“You must be Emily, right? Hannah called me and warned of your arrival! Come I have a perfect room for you on the first floor!“, she reminded me of a mother hen, but not in an irritating way. I guess Hannah also told her about my troubled leg, but I didn’t mind. I wouldn’t want to climb to the second floor, at this point my leg was throbbing and making me flinch with every step I took.
“Thank
you so much, I appreciate it.“, no problems, dear! I went to get my
bag from the back seat, but she was way faster than me.
“No, no, dear, let me take this! You don’t need to carry heavy stuff in your condition!“, she blurted out.
I guess Hannah also told her about the baby….
“It’s not a problem, really, the bag isn’t heavy.“, I tried arguing,
“Nonsensel“, she threw her hands in the air and gave me a look that clearly said “don’t mess with me, I know better” Ok…
“Thank you again.“, I said. Well, this town is very interesting
Chapters
She then guided me through the house, and it looked very homey on the inside – everything wooden, with this rustic touch, dried flowers in clay vases, oil paintings of woods on the walls, a leather couch and two armchairs, a small hardwood coffee table, a bookshelf stuffed with books, obviously, cure curtains on windows and a sleeping place for a dog in the corner.
“You have a dog here?” I asked curiously.
“Yes, his name is Jax, he’s pretty old but extremely lovable! He’s out on a walk with my husband now. Are you allergic?” the sound of her chatter was soothing. She was a very nice woman, I thought.
“No, I actually love animals,” I reassured.
of a zoo!” she laughed.
“Good! This town sometimes reminds me of a
“How come?” I asked.
“Oh, well…” she paused for a tiny bit. “The woods here are foot of foxes, deer’s, even wolls, Mother nature did bless us with inhabitants,”
“That’s very nice. It means that the ecology here is good.” I tried to maintain the conversation, but I guess my brain was slowly shutting down because clearly, I sounded like a very had mock of a Discovery Channel show. This obviously amused the woman because she started laughing so hard and contagious that I joined her..
“Sorry, I’m just a bit off my game!” I apologised.
“No worries, dear, no worries! And you are most certainly right. The air, the water and everything in this region is good! And by the way, my name is Shirley!” She finally decided to introduce hersell
“It’s a beautiful name, Shirley, and it’s very nice meeting you. It was nice indeed. It seems that everyone I meet in this town is lovely so far.
“Thank you, dear! Now let’s get you settled p, so that you could get some good night sleep and get rid of those horrible bags under your eyes!“.
Shirley guided me to my room, and thankfully, she wasn’t walking fast because, with each minute, my pace seemed to slow down. I guess all the stress was finally getting to me. We soon stopped near a big wooden door, that apparently led to my room for tonight. The room was decorated in the same manner as the living room wooden floors and walls, a vintage chandelier that shed some warm yellow light, a massive bed in the middle of the room, small carpet in front of it, a cupboard with a mirror right across from the bed and a small bench under the window.
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“So, this is your room, I hope you like it!”
