CHAPTER 44

Getting up, Jack helped Elizabeth get ready for the day. She had already announced that she wanted to see her friends and family, but that she urgently needed to see her student Opall. She was worried about the girl's psychology.

Jack couldn't help but admire his wife, she always took care of everyone, even though she was in that situation.

Carson and Abigail were her first visits, she ate the delicious muffins that Abigail brought her. It was a full basket, and Elizabeth, laughing, told Carson that this was real medication for her cure.

Carson noticed that she was covered in bruises, but that she was in great spirits.

Abigail, sought her another visitor, and as soon as that woman's blue eyes met Elizabeth's blue eyes, a big smile and tears appeared on that aged face. Aunt Elizabeth, was our oldest Elizabeth; There was some difference between them, but it was impressive how they had the same way of speaking, even the sound of their laughter.

She asked Jack and Elizabeth if her uncle could come into the room. Jack noticed the manliness of that family. As they knew that she was in bed, to avoid any harm due to the trauma of her injuries, Wynn Delane had the decency and delicacy to ask and ask for permission to enter the couple's room.

A tall man appeared at the door, so tall that he had to lower his head to get through the door. He had the same hair as his wife, in a copper tone, his eyes were green like an emerald. He looked at Elizabeth on the bed, and Jack, Abgail, Carson and Aunt Elizabeth noticed his nervousness. Jack never imagined seeing a chief superintendent acting like this...

Elizabeth had tears rolling down her face, she hadn't seen her uncle for many years, her eyes were wide and there was a light of love softening her gaze, her smile was one of the biggest that Jack had seen. Tears streamed down his face.

Wynn, looking at her, spoke in his deep voice:

— You look beautiful, my little Beth; but she's still as tearful as ever.

They looked at each other for a few moments and smiled. Elizabeth opened her arms, and in two long strides, that huge man, her superior feared by many soldiers, was there on her bed, hugging his wife and crying.

Jack looked at Abgail, they saw a beautiful scene there, it looked like the love between a father and daughter. They were in a world of their own for a few minutes; Jack noticed that they also communicated through their eyes without the need for words...

— I know you two never needed words to communicate, but my dear Wynn, could you share Beth with all of us? Aunt Elizabeth asked with her hands on her hips and the teacher's look, which Jack knew so well. Now he knew where his wife had gotten it from...

... Come to think of it, your mother also had this same habit, Jack laughed softly.

Wynn looked at Elizabeth, with adoration, with love.

— You've grown a lot, my girl. And those eyes are just like your aunt's; He caressed that long hair, the same tone as his. Even though she was covered in bruises, she was the most beautiful young woman he had ever seen and that smile. He looked so much like his son Frankison. The only difference was the color of their eyes, as Frankison's was as green as an emerald, a copy of his father. Wynn's head was spinning, he needed to find out what was going on there. But for now I just wanted to enjoy it and satisfy that huge longing.

Opall arrived and Jack asked everyone to wait in the living room, as Elizabeth wanted to speak to the girl in private. He explained to his uncles about Opall and his love for the teacher.

In the room, Opall approached slowly, tears streaming down her face when she saw her injured teacher. His eyes had lost their shine, and his smile no longer existed. She was blaming herself for what had happened to Elizabeth.

— I... I'm sorry, Mrs. Thornton. I couldn't save you. And lowering her head, she cried desperately.

— Opall! You..., but the girl interrupted her and wouldn't even let Elizabeth speak.

— Yes... I was a coward and hid, I saw everything, I should have run to ask for help. But I couldn't speak, I just kept crying out of fear.

— Come here, my girl...

And Opall, feeling Elizabeth's arms around her, could only hug her tight and cry.

— Opall! You are the bravest girl I have ever seen. You are my hero. If it weren't for you, Jack and the others would never know what happened to me, and besides, you recognized the men, who did me wrong. I am very grateful to you. My sweet Opall, you saved me, you saved my life. And so he kissed the girl, and she gradually calmed down. Soon Elizabeth noticed that his eyes were shining again and a big smile was on his face.

Bill had arrived to check on Elizabeth, and was waiting in the living room with everyone until the conversation ended in the bedroom. Soon they saw a happy, smiling Opall coming down the stairs, dancing in the living room; She stopped when she noticed everyone in the room, and looking at Bill and Jack, she said smiling:

— She said I'm her hero... And with her hands on her chest, she imitated Rosemary's graces.

Jack and Bill crouched down and thanked the girl for saving Elizabeth's life, they noticed that Elizabeth, with a simple word, had changed the entire direction of the conversation with Opall, she no longer seemed traumatized, and was now happy to help. to save his beloved teacher.

Wynn smiled, he knew the power of love that Elizabeth had and from the looks of that city, he was in love with her.

Bill, looking at Abigail, could only speak while wiping away a small tear.

— She did it Jack! Once again Elizabeth succeeded.

Abigail told Wynn and Aunt Elizabeth that in her living room there was a girl named Roselen Sulivan, who had not spoken since her father had died in the mine collapse. One day the girl ran away in fear of a drunk miner, and also because she had a bad conscience, because on the day her father died, she stopped taking her lunch to the mine to play with Opall. We all went looking for her, but Elizabeth saw a drawing that the girl had made while she was at school, and decided to go into the coal mine alone to look for her. And believe me, she found it and today Roselen speaks perfectly and all thanks to our teacher.

Aunt Elizabeth smiled, and said that she had always done things like this since she was little. They were very proud of that girl, and that's why they didn't understand how her parents and sisters treated her so badly.

Meanwhile, Bill was with Elizabeth in her room, he was hugging her with so much love. Bill told her how he was afraid of losing her.

— Dad, you won't lose me... Now that I have you, I want to make the most of it.

Wynn arrived at the bedroom door at that moment with Jack, tears streaming down her face. How he wishes she would one day call him dad.

To Wynn, she was a daughter. A beloved daughter. And at that very moment, he felt jealous of Bill.

Jack noticed and said:

— She has love for both of you, her heart is so generous, that she can love, all of us...

— She looks so much like my wife and especially my son...

— She looks like you too, Wynn, that smile and that hair are just like yours.

— Jack, am I going crazy? Deep down, I wanted her to be my daughter.

— We're going to find out, Wynn... together we're going to find out.