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A/N Ok this is my first Christy fanfic so be nice please. I decided to start this from where the ending of the series left off. if you haven't seen the pax movies I recommend them though I wish they had used the same cast as before.
"ALICE! CHRISTY!" Neil shouted as he came barreling onto the miision grounds atop his faithful horse Charlie.
Christy having heard his shout came running out if the mission house wondering what could be wrong and hoped that it wasn't one of the children. However before she could say anything Miss Alice appeared and asked what was wrong.
Neil looked at both women before answering, "It's Margarete. We have to hurry. She wished to speak to both of you." he said hurriedly.
Alice and Christy raced to the barn not needing any further explanation. Then a few short minutes later the three of them were racing to the MacNeil cabin at a breakneck speed.
Margarete lay on the cabin floor-for she had refused to be moved- her lungs burning like fire within her. As she lay there she looked back on her miserable life and came to realize that Neil had never loved her well at least not like he loved Christy she concluded. She had come back trying to fight for the man she had known would never accept her back into his life especially after the way she had left not once but three times in the past.
It was while she lay there reminiscing on her past that she came to the conclusion that what her mother had been trying to do all these years hadn't been out of some I am more holy than thou bit but out of love.
'God, forgive me. I have been so foolish and blind. I have hurt the people that loved me the most and a woman who could have been like a sister to me. Please let them know that I am truly sorry for the mess I have made of things.' she prayed
Shortly thereafter she broke into uncontrollable spasms of coughing. She could heard voices outside the cabin door but only vaguely.
"Neil? Why does Margarete wish to speak with me?" Christy asked perplexed as they made their way up the cabins outer steps and to the door.
Neil turned towards the young school teacher and replied heavily, "I don't know Christy she just told me to make sure you came too." He was still trying to figure out his wife's odd request himself.
"Neil," Alice asked ,"Does she think she is dying?" he could her the fear in the older woman's' voice.
"She might Alice, however, I can't be sure she wouldn't allow me to examine her; she demanded that I go fetch you and Miss Huddleston."
Christy who could heard the awful coughing coming from within the house interrupted, "Well, lets not just stand her e Margarete is waiting inside." she tried to put as much bravado as she could in her voice yet she was silently trembling inside. She was afraid of what Miss Alice's daughter had to say to her and thinking that this may be her end began praying fervently for her soul.
A/N I know this is short but its fun to keep the reader in suspense don't you think? It keeps you coming back for more. HAHA.