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Chapter Seventeen: Plan in Action
Temperance and Angela walked through the castle, behind Parker as he acted like a spoiled Prince, demanding to for a walk out in the city. Temperance and Angela of course obliged and Angela left Lance in the care of Michelle and the other nannies, promising to be back soon as they followed Parker out the doors of the castle and let him lead them through town.
Their first stop was by the blueberries in the fruit market. Temperance plucked nine succulent blueberries and placed them in the basket that hung around her arms, paying the vendor for them and moving onto a stand a few yards away with oranges.
"Would his Highness like an orange?" Angela asked sweetly.
Parker nodded curtly and chose an orange as Angela paid the vendor for it.
After that, they decided to leave the fruit market and instead head for the florist's. Once inside, they walked straight to an area with orchid's of all sizes and colors. Temperance looked over them and seemed to find a white one that appealed to her.
"This one." she said, to the vendor, paying him and taking the orchid. She turned to Angela. "For you." she said, in her most romantic deep voice.
Angela smiled sweetly and kissed her 'husband'. "Thank you so much, sweetie!" she exclaimed, making a show of it.
Parker stifled a laugh and then ran over to the Tulips. "I want some!" he cried.
Angela groaned and walked over towards him. "Why ever would you want any tulips, Prince?"
"My mother's favorite flower." Parker said by way of explanation.
Angela nodded and asked for a bouquet of half a dozen pink tulips.
After paying for the flowers, Temperance and Angela led Parker to a clothing stand, where they saw a number of interesting hats, but only one caught his interest. It was the same kind that lay atop Temperance's head, only in a different color and Parker immediately demanded that she buy it for him, which she did, begrudgingly.
"Are we done shopping now?" Temperance asked Parker, who nodded, his new hat falling down over his eyes. "Good. Now I need to run a quick errand and then we must get you back to the castle."
Parker sighed and followed the women through the town as they made their way in the direction of the Post Office.
Once there, Temperance sought out the help of a young blonde messenger boy of about her age. "Sir Wendell?" she asked in a whisper.
The boy nodded, but said nothing. Temperance placed the basket on the table, allowing Wendell to count the number of Blueberries in it. He wrote the number of blueberries down on a card, then Parker placed the Orange peel on the desk in front of him and Wendell wrote down a '1' on the card. Followed by a '1' for the Orchid, a '5' for the Tulips' and another '1' for the hat that currently sat on Parker's head.
"Do you know who this message is for?" Temperance asked him discreetly. Wendell nodded and Temperance handed him a letter, which he folded over the card and placed in an envelope. Angela passed him some money for his trouble and thanked him for his time before being led out by Temperance.
"Time to go back." Temperance said aloud to Parker, who pretended to put up a big fuss as he was led from the marketplace.
Booth and Camille were just putting a few books away and cleaning up any discarded ones on the shelves when they heard a knock at the front door.
Cam and Booth looked at each other, wondering who would knock at the door of an open bookshop. Booth walked to the front and saw Wendell standing there, out of breath, holding an envelope in front of him, signaling Booth that it was important for him to take it.
Booth took the letter and paid Wendell for his trouble, thanking him as he opened the letter. It read:
Booth and Camille,
parker is fine. Don't wOrry about him. He is With us. Nobody WIll ever hurT him. noT wHilE wE're around. oKay? If you Need us, God will be on your side.
Sincerely, Terrance and Ann
Booth smiled, understanding the letter immediately and then he read the card attached, which instantly put a frown on his face.
"Camille!" he said, running towards the back. "We must do something!" He handed her the letter. "And we must do it soon!"
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