“I just wanted to think for a while and not wanting to return to the hotel. I came here instead”She replied.
“As long as you are fine, I will be fine too”Oliver said as he pushed back a strand of her hair.
“About what my father told you. I…..”
“I remembered why I left a year ago”She said cutting him off.
“Really? Tell me!”He urged wanting to know and Isobel told him everything.
“I waited for you to return but you didn’t “She finished gently.
“That’s because my father took me back to the city forcefully. If I had known, I would have stayed and tried to do….”
“Even if you had stayed, I would still have left Oliver.”She said cutting him off again.
“Why? Why would you have leave. Are you angry that am much younger than you or are you embarrassed about it?”He asked
“How old are you Oliver?”She asked softly.
“What does that matter right….”
“It matters to me. So please tell me”She begged.
“Well am twenty three” he replied.
“While am twenty six. Its a huge age gap”She said softly.
“Our love for each other has nothing to do with our age. I loved you for who you are and not for anything else and am sure you love me the same way”He stated.
“I do and I also don’t care about the age gap. Though am sad that you kept the truth from me. Its just that…..”
“Don’t say it. I don’t want to hear it, let’s go home Isobel”He said.
“But Oliver…”
“No Isobel! I don’t want to hear it. Let’s go”He said firmly that she had no choice but to go with him.
They got back to the hotel in silence and when he told her that he had some business to attend to. She quickly stood in his path..
“What are doing?”He asked.
“You need to listen to me. I can’t …”
“I told you that I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want you to tell me that you are leaving me. Don’t say it”He begged.
“I have to leave. I must leave”She told him.
“Why? You said your not worried about our age difference or is that a lie”He asked with tears in his eyes.
“I meant it when I said that our age difference doesn’t matter”She told him truthfully.
“Then why? Why are you doing this?”He asked as he took hold of her arm, shaking her.
Her purse that held the paper in it dropped and the content in it Spilled out. Even the paper.
Quickly she pulled away from Oliver and bent to snatch the paper up.
“What’s that?”Oliver asked having noticed how she was behaving.
“Nothing. It isn’t something you should concern yourself with”She said to him.
“Really?”He asked as he turned to move away only for him to pull her close and snatch the paper from her.
“Give it to me Oliver! Don’t read what’s in it”She said as she tried taking the paper from him but it was too late, he had read the content.
“Is this why you said you were leaving?”he asked
“I told you not to read it”She said in reply.
“Answer me! Are you really leaving because you found out that you have few days left on earth!”He yelled demanding the truth from her.
To be continued ✌️✌️✌️
Now we know what’s in the paper ???
