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2021-04-15 07:21:09"Finally" Carlos said when he saw her entering the room "I was beginning to forget the taste of the food" he smiled.
Elaine returned the smile and walked over to the table, she picked up the plate of hamburger again before she sat beside him on his bed, she resumed feeding him "I'm sorry for taking too long. Doctor Paige and I just have something important to talk about.""It's okay. I was just kidding with what I said anyway.""Mm" Elaine replied absentmindedly. Carlos watched her as she fed him, he knew something was different about her now and he wondered what it could be that doctor Paige said to her that will make her lost in thoughts. After feeding him the last of the hamburger, she returned the plate on the table still lost in thoughts.Carlos' gaze followed her "Elaine?" He called softly but loud enough for her to hear him.Elaine looked at him then "yes?""What is it?""What is what?""Why are you so lost in thoughts?""Oh" she looked at the table
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Elaine cleaned up the dinner like she always do, the day had been very tiring since she had to act ignorant to the customers stares and whisperings about her. Tom has only moved into her house today and the whole town already knows about it. Martha was even silently accusing her of stealing him way and she had to roll her eyes when she heard that, yea right, like he belonged to anybody, she had thought. She stuffed some leftovers in a bag and put some in the refrigerator while some went to the trash bin.She closed the diner and dropped the key in it's usual place before beginning her walk home in the silent night with only the moon as her light and companion. Her mind picked up Thomas' handsome face and she blushed just thinking about him. His deep blue eyes that always looked like it was calling her in and his sexy full heart lips that she couldn't help but wonder how it will feel when kissed.She found herself happy to go home and she couldn't help but count the houses she
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The next day, Elaine awoke to an angry voice, she covered her ear with the pillow to block the noise and to sleep some more. She had gone to bed so late after sitting up the whole night with Tom after he had a bad dream.Tom! She remembered and sat up immediately, who is Tom talking to? She wondered when she heard a question "I asked who the hell are you?" Mom? She furrowed her brows. Mom! She climbed out of the bed and rushed to the door, she threw it open, looking directly in the living room to see her mom standing in the centre with her left hand on her waist and right pointing at Tom who was standing with his head bowed "mom" she called, getting the attention of the two who looked at her.She approached them and grabbed Tom's elbow softly "do you mind waiting in the bedroom?"Tom looked from her to her mother before nodding once, they both watched him limbed to the bedroom, he turned and looked at them once more before stepping into the room and shutting the door. Elain
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Elaine was getting some vegetables in the market, she won't be going to the library today and decided to cook a homemade meal before the time she will go to the diner. Tom was recovering really fast which she is happy about but so was her feelings for him. Again, every night, he wakes up with a scream of 'No' or 'John' she has tried asking him to talk about the dreams but he never opens up and she decided to not force him only that she was getting really worried for his health.A hand suddenly snatched away her bag of groceries and she turned to see the one person she doesn't want to see. She rolled her eyes before looking at him, "is that a trending thing for you now? To snatch away a lady's bag?""Lady? You are no lady Elaine. A girl who brought in a stranger to her home is no lady" Jasper said."Thank you for that clarification. Now give me back my bag.""So it's true, you brought in a man into your home?" He gave a dry chuckle and shook his head "I can't believe you
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Elaine took in a long breath with her eyes still closed and her hands still wrapped on his neck, she let out the breath as she tried to steady the hunger and fire building inside her, she can't believe a single kiss from him made her legs go weak, she leaned on him to gather up her strength, she bit her cold lips that was burning with the sensation and aftermath of the kiss. She still want to kiss him, her lips are craving for his but she knows she can't anymore, Jasper was already gone, she can feel it.Carlos was dying, just watching how she seductively bit her lower lip was driving him insane, what the hell is wrong with him? He let go of her waist and Elaine was forced to release his neck, she looked down at her feet, not daring to look him in the eyes."I'm sorry" she whispered "I didn't mean to do that, I just wanted him to leave me alone and I figured I had to do something to make him. I'm sorry for kissing you and for using you. I didn't want to" she looked up at him t
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"So I talked to James but apparently, he is not in the need of someone neither is Gloria but not to worry" Elaine smiled "with the bad news came with good news. Farmer Ben can't wait to see you!"Carlos relieved a sigh of relief, for a second he thought he wouldn't be getting a job "that's a relief""I know right? I mean, after receiving a no from the top two people in my book, I was afraid of what the third will be and he happens to be the one to surprise me. Although I have the feeling that James and Gloria rejected you because, well you..." She bit her lip."I'm a stranger?" He finished for her with a smile "I know. I just hope they will start seeing me as a human like them soon and not some stranger.""Folktown is not very welcoming to new people and that's because we tend not to have new people always. It's just a matter of time and they will warm up to you or maybe just like you said, if you socialize enough with them, they will get to see the human in you and know
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Tobias decided to suck up to the royal family and so he invited everyone to his home to be a better host to the king and queen and also to the prince who they had no idea was among them all these while and the young princess."You guys go ahead, I have a place to be first" Carlos said."Alright then, we will be waiting for you" William said as he turned with his wife to leave with the mayor and his family.Angel clung on to him and he knew no amount of what he said will make her follow their parents, so he let her be."Where are you going?" Elaine asked."To see Lucy and Ben."Sh made an 'oh' sound as he picked his sister up and they left.On getting to Ben's home, they saw Lucy sitting out in the verandah, she was surprised to see them and immediately stood up, "Tom, what happened? Hilary was here looking for you. He said the Mayor asked him to come call you and that there are people in the square who came with big cars and wants to see you" she explai
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Carlos picked up her hands in his, "I wanted to gain your forgiveness and after that I will," he stood up and pulled her up with him before going down on his knees whilst still holding her hands, their eyes locked, "tell you how much I really, really love you and how I can't live without you. I might be a prince already but I want to be your prince charming. To look you in the eyes and ask the one question I never thought I would ask a woman in my life. The ability to make you mine forever and to rule by my side as my queen. Elaine, I know this is not a better setting and I don't have one of the important things with me at the moment but they said it's what that it's in the heart that counts.To my people, a prince never kneels for a woman, talk more of a crowned prince" he licked his lips nervously, "but to me, you are worth more than a royal pride. I know you deserve to be asked this question in my palace with dignitaries, prestigious families and socialites surrendering us, bu
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The Mayor don't know why but this man gives him the willies, "actually, there is a stranger here but his name is not Carlos.""What's his name?""Em, I think...""Thomas" Jasper filled in."Yes that's it" the Mayor nodded."Thomas who?""That's the thing, no one knows. You see, he arrived here in a very sorry state and had lost his memories. He doesn't remember anything but his name.""I see" the man nodded once, "how long has this Thomas been with you?""It should be five months now right?" Tobias looked at the sheriff."Yes, it's five months now" he nodded.The man offered a rare smile, "what a coincidence. My son Carlos has been missing for five months too."Everyone gasped, this is more than a coincidence right?Elaine has arrived at the venue then, Mary pulled her to herself immediately, "where is Tom?" She whispered."At farmer Ben's farm, why?""This people are looking for their son named Carlos, they think he is here. Have you seen a
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what's good for her. Elaine tried to explain things to her mother but Amelia didn't want to listen, then she dropped the statement to them, "I will never approve of your marriage should you want to get married because no daughter of mine will marry a complete nobody."She stormed out of the house then in a fit of anger. Well, let's just say Amelia was not the only one that thought like that. Almost the whole town did and the older ones blamed Tom for misleading their little Elaine. And they went back to seeing him as an outsider, a stranger amongst them.Elaine was affected by that but Tom wasn't. He doesn't have much long to stay there anywhere. Lucy and Ben supported their love and gave no shit about what the town says. Ben still goes everywhere with Tom and Lucy still sees him like her son. The two couples weren't at the birthday/engagement party and they were glad they weren't, if not, they feared what they might have said when Jasper was proposing.Carlos birthda
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At those four words, Elaine thought she has gone deaf, her eyes scanned the room to her mother's who was mouthing 'yes' to her and nodding and then to Jasper's mother, Mira, who was smiling and nodding to her. It wasn't long, everyone was chanting "say Yes Elaine" some "you are meant to be from the start" her eyes then met the ones she wants to see, a pair of midnight blue eyes, at that moment, a series of feelings flashed in them and then, the owner blinked and walked out of the room. No one noticed him leaving but she did because at that moment, a tear dropped from her eyes.She is hesitating to say no, she is hesitating to turn him down, Carlos told himself as he walked away. It was all his fault, he shouldn't have forced her to come to the party. No, not that, it was his fault because he has been lying to her, because he has been keeping his identity a secret. Everyone sees him as a stranger, as a nobody here and of course, they won't allow their daughter to be with him, afte
