‘Arthur Leander. Is that the person who’s going to be my husband?’

He would always remember that smile. It had captured him in a trance, a rose-like Mercé blooming beneath the purple veil.

Mercé stuffed the Leander mansion together with her distinctive brightness. The mansion the place Mercé’s voice can’t be heard is now unimaginable.

‘I’m right here to be glad. There’s no such factor as a wedding of comfort. How about you? Are you proud of me?’

‘I promise you, Mercé. I’ll shield your happiness.’

Arthur needed to maintain his promise to Mercé, if he may, for the remainder of his life.

“Don’t let this occur once more, Arthur. Don’t get sick. By no means get sick with out my permission.”

Arthur nodded. “I promise.”

Arthur made one other promise. A promise that he needed to hold.

Squeak.

A brand new begin.

Arthur shrugged his shoulders and turned to the door. Louella and Alexid had their eyes broad open by way of the open door.

“Lulu? Sid?” Arthur referred to as in a startled voice. “Is that you simply guys?”

Mercé jerked her head round. “What are you doing, kids?”

Louella cleared her throat and opened the door broad and squeezed herself in. With an ungainly face, Alexid was additionally dragged in by Louella.

“The mattress is large.”

Oh, my God.

Mercé shook her head. “You guys are already outdated—-!”

Louella elbowed Alexid’s aspect.

“Oh, my gosh.” There was silence.

It wasn’t the sound that often got here out of Alexid’s mouth, however was a distraction.

“As a result of I’m nonetheless a child. Proper, Sid?” Louella pressured his brother to nod. “Good job.”

Alexid shook his head wildly. He balked. This wouldn’t have occurred if he had not misplaced in rock-paper-scissors.

Louella dragged Alexid to the mattress.

“It’s okay as a result of I’m a child.”

Louella closed her eyes tightly as she begged her mom to not kick her out.

The eyes of Mercé and Arthur met. The 2 burst into laughter on the identical time.

There’s no day that’s spent quietly anyway.

Maybe as a result of Mercé and Arthur raised them specifically, the youngsters behaved otherwise than different noble kids.

And Mercé and Arthur cherished and favored Louella and Alexid equally. Finally, the massive mattress was stuffed.

“Isn’t it too small for us 4?”

“No.” Louella replied stiffly.

How did she pressure Alexid to go together with her? Shut your eyes like a bit of wooden and keep nonetheless.

“Sid. I believe it’s slim.”

“It’s as a result of my youthful sister, who’s a  pig, is fats…. Argh!”

“You stated you’d solely cry right this moment!”

Alexid sighed as he glared at Louella with blazing eyes.

How may he do this? He simply couldn’t be imply to his youthful sister like that?

Alexid rolled over. Since she had by no means received towards him, she didn’t even take into consideration attacking him and simply let him slide over. Gerald didn’t like that.

Louella pinched his aspect as if she had seen what Alexid was considering.

“Ugh! Pig, do you wish to be scolded?”

“Come on.” Mercé, who was getting a headache, stated in a low voice, “Cease that, now.”

“Sure.”

“Sure.”

Louella and Alexid, who have been preventing, lay again down. Mercé took a deep breath and stroked Louella’s head.

Maybe drained, Alexid and Louella each fell asleep quickly after.

Mercé and Arthur smiled. Fortuitously, their happiness was nonetheless round.

* * *

Weren’t the 4 of us sleeping in the identical mattress?

“Oh, my physique is stiff.”

As I trudged alongside, Alexid put his arm round my shoulder.

“Why are you pretending to be shut with me?”

“Why are you choosing a battle once more? Are you in a nasty temper this early within the morning?”

“No. I really feel good—ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.” I yawned and pushed Alexid away. “You’re heavy. You muscle monster.”

“And also you’re a pig.”

“Do you wish to be crushed to loss of life by a pig?” I used to be strolling whereas bickering with Alexid when he instructed me that.

“By the way in which, ugly.”

“Why?”

“Are you trying into the longer term? One thing like a dream.”

“What nonsense are you speaking about once more?” I answered curtly.

No.

Is he nonetheless 10 years outdated? Why does he ask and speak a lot nonsense? I really feel sorry for Veronica. I really feel sorry for her!

“It’s not nonsense……. Proper? What did you say to me earlier than? You stated you had a dream about our father’s loss of life.”

“Oh, that.”

“That’s what I’m saying. You may be seeing the distant future, not the close to future. That’s what’s in my dream.” Alexid stated significantly.

“Is that so?”

“You have been actually critical again then. Prefer it was what was going to occur to our father proper now.”

It’s him…