thinking you were such an innocent and sweet girl. Well, I stood corrected." Her husband winked.
"Fine…"
It was too much. Her brother was bleeding to death inside of her aunt's house. Annie ran outside once Philip's cries were starting to bring more pain to her. She wasn't feeling the best. Her knees had started to fail her. But Annie wasn't throwing away her chance to escape.
A boy was in the garden. Help that Aunt Angelica had hired. His forehead was dripping with sweat. When he made eye contact with Annie, he blushed and looked back down at the weeds. After a minute of watching, she joined the boy. The strain of working mixed with the sun was too much for Annie. Especially when she imagined her brother suffering.
"Are you alright, miss?" the boy asked right before Annie slipped away.
The next thing she knew, Annie was laying on a sofa in her aunt's home. The boy from earlier was patting a wet cloth to her forehead. No one else was in the room. Wait until her father heard about this. The thought of telling her father that she had been in a room unaccompanied with a man made her grin. Alexander would be angrier than ever before. That was saying a lot. Philip would be mad, as well.
Before the boy could speak, Annie put her hand over his mouth. "Before you say anything, what happened?"
"You fainted, miss. With everyone trying to take care of each other, I carried you in. You've been out for a few minutes. Nothing to be concerned about I assure you. At least from my years of studying to be a doctor," he answered, "David Charles Lee, by the way."
David Charles Lee. Charles Lee. There was defiantly a connection there. Annie recalled the stories that her father told her about Lee. Their duel.
"That's funny. My father's Alexander Hamilton." Annie chuckled, but David's face looked blank.
"Who?"
"You know. My father hated your father…"
His face held no emotion.
"Alexander Hamilton? The lawyer? Washington's right hand man during the war? First secretary of the treasury of the United States of America? Anything?"
Still there was nothing.
"Sorry, it's just I've been living with my mother for the last few years," David explained, "I'm not into politics much, so I don't know what's going on with America. All I know is that there was a Hamilton, I think Adam Hamilton who cheated on his wife Ellie Hamilton. That poor woman. He doesn't deserve her…" He stopped once he saw Annie's expression.
"No it was Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Hamilton. My little sister is Ellie Hamilton. Our broken family…" She chuckled. "But I shouldn't be feeling bad. There's worse that could happen. My father could have died instead. Or is that worse…"
David took her hand. "I understand broken families, miss. My mother left my father long ago. I've lived with her in the south ever since."
With a bit of help from David, Annie stood up. He insisted on helping her to a chair. From there she gave him instructions on how she liked her sandwiches. Once the two were sitting down, Annie munching on bread, she changed the subject.
"So how come you're a gardener if you said that you were a doctor? You could be down helping Philip, but you're outside, planting away," asked Annie.
David shrugged. "I prefer it at times like this. Gardening is a hobby of mine and I'm always happy to help Mrs. Church out." A beat. "So sorry, I never learned your name?"
"Angelica Hamilton. But most people call me Annie."
"It was nice to met you, Miss Annie."
"And they lived happily ever after," Annie concluded, "The end. Happy now, Davey?"
"That was interesting. I thought you would have thought me as handsome as kind. Did I miss something?"
Annie pressed a kiss to his temple. "Not that I know of, now go back to sleep, please Davey."
David got out of bed. "You know, I'm too awake after hearing that story. I don't care if it's two in the morning, I'm going to get some work done."
"Of course you are."
No matter what, Annie couldn't help but love that man.
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