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Forever Yours
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Adult +
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21
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Chapter three
Chapter Three:
Penelope used the same rope she used from Hot Spur and let herself up on the quiet dark ship. She glanced up at the stars then snuck towards the inside of the ship. Where she made her way towards an Admiral Cabin. She took a deep breath and lightly knocked. She let her head leaned upon the door's wood.
When the door inched open slightly, she smiled lightly as she saw her father's face." Penelope?" he asked as he opened the door all the way for her.
" Father...can I talk to you?" She asked him.Trying to be strong and not cry.
There was no thought. Pellew let her in as she took a seat on a chair at the desk. After closing the door behind him, Pellew poured himself and her a shot of scotch and offered it to her.
"Thank you." She muttered and gulped it down.
" Whats wrong?" He started sitting across from her." You look like you're about to burst out in tears." He pointed out.
And burst in tears she did. She cried in her hands.There was no words from her father. But she knew he was staring at her with sympathy.She quickly got her senses looked back at her father." I told William what happened between Hornblower and I." She started." But after...well...William and I..." She knew by the sightly irratated roll of his eyes he knew what she did with William.
" And you told him that you had made..." He paused and looked like he was going to be sick,"...love to Hornblower." Penelope nodded." And?"
" And...William is angry...maybe hurt...I don't know... But I regret telling him." She whispered and felt the urge to cry again." The thing is...I don't know if I still love Hornblower or not."
" What of his feelings for you?" Pellew asked.
" Hornblower or William?"
" Hornblower. Does he feel the same?"
"I...don't think so. Because he is married..."
Pellew lifted his hand to pause her. And spoke." And you are engaged to be married. You would not have said yes unless you have true feelings for him."
" So you think because someone marries another...means they love that other person? Just because you and mother were in love when you married does not mean..."
" Damn it, Penny leave your mother out of this! This is about you." He snapped and stood up to pour himself more stotch. There was a silence then Pellew spoke calmier," Penelope I can not tell you whom to love. Or who to marry. What advice can I offer?" He paused and looked back at Penelope. She looked up at him. He continued," I can say this. Whoever you choose to remain in your heart forever is your choice. Just remember that man that you choose to give yourself to tonight loves you dearly. Or else he would not have openly told me that he'd fight till the death for you."
"He said that? William openly said that to you?" Penelope asked.
" Some time after Hornblower's trail. He came to me and said that for a woman with the beauty like you, he would fight for. A woman like you he said...is worth dying for." He explained. And saw a faint smile on her lips. She let two tears of happiness flow down her cheek.
She hung her head." But...he is so mad at me."
" Then I suggest that you get back on the Hot Spur and fix it." Was all Pellew said and smiled at her. She smiled back and stood up.
She was about to leave, when Pellew spoke to her again," Penelope. If he loves you as he claims he will instantly forgive you."
Penelope used the same rope she used from Hot Spur and let herself up on the quiet dark ship. She glanced up at the stars then snuck towards the inside of the ship. Where she made her way towards an Admiral Cabin. She took a deep breath and lightly knocked. She let her head leaned upon the door's wood.
When the door inched open slightly, she smiled lightly as she saw her father's face." Penelope?" he asked as he opened the door all the way for her.
" Father...can I talk to you?" She asked him.Trying to be strong and not cry.
There was no thought. Pellew let her in as she took a seat on a chair at the desk. After closing the door behind him, Pellew poured himself and her a shot of scotch and offered it to her.
"Thank you." She muttered and gulped it down.
" Whats wrong?" He started sitting across from her." You look like you're about to burst out in tears." He pointed out.
And burst in tears she did. She cried in her hands.There was no words from her father. But she knew he was staring at her with sympathy.She quickly got her senses looked back at her father." I told William what happened between Hornblower and I." She started." But after...well...William and I..." She knew by the sightly irratated roll of his eyes he knew what she did with William.
" And you told him that you had made..." He paused and looked like he was going to be sick,"...love to Hornblower." Penelope nodded." And?"
" And...William is angry...maybe hurt...I don't know... But I regret telling him." She whispered and felt the urge to cry again." The thing is...I don't know if I still love Hornblower or not."
" What of his feelings for you?" Pellew asked.
" Hornblower or William?"
" Hornblower. Does he feel the same?"
"I...don't think so. Because he is married..."
Pellew lifted his hand to pause her. And spoke." And you are engaged to be married. You would not have said yes unless you have true feelings for him."
" So you think because someone marries another...means they love that other person? Just because you and mother were in love when you married does not mean..."
" Damn it, Penny leave your mother out of this! This is about you." He snapped and stood up to pour himself more stotch. There was a silence then Pellew spoke calmier," Penelope I can not tell you whom to love. Or who to marry. What advice can I offer?" He paused and looked back at Penelope. She looked up at him. He continued," I can say this. Whoever you choose to remain in your heart forever is your choice. Just remember that man that you choose to give yourself to tonight loves you dearly. Or else he would not have openly told me that he'd fight till the death for you."
"He said that? William openly said that to you?" Penelope asked.
" Some time after Hornblower's trail. He came to me and said that for a woman with the beauty like you, he would fight for. A woman like you he said...is worth dying for." He explained. And saw a faint smile on her lips. She let two tears of happiness flow down her cheek.
She hung her head." But...he is so mad at me."
" Then I suggest that you get back on the Hot Spur and fix it." Was all Pellew said and smiled at her. She smiled back and stood up.
She was about to leave, when Pellew spoke to her again," Penelope. If he loves you as he claims he will instantly forgive you."