Eva's Sins.

XLIV

„Friend, never forget me because I'll take our love with me wherever I'll be"

  Tears pour from the sky while the carriage moves away from Brighton. But even so, even if nature around seems to cry with Eva, she doesn't feel better seeing this because the sadness that took over her was more and more painful, a sadness which was born from betrayal: Emily Davis' who took her out of London telling her that it is for her own sake, for saving her from Christine, but in the end, the girl understood that Emily can be much crueler than Ms. Bircham was.

  The carriage slowly rocks her because of the paths, full of mud because of the rain, in which the wheels were stumbling often and this was a sign that fall was quickly taking over nature, painting it in a bright yellow and taking away its freshness.

  „It's autumn again," Eva thought with sadness. „And again, I'm running somewhere," she said in her mind because she realized that it had been one year already since she left her home, chased away from there by fate. And now, one year later, she is forced to run away again.

  And again, tears flow on her cheek, understanding that she missed a lot her home, that she missed a lot her friendship with Beth and she had wished that she had that magical power to turn back time and not to leave her home or at least to take Beth with her because even if others thought that Beth was a simple and stupid peasant at least that girl was sincere and she was always on Eva's side.

  „I wish that I had been selfish then, Albert," she eventually said, after the sea of tears welled up for a while from her beautiful eyes, sinking in cold water her tired soul and calming the fire that was burning inside her. Then, she looked outside, at the rain that was beating in the window while waiting for Albert's answer that was late to come. „Albert, did you ... did you miss somebody or something from time to time?" the girl insisted, but again only silence answered her and calmed her while floating around.

  Eventually, she decided to keep silent, thinking that Albert probably didn't hear her. Actually, the man was fighting with himself at that moment because he heard the girl's questions and he knew very well the answer, but he couldn't say it loudly because it meant to betray himself and this was even more painful than the fact that he betrayed Emily: his own and true love when he left that house and took this child with him. So, he kept silent, but after a while, a barely heard sigh was heard coming out of his chest, and, listening to his friend's sigh, Bachaco neighed, leaving Albert to understand that he was with him.

  Albert sadly smiled because he once again understood, for the umpteenth time, that despite his trust in people and in dreams he had related to them, they always betrayed him and only Bachaco had been always on and by his side: unconditionally. Actually, not that unconditionally, because he was always looking for sugar in Albert's pocket, each time he was approaching him, but the man was sure that even if he stops feeding Bachaco with sugar or to take care of him so much as he took care of him in the past, the horse won't betray him and he'll be always there for him.

  Then, the teamster looked at the sky covered by purple clouds and he understood that rain won't end soon. And there was the wind too: cold, of a late fall, even if it was only early September, but the coldness of the wind was cutting your flesh till the bones. And he smiled, sadly, realizing the fact that probably at home they already noticed their missing and soon will be sent after them people to catch them. But ... he also took care of this, to delay them, because those who could listen to Emily's orders and to gallop after them, weren't home after being sent by Albert with business out of the town and they were about to turn back home late next morning. Thus, the man wanted to win some time for them because they ran away from home without plans and without a single idea in mind where to go.