Chapter 8
Robert had the wind knocked out of him. And he was blind.
It took him a while to realise that his faced was covered with something frilly,which turned out to be chelseys petticoats.
"I'm so sorry, sir" Chelsey said. She couldn't believe she was alive. She has thought she was falling to her death.
It took her a minute to realise that she was unharmed. It took her a little while longer to realise that her face was in a mans crotch, and that was what she had apologized to and she that she was very awkwardly sprawled on the same mans chest.
"I'm so very very sorry sir. " She said and scuttered to get up. She tripped overvhee petticoats and fell down if it was possible even harder back on him abd this time the man let out an animalistic groan.
"I'm just getting up sir. " she stumbled up.
Chelsey was the clumsiest lady he had ever met thought Robert as he looked up at her trying to get her dress in order.
She couldn't fall or even get up properly and to add to that he still couldn't draw breath.
He forced himself to relax. He had gotten in enough fist cuffs when he was on the docks to know what to do when you have your breath knocked out of you.
He was able to draw breath and his vision cleared. Chelsey was leaning over him.
"Are you a theif sir? Do you need help sir?" She looked thoughtful for a moment. And how do you known my name.
"What do you need to know first?" Robert started to get up. "And no the if is going to answer that my lady. And you shouldn't offer assistance to one either"
"Hmm be as it may what are you doing here? And you still havnt told me who you are."
"I'm Rupert chelsey. You know me. " He told her
"Rupert, Rupert from the Sinclair estate?" She asked
"Yes" Rupert said he tried to dust himself off the large amount of of earth and grass on his back.
At least it wasn't a theif. It was her friend. She had been upset with him ten years back but she couldn't believe how happy she was to see him.
"Oh my God " she said. " I fell on you are you all right?" She covered her hand with her mouth clearly shocked at seeing him after so long and mortified at falling on him.
"I'll be fine. I just need to catch my breath." He told her.
"Oh I'm sorry Rupert but what are you doing here?" She asked.
Rupert started to open his mouth.
"Of course you must have come to see me. But isn't it a bit late? Like ten years. But first let's get away from here. I don't think anyone will find me gone till morning. But I better not risk staying near." She started to walk and motioned him to follow her.
"What are you doing Chelsey?" He asked.
"What does it look like? I'm running away." She told him. She looked at him like he was stupid to have asked that.
"Buy why? Well remember my cousin Wilbur?" She said.
Robert waited for her to continue. "Well, my father wants me to marry him and I don't. " She told him
"So you are running away? So where are you going?" He asked.
Chelsey wished he would stop talking. She didn't want her father to know she had left. And some servants and for certain Gunthur was definitely awake.
"You wont tell my dad will you?" she asked him.
"No I promise I won't " he told her.
"I'll tell you but first let's just get away from here. Everyone is upset about the evil man who came to collect my father's debts." She told him.
