Solace In Switzerland by Tiffany Foxe

Author:Tiffany Foxe [Foxe, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2018-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

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Alice joined Elsa for dinner at her father’s house that evening. As they three of them sat at the table Elsa’s father gave his daughter a discerning look.

“What’s going on here?” Gustav asked in his native svenska tongue.

“Nothing,” Elsa said in svenska.

“This is the first time you bring a girl home. You’ve never brought a girl home.”

“She’s just a friend.”

“What kind of game are you playing?”

Elsa scowled.

“Nothing.”

“Hey. I know that look. It’s the same look I had with your mother.”

Elsa shrugged it off.

“Could we talk about this later?.”

Judging by his expression, he obviously didn’t believe her.

“She doesn’t even live in this country. Heck, the continent. She’ll be gone in a month, and then what?”

Gustav looked disappointed in his daughter. Alice watched the verbal rally in timid curiosity. She had no idea what they were saying as it was all in Svenska. Apparently it was heated, but appeared tempered for public viewing. Elsa sat staring down at her plate, poking at her food.

“I don’t know,” Elsa murmured.

“But, I can’t help how I feel.”

“Oh, come on,” he pleaded angrily.

She couldn’t look him in the eye.

“Get your head out of the clouds. Your mother said “til death do us part”, and we both know how that turned out,” he fired angrily. “You’ll help it if you know what’s good for you.”

They finished the rest of their meal in silence.

Elsa drove Alice home. Elsa hardly said a word the whole way.

“Is everything alright?”

Elsa nodded as she kept her eyes on the road. Alice wasn’t convinced.

“You sure? You and your dad…”

“I’m fine,” she interjected.

She still didn’t believe her, but she didn’t want to force the issue.

“...Okay. Well, he seems nice.”

They pulled up at the cottage and Alice leaned in to kiss Elsa goodnight. She was met with a placid response.

“What did he say to you?”

Elsa shook her head.

“Nothing.”

Alice searched her eyes, hoping to find something she could read. All she found was a demeanor of steel. Alice opened the door and leaned away.

“You’re welcome to come in if you want.”

“No, thanks. I have to get up early,” she said coldly.

Alice got out and watched, perturbed, as Elsa drove off.

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