Ch. 15 - A New Beginning
Waiting outside Laura’s door was a horse and carriage and a man in a fine suit. Laura gasped with excitement.
“Shall we?” Sam asked, offering Laura his arm. Laura, speechless, took his arm acceptingly and climbed into the carriage.
“Are we ready, sir?” the driver asked.
“We are,” Sam said beaming.
“If I had known, if I had seen this coming, I…I” Laura stuttered breathlessly.
“What?” Sam asked winking at her.
“I would’ve dressed better,” Laura finished, glancing down at her jeans and t-shirt.
“Ah.”
“Yeah.”
“Not to worry,” Sam said proudly, “I’ve got it covered.”
“What do you mean?” Laura asked curiously.
“You’ll see,” Sam said grinning.
“Don’t keep me in suspense, Samuel Hall!”
Sam just grinned and held Laura close. Tonight would be amazing. It would be a night, neither of them would forget.
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“Come in Mrs. Hall,” Mr. Chapman said, opening the door for Lucy.
“Thank-you,” she said, brushing her shirt down, “You may call me Lucy, if you like.”
“Alright, Lucy,” he said, closing the door behind her.
“Mr. Chapman-”
“You can call me Gary.”
“Alright, Gary.”
“Yes?”
“Alright, I’m not trying to be mean, well, maybe a little, but I MUST get down to business!”
“Explain?” Gary said, raising an eyebrow.
“You’re destroying her life!”
“Who’s, Mrs. Hall, or excuse me…Lucy?”
“Mr. Chapman I am talking about your daughter Laura, and my son Sam! Look, I don’t what is going on with you, but you can’t ruin this “thing” they’ve got going, by making up things that aren’t true-”
“Mrs. Hall I-”
“No! I am not finished with you!” Lucy said, pacing back and forth.
“Alright, please continue.”
“Thank-you.”
“Your welcome.”
“Do not smart talk me, Mr. Chapman. MY SON IS NOT SLEEPING WITH YOUR DAUGHTER, SO I’D PREFER IF YOU LEFT IT ALOOONE!” Lucy said practically bringing the house down with the volume of her voice.
“There’s no need to shout, Mrs. Hall.”
Mrs. Hall fumed with anger. She couldn’t take his calm, his rejection to the situation, and she was just about to lose it. Mr. Chapman, seeing this, took her into the living room, and decided to take a different approach.
“Let’s settle down, Lucy, okay?”
Mrs. Hall was bursting with madness, but, trying to keep it contained, she agreed. “Alright, what do you have to say?”
“Well, I have a past issue.”
“That’s no reason to do what you’re doing-”
“Please, Mrs. Hall, Lucy, let me explain.”
“Alright, explain,” she said, waiting impatiently.
“Okay,” Mr. Chapman said, beginning his story. “It all started when…”
“Shall we?” Sam asked, offering Laura his arm. Laura, speechless, took his arm acceptingly and climbed into the carriage.
“Are we ready, sir?” the driver asked.
“We are,” Sam said beaming.
“If I had known, if I had seen this coming, I…I” Laura stuttered breathlessly.
“What?” Sam asked winking at her.
“I would’ve dressed better,” Laura finished, glancing down at her jeans and t-shirt.
“Ah.”
“Yeah.”
“Not to worry,” Sam said proudly, “I’ve got it covered.”
“What do you mean?” Laura asked curiously.
“You’ll see,” Sam said grinning.
“Don’t keep me in suspense, Samuel Hall!”
Sam just grinned and held Laura close. Tonight would be amazing. It would be a night, neither of them would forget.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
“Come in Mrs. Hall,” Mr. Chapman said, opening the door for Lucy.
“Thank-you,” she said, brushing her shirt down, “You may call me Lucy, if you like.”
“Alright, Lucy,” he said, closing the door behind her.
“Mr. Chapman-”
“You can call me Gary.”
“Alright, Gary.”
“Yes?”
“Alright, I’m not trying to be mean, well, maybe a little, but I MUST get down to business!”
“Explain?” Gary said, raising an eyebrow.
“You’re destroying her life!”
“Who’s, Mrs. Hall, or excuse me…Lucy?”
“Mr. Chapman I am talking about your daughter Laura, and my son Sam! Look, I don’t what is going on with you, but you can’t ruin this “thing” they’ve got going, by making up things that aren’t true-”
“Mrs. Hall I-”
“No! I am not finished with you!” Lucy said, pacing back and forth.
“Alright, please continue.”
“Thank-you.”
“Your welcome.”
“Do not smart talk me, Mr. Chapman. MY SON IS NOT SLEEPING WITH YOUR DAUGHTER, SO I’D PREFER IF YOU LEFT IT ALOOONE!” Lucy said practically bringing the house down with the volume of her voice.
“There’s no need to shout, Mrs. Hall.”
Mrs. Hall fumed with anger. She couldn’t take his calm, his rejection to the situation, and she was just about to lose it. Mr. Chapman, seeing this, took her into the living room, and decided to take a different approach.
“Let’s settle down, Lucy, okay?”
Mrs. Hall was bursting with madness, but, trying to keep it contained, she agreed. “Alright, what do you have to say?”
“Well, I have a past issue.”
“That’s no reason to do what you’re doing-”
“Please, Mrs. Hall, Lucy, let me explain.”
“Alright, explain,” she said, waiting impatiently.
“Okay,” Mr. Chapman said, beginning his story. “It all started when…”
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