The Secret Marriage

chapter 5

(from Scott's point of view)

An hour after Virgil had left with Jo and Robyn Lady Penelope had called to let me know that she was on her way over. While I was waiting on her I decided that I would call Rebecca's parents to give them the bad news that their only daughter had died. The only thing about making this phone call was that as I wasn't sure if they knew that she was married, I wasn't looking forward to making this call. How could I tell them about this? Strangely though once I had made the phone call I felt a little better in myself. It didn't go down too well with Rebecca's parents because they didn't seem to believe me. They sounded as if they didn't care about her.

I couldn't help my mind flashing back to how we met.

We met in high School and believe it or not I was kind of shy around girls back then so all my so called friends thought I was gay until I had the courage to ask her out on a date in front of everyone at school. That was one of the most frightening moments of my life.

We didn't really see each other after school had finished though. We both had gone our own ways. To be honest it was a chance meeting when I was over at the office to take paper work over for Dad. We got talking and agreed to meet up for a coffee before I headed back to the island. Once I got home to Tracy Island though I couldn't get back off quick enough to see her again. That's when I told Dad that I would take his monthly paper work over to the office in future. Naturally he thought I was just taking an interest in the business, what would he think if he knew the truth?

By the second date we had both fallen in love with each other. It was something that I didn't expect to be happening but I was happy. I didn't think it would do any harm for me having a life outside IR. The night before Virgil got married I really felt bad so I decided to tell my brother my secret. If I am honest he was shocked at first, but he did tell me that he wanted to tell Jo about it. I can't thank my brother and his wife enough for keeping this to themselves.

The day that I got the phone call from the hospital was the worst day of my life. I left the hospital that morning thinking that nothing would go wrong. I had just popped over to see how Virgil and Jo were doing. Jo was in the kitchen making dinner when I got the phone call.

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