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Big Load To Carry
‘I have to change dresses!’ she reports as I smile despite my numb stinging cheek ‘KNOCK AT MY DOOR WHEN THIS IS OVER.’ Carlen publicizes ‘get out!!’ she hisses at me angrily. I take her into my arms and give her a kiss before I walk to the door. As long as that yellow dress wasn’t on her body when she was in his arms I feel relief. I open the door and shut it, pretending I was trying to get in when Carlen steps out of her room ‘I doubt she would want to talk to you right now.’ Carlen irately says to me. I sigh ‘Carlen you know how much of a dimwit your brother can be; you more than anyone know I was only protecting Sadie from him.’ I point out
‘I think you could have used less traumatic methods! You know our history Herve! You know it better than most! And yet you chose to use it against us today!’ she whispers snappily at me ‘I had no alternative.’ I assure her. She pouts sweetly and then walks into her room, shutting the door. I swipe my hair back into position and tie my bowtie, fixing it as I wait to see which dress was replacing the yellow one. The door opens to a silk like sheath in indigo, silver pumps and accessories accentuating things I did not need accentuated today of all days. She spots me there ‘CARLEN!!!’ she yells out before I can attack this dress if you can call it that! It’s basically a sheath! It’s holding on too tight! That’s illegal somewhere in the world! Carlen opens her door instantly ‘let’s go.’ Sadie says taking her hand and walking away from me. I suppose I have no option but to follow her around tonight...
‘I knew it had something to do with her!’ Liesel hisses in distaste ‘it had nothing to do with her. She’s just being a good friend to Carlen like you are to me.’ I grunt watching the very entertained Sadie swaying in the arms of Lucas Roland ‘if you were sharing the spoils I should have been first on line.’ Hilliard grunts watching them. It’s the problem with being the schemer of the posse, even when I’m not scheming they are reading into me like I am. That dress is impractically wonderful! It lends more tantalizing to the hue of her skin! I think I prefer she came with the yellow one!
I turn to the girl swaying in my arms ‘do you mind spilling a drink on Lucas?’ I wonder. She looks up at me, the nutmeg eyes in awe of my suggestion ‘yes I mind.’ She calmly says ‘okay; I’ll get someone else to do it then.’ I sigh looking at the new comers for someone who looks a tad like a klutz or maybe a waiter in need of an extra quid or so. ‘Haven’t you done him enough harm Herve?’ Liesel wonders as I swing her closer to them, interested in their conversation ‘shhhh.’ I whisper moving as disjointedly as I can ‘Cease and abstain from this lunacy!’ she hisses in a whisper as we finally get to them. She’s chuckling ‘how big is it again?’ she is asking ‘Dreadfully. I could display it to you if you fancy.’ He replies ‘sure; I’d like that.’ She re-joins ‘we can set off to my room...’
‘Herve! You don’t know for sure what they are talking about!’ Liesel whispers as I try make my way past the Earl and Lady Rollins to the retreating duet ‘she said big, he said dreadfully and they are heading to a room!’ I hiss at Liesel, who is attempting to pull me back ‘this proves for all that she is sexually indiscriminate then!’ Liesel concludes breathlessly ‘she’s not!’ I growl ‘then what are you so petrified of?’ she challenges me crossly. I take in a deep breath. I just have to find someone to distract Liesel so I can rush up to Lucas’ room and save Sadie!!! I waltz towards Koen purposefully ‘you’re ditching me for the sexually indiscriminate who will have you disinherited!’ Liesel gasps in apprehension. I smile and kiss her cheek ‘you’ve been of great assistance.’ I assure her ‘Koen give the lady a dance.’ I urge him, depositing her in his arms before I dash out of the dance floor and into the mansion towards the rooms...
‘That must be a big load to carry around.’ I hear her voice announce in a mellow tone. I’m about to relieve him of his load! I burst the door open so wide it bangs against the wall with a loud thud and bounces back towards me. I grip it as the two people seated on the bed gasp and turn to me as though I was the ill possessed demon. ‘Retreat Lucas!!’ I hiss at him ‘are you crazy?!’ Sadie probes furrowing her brow at me. Lucas smiles behind her ‘I shouldn’t have asked you to come up here with me. I know Angelford very well. He has trust issues.’ He apologizes to her. She grunts and turns to him ‘we’ll talk later.’ She assures him ‘I didn’t mean to get you in trouble with him.’ He adds maliciously. I want to beat him some more but that would only work to his advantage ‘don’t worry. You didn’t.’ She ascertains offering him a hug, which he takes all too willingly, pointing at the plump backside and winking at me. ‘Get some rest.’ She says to him then turns to me, walking out of the room past me. I warn him off his games and follow her out.
Sensing me behind her, she increases her pace down the steps but I persist until I grip her elbow, stopping the dame in her tracks. She stomps her foot on the stair and turns to me ‘let go of me or I will scream so loud your tympanic membrane will go amiss for a long time to come.’ She hisses angrily at me ‘we need to confer.’ I plead with her ‘about what?!’ she grunts, her eyes wide in enragement ‘the saloon; please.’ I supplicate grateful that the domicile was empty thanks to the precincts activities. She stares at me with a pout that’s innately something like a smile of the heart. I fight back a smile...
