Chapter 6

Mary and Emily decided to talk a walk in town as there was tension in the air in the house. Mary wanted to know what Sara was hiding but knew as long as Isabelle was in that house she couldn't do anything. 

"Where are we going?" Emily asked as she looked around the market at the different stands that were there. 

"We are just walking Emily" Mary said as they continued to walk through town. Mary happened to notice a shop with fabric inside and wanted to got there. 

They entered the shop and saw a woman working in the corner and didn't notice that they were there. "Hello" Mary said and the woman looked up and saw Mary, she smiled as she stop and got up from her work. 

"Hello my dear" the woman said in a friendly tone, Mary looked around the shop and saw a variety of fabrics on shelves and against the wall. 

"I want your best fabrics" Mary said and Emily nudged her from behind "What are you doing?" she whispered and Mary just glared at her indiating for her to be quiet. 

"My dear" the woman began to say "My best fabrics come at a very high price" she said but that didn't bother Mary. 

"Nonetheless I still want to see them" Mary said and the woman just nodded her head and brought rolls and rolls of fabric onto a counter for Mary and Emily to see. 

Mary inspected them and was pleased with what she saw then a roll of fabric in the corner caught her eye and she smiled. The woman noticed what she was looking at and spoke up. "That is already taken my dear, a young woman this morning already claimed it" the woman said.

Mary wanted to ask who bought it but dropped the matter "I have a dress that may need some alterations, can I bring it by some time?" Mary asked and Emily knew what dress she was talking about. 

"Anytime you want I can take a look at it" the woman said and Mary smiled, she and Emily took their leave and as soon as they were gone the smile disappeared from the woman's face. 

"Mark my words, she will bring trouble to this town" she said to herself and resumed her work. 

Mary and Emily were heading back when they saw Sara walking around town with a young man. Mary tugged Emily behind some barrels and observed them from afar "Does he look familiar?" Mary asked Emily but Emily shook her head. 

"What is she doing with that man?" Mary asked again but Emily was at a lost for words. "Maybe she knows him" Emily said and Mary scoffed at her response.

"We just arrived to this town how can we know anybody that quickly?" Mary said and Emily agreed with her. "Let's keep following them" Mary said and came out from behind barrels with Emily right behind her. 

They were out of earshot from Sara so they couldn't hear what they were saying. But they kept a safe distance so they wouldn't get caught. Sara mentioned something to Jon which made him laugh and her smile. "I wish we could hear what they were saying" Mary said and saw Sara's head turning towards them which made both Mary and Emily hid behind a nearby building. 

When they looked back to see if the coast was clear Sara and the young man disappeared. "Where did they go?" Emily asked and Mary shrugged her shoulders "We lost them" she said. Mary and Emily decided to go back to the house as they didn't know where Sara went. 

Jon walked Sara back home after an eventful morning together they both said their goodbyes and Sara entered the house. "I'm home" Sara said and Isabelle and Elizabeth came running down the stairs. 

"Are you ok?" "What happened?" "Why didn't you come home last night?" Isabelle asked one after another before Sara could get a word in. 

"As you can see I'm perfectly alright" Sara said raising her arms out and did a little twirl. "Nothing happened" Sara said reassuring them both so that they could calm down.

The door opened and Mary and Emily entered the house and were shocked to see Sara standing there infront of them. "You're here?" Mary said and she opened the door to look outside again. 

"What is it that you are looking for Mary?" Sara asked as Mary was acting crazy. "How long ago did you arrive?" she asked and Sara responded "Probably a couple of minutes before you got here".

"Where did that man go?" Mary asked and Sara play dumbfounded with her "What do you mean? What man?" Sara said and Mary became more crazier. 

"Me and Emily saw you walking around town with a man don't you dare deny that" Mary said raising her voice. 

"I don't know what you are talking about or what you and Emily saw" Sara said before she headed upstairs, Mary turned to Emily "You saw it too didn't you" Mary said but Emily didn't help her.

"Why are you so uptight about this?" Emily asked which made Mary stop completely. "Since we left our old home you have been after Sara for whatever reason you have" Elizabeth said. 

"Enough with the drama Mary, this is getting out of hand" Isabelle said and Mary stayed silent.

Mary stormed out of the house and slammed the door behind her, Sara was listening the entire time upstairs and heard Mary leaving the house. Sara went to her room but saw the doorknob looked melted. She came back to the top of the staircase "Did something happen to my door?" she asked and Elizabeth came right away upstairs.

"I did that because Isabelle found Mary in your room snooping" Elizabeth said and fixed the doorknob. Sara thanked her and went inside her room, she took a quick glance around to see if anything was out of place and noticed the small chest in her room was moved. 

She went to opened it and saw everything was there, there was a wave of relief that washed over her but Sara knew she couldn't keep the stuff in there anymore. Sara wondered where she could put the clothes that were in the chest. She went over to a tall dresser and pulled out one of the drawers. From when she cleaned out the room she knew that the drawer had a faked bottom. Sara removed the bottom and placed the clothes in the drawer as flat as possible and put the fake bottom back in place. Once she was satisfied with how the drawer looked she closed it again and moved the small chest back in place leaving it empty.