Love as a Christmas Present by Topaz Hauyn

Author:Topaz Hauyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Topaz Hauyn
Published: 2021-02-28T18:26:19+00:00

The forest around her was calm and comforting. Not silent, though. The rumpling of the tires had stopped, after they had reached the huge house. She listened to the shutters he pushed open and the windows he unlocked. Someplace something dabbled, like water lapping against rocks. It smelled of dry leaves and moss.

She pulled off the blanket Roberto had put over the pushing cart and her to keep everything in place during the bumpy drive. Her whole side ached, as did her legs and her back, well her whole body. She would have bruises tomorrow.

But where was she? She searched her memory and found nothing but the same feelings she had had before. Add to that the strange feeling of having lost her memory to the shadows, whatever that meant, and she felt a huge loss deep inside her.

The window directly above her unlocked and she looked up. Straight into Robertos smiling face. He looked handsome and trustworthy. Maybe she could stay with him, until she knew what to do with herself.

She smiled back at him.

His smile widened, then he winked and left the window.

El heard him inside. She tried to get up to leave the pushing cart. She didn't want to add extra work to him. She wanted to be able to move around by herself again.

She didn't manage. Her hands held to the handrail alright, but her legs wobbled, so she didn't even get to her knees.

»Be careful. I'll help you«, said Roberto from behind.

He held her with firm hands around her waist and helped her climb out.

She met the cool ground with her bare feet. There was no grass only dry leaves giving way under her weight. Luckily he still held her around her waist.

El reached after him spontaneously and held herself at his shoulders.

»Are you a goodness who misstepped and fell into our human world?«, asked Roberto.

El blinked. She should be a goodness? That didn't feel right.

»Forget it. Just a crazy idea, when I looked down from that window. You are such a beautiful woman and completely wrong dressed.«

That was true. She wore only a thin dress. Too thin for the weather. Against her back the air felt cold and Roberto, who stood in front of her, felt warm.

El leaned against him. She enjoyed the warmth of his body and the security of his hands holding her. His scent was the same as the forest. As if he belonged here.

»I don't know«, said El.

»You don't know if you are a goodness, or if it was a crazy question?«, asked Roberto and laughed. A joyous laugh. »Doesn't matter. Let's get you inside to warm you up. You're shivering.«

Could she walk, El wondered?

She didn't find out.

Roberto put one arm fully around her waist and the other under her knees and carried her through the door frame into the house. The hall was a dark brown with light falling in through all the open doors.

»There is the living room, the dining room and the kitchen. Out the back is a pond and the wood to make a fire in the fireplace«, said Roberto then climbed up the stairs.

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