All Chapters of REJECTED BY LOVE: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Stanley swings the door open and slams it behind him. Mildred who is in the dining area does not bother to check who is causing the disturbance. The young Mr. Bradshaw violently slamming the front door has become such a common occurrence in the house that she can easily guess that it is him without looking for. Stanley is beaming with rage, a mood that he seems to be constantly in in recent times. It seems as though his parents are doing everything that they can to frustrate him. First, his mother had tried to intimidate and pay off Eloise. He had fought with them about that and they had apologized. It is all for you, she had said and then promised to stay back. Now, Eloise just told him that she had talked to her boss and threatened to have her fired. They have crossed major line and he intends to give them a piece of his mind.“Father! Mother!” Stanley walks into the main living room. He stops in his tracks when he sees his mother, father, Uncle Gregory and strange man in the middle

Stanley heads straight to Eloise’s house with the intention of telling her what his parents are up to. But when he gets to her house, he realizes that she has a handful of problems of her own. He meets her father for the first time and watches in apprehension as the man introduces himself as John. He does not know whether to welcome the man with open arms or be hostile to him. Eloise must have sensed his discomfort because she ushers him out of her house and tells him that she will visit him to explain it all. He does not even get the chance to explain why he is in her house.Stanley spends the next few days waiting for Eloise to visit him but does not see here. He imagines that her father is a stubborn pain in the ass who refuses to leave no matter what she says. More than once, he gets the urge to just get into his car and drive down to Brooklyn but he does not, choosing instead to give Eloise space to deal with her father. It is now three days to his wedding day and Eloise has yet

Eloise is yet to be accustomed with the fact that Mary Lou is standing in front of her, yet she has already been thrown off by Mary Lou’s announcement of some information that she has. Even for Stanley and Eloise, both of whom drama always seems to find, the past couple of weeks has been very peaceful. They had their wedding as they wanted, packed their bags and are now on their way to their honeymoon destination in the Caribbean islands, at least they were until Mary Lou showed up unannounced. Naturally, Eloise wants to ask Mary when she decided to come to New York or how her trip has been but all of those seem redundant in the face of whatever she wants to say. Mary Lou’s face is a picture of anxiety and determination. The face of a person who has something big or troubling to say and nothing is going to stop her from saying it. With this, Eloise knows that whatever her friend wants to say is not something she would want to hear right before a joyful trip. She decides that she must

Every time that Eloise returns to Blue Creek, something always manages to be different. It could be something as simple as a new baby in the Wheatley house or even a few new businesses opening up. No matter what, the town is always expanding one way or another; that is a constant. Another constant is the kind of welcome she receives. The last time she was here when her father had just fallen ill, the townsfolk went out of their way to visit and welcome her, to Eloise’s chagrin. However, this time as she enters town on the back of a carriage with Stanley beside her and Mary Lou opposite them, Eloise cannot help but notice some degree of hostility or apathy towards their presence. They pass several townsfolk, most of whom she recognizes and who recognize her as well. They stare into the carriage as though to see who it is, then direct their attention elsewhere when they spot them. Eloise notices this along the way but cannot ponder over it for too long. Stanley is excited beside her an

The first thing Mary Lou does when she sees Eloise and Stanley the next day is to apologize for her mother’s meeting with them. Stanley still finds it baffling while Eloise dismisses the apology, telling Mary Lou she is more than familiar with the woman that is Greta Clark. They are on their way to Huntington, a town two borders away from Blue Creek and in which Shirley, Eloise’s grandmother is living. They are in a carriage; the driver of which Stanley has paid in excess to carry them wherever they may need to go while they are in Blue Creek.That morning, Stanley had woken up with great excitement and he shook Eloise awake too like a child on Christmas day. Eloise was startled to be jolted awake but settled down the moment she saw her lover’s face.“Someone is up early,” Eloise said.“Someone needs to get up too and begin showing me around Blue Creek.”“Oh honey, we cannot do that today. Mary Lou is taking us to see my grandmother, remember?” Just like that, Stanley’s excitement va