❥ ℛℯ𝒸𝓀𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ ❥ •𝖦𝗂𝗅𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗍 𝖡𝗅𝗒𝗍𝗁𝖾•

•𝒮ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓃•

TIME FLEW BY 𝐀𝐍𝐃 WINTER TURNED
into spring. Amybella spent a lot of time with Anne, Diana, Ruby and sometimes with the other girls too. She got on closer with the people of Avonlea and at the same time distanced herself further from her mother.
Marissa was married to Marcus now and everyone in Avonlea was talking about it. The daughter and her mother, who traveled from England to Canada, so that the mother could remarry. No one from the farming area had ever heard anything like it and of course Amybella heard whispers here and there wherever she went.

Ever since the wedding, her mother hardly spoke a word to her. Amybella heard her cry at night and didn't dare go to her for fear of Marcus.
One wrong move and the man would put her in the nearest orphanage. He would tell people the girl was at a boarding school and everyone would forget about her.
Anne had told the girl about her past, but of course the redhead didn't know that Bella had been threatened with this kind of future.
Amybella knew Marcus meant this threat seriously. She even wondered why she was still here, but guessed that he probably wanted to keep his reputation, so fresh after the wedding and not raise any stories.

Amybella did everything in her power to avoid him and if it did come to a conversation, I said as little as possible. Her home became just a house, her mother became just a woman and Gilbert became just a distant memory blowing in the wind.
She left the house early, went to bed early. It was torture, a house that was no longer a home. Spring quickly turned into summer and Amybella also noticed how her body was changing. She began to worry about her appearance, suddenly disliked her face and only became more severe with herself.

The thought that Gilbert was on a ship in the middle of the ocean hurt her, and it wasn't as if he was going to show up or give any hope of returning.

•

Amybella was on her way to Green Gables when the mayor, Mr. Barry, joined her side.

"Hello, Miss.. eh McCurthy was it? What's your name child?" The man asked.

"Yes. Amybella, sir." She replied and he nodded.

"Ah.. and where are you heading?" He asked as he looked at her critically. A girl riding a horse was something you didn't see that much on the country side. Bella smiled, reminding her manners.

"To the Cuthberts, sir. I'm visiting my good friend Anne Shirley." She replied,

"Ah Green Gables, then. That's where I'm heading too!" He replied and Amybella smiled again. They rode their horses side by side, in silence. Bella saw Mr Barry take a look at Abraxas.