Ryan visits again III

Ryan continued speaking. His voice became far more firm as he declared, "the only valuable thing that I could give Lena, the only thing that I have that James could not give, is my love for her. I love Lena very much."

George smiled when he heard this. "Very will then. I give you my permission to court my sister. But I cannot give you anymore than that. It is up to her to decide whether or not she will be with you."

George said all this, but Lena heard none of it. Her mind froze on Ryan's words. Ryan loves her? Impossible! Ryan is only her friend!

Lens leaned against the wall too let it support her weight while she thought, but she moved to quickly and accidentally made some noise.

"Who's there?" George said, looking in her direction. He walked over to see who was in the hallway.

When Lena heard his footsteps she panicked and ran back to her room as fast as she could.

George saw her back as she entered her room and smiled. 'So she heard everything.' He chuckled and then paused for a moment to think. He pretended to look around to see where the noise was coming from and then walked back to Ryan.

"There's nothing there." He said. His smile, however, said otherwise. He continued to speak, "it must've been the wind outside or something."

Ryan believed his lie. George smiled and was in a good mood. After all, now he has an extra way to amuse himself.