Endless Love...
By Mallory Quinn
Chapter 6
"Life goes on..."
Life went on and Candy was starting to smile again. Anthony was very patient with her. He didn't want to push her too hard. He took her downtown and they would eat at restaurant and they would come back late, despite the Great aunt's disapproval. But she was still sensitive to the pain and to Candy's trauma , so she let Anthony take care of her like he wanted to. Anthony took her on a horse ride. She was on the same horse as him. She was starting to trust him. The feelings she was having for him, not too long ago, before she was sent to Mexico, were still there...she had had feelings for Terrence, and she still had strong feelings for him and Jack for whom she had brotherly feelings... and now Anthony was there... Anthony who loved her so much. They arrived by the lake and they got off the horse and they went to sit on the grass. Candy was looking at the water and she thought about the Titanic again.
- Candy...said Anthony, I wanted to ask you something... when I come to console you during the night, you call out some names, Jack, Terrence...
Candy said to herself that it was time to tell Anthony the truth about what happened on the RMS Titanic and before.
- I was sold, like you know to a man who sold children and then sold to a family in England. I was their maid and I was going to the market and I met Jack who helped me carry my basket which was very heavy. We became friends. I was transferred to the service of the young master of the house, who wanted me to be his maid to order in every sense of the word... one day, when everybody was out, and after he had asked me to stay with him, he tried to make me his by force...because he thought Jack was my boyfriend... Jack arrived and he saved me, we ran away and he accused us of stealing and assault and battery... that's why I changed my hair colour and my name; they were calling me "Blanche Dawson", I was Jack's sister... he was my brother, Anthony. We slept in the same bed...because we didn't have enough money to pay for a room with a bigger bed... we washed dishes in exchange for our meals... I worked in exchange for the colouring of my hair. We lived day by day... then he won that ticket for the Titanic... on the boat, I met a young British aristocrat, Terrence. He was nice to me, and he took me to the dining room in the first class and we hid under the table, it was fun. With Rose, they helped me get a beautiful dress, because we were invited to the Captain's table for saving Rose!
- And you were close to that Terrence? Asked Anthony hurt
- I don't want to lie to you, Anthony; Terrence and I became very close during the tri and he was with me until we both fell in the icy water... and we lost each other... he could've saved himself, gone on the lifeboats, because the first class people had a priority, but he chose to stay with me... I found Jack and Rose, I lost Terrence. Jack died a few minutes before the only lifeboat, came to look for survivors came...
- I'm sorry you had to live all that Candy. Life goes on, you're still alive for a reason, because it wasn't said that you were going to die on the Titanic... I'm here Candy, I'm here and I love you so much. Let me be here for you, let me love you...
- Oh Anthony! She said hugging him
They remained like that for a long time. She needed to be loved...but she only wanted her Terrence. Anthony was good for her. They went back to the manor and they picked some "Sweet Candy" for her, for her room. She continued having nightmares on the tragedy and Anthony was very patient. He console her every single night, even if she was crying another boy. But he couldn't really be angry at her for being in love with another boy... the circumstances did that she found herself on the Titanic and fall in love with a young aristocrat who died during the tragedy...She had also told him that she didn't plan to come back to Lakewood, that she wanted to travel with Jack....Yes, life traveling through America seemed a lot more fun than being the Reagan's stable girl. Alistair and Archibald were trying to cheer her up. Alistair with his inventions which always made her laugh; it was good to see her laugh like that. Archibald was trying to tell her funny stories to make her laugh too.
