• IV. It wasn’t just a dream.
    The next day, Elizabeth was in a good mood. Her face full of radiance, her smile full of joy, she was without any mark of any frustration or sadness. Abigail and Uncle Jack noticed her uncommon mood. While Abigail was looking at Eli with a suspicious stare Uncle Jack was the one who asked Eli why she’s acting like that. “Eli, are you alright? Why so happy today?”

    Eli laughed of embarrassment on Uncle Jack’s question and she said “I’m okay uncle it’s nothing to worry.” Uncle Jack looked at her in a silly face and said “I can’t believe it, Eli is in love.”

    “WHAT?!?” Abigail and Eli said out of shocked.
    “No I’m not” Eli denied. “I know that kind of look; it’s the look of a woman in love.” Uncle Jack said.
    “What do you mean uncle?” Abigail uttered. “Well, it’s the same face the woman whom I married made when we first saw each other.”
    “owww… that’s so sweet.. What’s the lucky girl’s name uncle?”
    “Well, her name is Helena. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.”
    “Is she your wife?”
    “I wouldn’t say my wife since we never gotten married. “
    “How come, you don’t love her?”
    “No it’s not that, Lets just say fate got the best of us.”

    Eli saw in uncle jack’s eyes a feeling of discontent and sorrow. I knew that something had happened to Helena. I than asked Uncle what happened

    “Uncle, what happened to Helena?”
    “I’m sorry child but I don’t think you would understand” Uncle than walked to his room in lonesome silence.
    Eli and Abigail knew that uncle jack was depressed and that they needed to cheer him up, Abigail came up with a plan.

    “Eli we have to make uncle forget that he is alone. He has to realize he has us now.”
    “Wow Abi! That’s a great Idea.”
    “Promise me Eli you won’t go to the forest today. Making uncle jack happy is our top priority now.”
    Eli’s mind was half and half for she know that her heart can’t take not seeing Sebastian again but she knows she has to do what Abi told her.
    “Okay Abi, I promise I won’t go to the forest until Uncle Jack is happy again.”

    While Abigail was getting things ready for their plan Eli was at the window staring blindly at the sky and forest while thinking of Sebastian. Something caught her eye , it was Sebastian looking at her from the entrance of the forest.