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"So? Why the Shuzar Estate?" Isaac asked, looking at the anxious lady he had just decided to escort.

"You don't need to know," she said. Isaac smiled at the clear refusal.

"Then, perhaps, you could elaborate more on why you were jumping walls of your estate instead of a more conventional walking method?" Isaac said.

"Another thing you don't need to know," she said.

"How about an account on something I AM allowed to know?" Isaac said in a particularly sarcastic tone.

"The last time I checked, an account like that included 'NOTHING' in it," Evelyn said, looking out of the carriage window, possibly to ensure how much of the distance was traveled.

A sighed chuckle escaped Isaac as he repressed his slight annoyance.

"Look here, my dear lady, I am trying to make small talk that might help us improve our currently unhealthy relationship. And the way you're answering me certainly isn't helping," Isaac said turning Evelyn's face back toward him gently with his hand.

"What could possibly give you the idea that I wanted to maintain a healthy relationship with you?" Evelyn snapped.

"Maybe the fact that you jumped into my arms from a wall?" Isaac said delightfully. "I expect you to remember it despite your memory problems as it has been quite a recent occurrence."

"Oh! Believe me! It wouldn't have happened if I had a choice!" (Evelyn)

"Well, care to explain how you got into a situation where you had no other choice?" (Isaac)

"Do you wish to know what could improve our relationship?" (Evelyn)

"What, may I please know?" (Isaac)

"You shutting up." (Evelyn)

That Child is Strange

Lady Fallon gazed out of the steep and high French windows of the guest study. The weather had started to turn grey outside like a gothic horror movie scene. Constance sipped the tea and swirled the remainder in the white cup she had been holding.


"It's a pleasure to meet you," she said at length while returning her gaze back to the person seated in front of her. "Miss Murray."


Hannah returned back the stare given at her and bowed respectfully, "A pleasure indeed, Lady Fallon."


Constance took another sip of the tea, finishing it and placing the cup back on the table. She resumed," Please, have a seat."


Hannah sat on the chair in front of the grand sofa on which Lady Fallon casually lay.


After some minutes of mutual silence, Lady Fallon uttered," Isn't he tiring?"


"Yes?" Hannah asked, a little confused.


"Marquis Shuzar, I mean," Constance said, smiling. "It isn't easy loving someone as demanding as him."


"How is that to be questioned as such? We do not share such feelings toward each other."


"So it wasn't mutual, I see. " (Constance)


"Yes. I don't care what the lord feels but I deny having any affection towards him."


"Nobody cares how he feels. Maybe that's why he became so twisted." (Constance)


"Pfft...!!!" Lady Fallon choked on her saliva and had to breathe deeply twice or thrice to regain her composure.


"I approve of you, Miss Murray," she said smiling. "Marquis Shuzar has the talent to gather sarcastic people around him."


Hannah sat there and enjoyed the tea poured out for her.


A little Conversation.