❥ ℛℯ𝒸𝓀𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ ❥ •𝖦𝗂𝗅𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗍 𝖡𝗅𝗒𝗍𝗁𝖾•

•ℰ𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉ℯℯ𝓃•

AMYBELLA WENT OVER TO GILBERT'S house to visit Mary and Bash while the boy was at work

"Hey Mary could you-.." She walked in the door and spotted a young man sitting at the table, now looking up towards the girl. Mary poked her head out of the kitchen.

"Oh Amybella uh.. This is.. my son." She walked over to the chair where the young man was sitting and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Elijah." she introduced him and Amybella looked at her for a moment in amazement. Mary was just over 30, she must have had him at a very young age.
Amybella smiled kindly and walked up to Elijah.

"Amybella! Nice to meet you." She introduced herself and shook his hand. He seemed surprised for a moment, but Bella decided to ignore it and turned back to Mary.

"I have a hole in my dress and I-I don't know.. I thought maybe you could show me-.. you know I didn't wanna go to Rachel with it, she's always so harsh about ruining clothes." Amybella looked a little embarrassed and showed her the fabric. Her mother had never taught her how to sew or embroider and the last time she went to Rachel with this kind of problem, the woman would just turn it into an hour of lecturing the girl about how important it is to take care of one's clothes.

"Oh of course sweetie-" Mary answered, when Delphine's cries could be heard at the end of the corridor, interrupting Mary's sentence.

"Oh should I-.." Bella started to ask and pointed to the corridor behind her. She looked at Mary, who was looking at her son and seemed to be searching for a reaction on his face. The air around them seemed to get thinner.

Mary walked past Bella down the hall, as the girl looked at Elijah who looked after his mother in shock.
The girl didn't know what to say to him when she heard Mary's footsteps behind her again. She saw Bash come in through the same door she had come through, before she turned to Mary, who now held her daughter in her arms.

"We wanted to tell you, but a letter is unlikely to reach you," said Bash, who had now grasped the situation.

"Delphine. Come say hello to your brother. This is the one I told you about. Every day since you were born." Amybella quickly moved aside as Mary walked past her towards the young man. Elijah backed away from her and Mary's look became confused.

"Don't you want to hold her?" she asked, holding the child out to him.

"Eh- no! No, no." He took another step back and raised his hands.

"Ehm.. I'm dirty from the journey, I don't want the little sunshine to get dirty." his undertone was hard to ignore. Mary laughed nervously and nodded, then turned to Bash and gave Delphine into his arms.

"Your-..." she pointed at Bella and walked past her in a rush again. Amybella took one last look at Elijah, who was staring at Bash and Delphine, then hurriedly followed Mary.