Blood Brothers! Part 27



At the Ellis Place, Hope Ellis has made a full recovery from her accident and is looking forward to her daughter Charity's marriage to Horace Fletcher.



"I'll ask your father to take us to Fort Worth to shop for your wedding dress and for dresses for Patience and I", said Hope, "Peggy Fletcher will just die of envy when she sees us at the wedding".
"Mother, you don't have to impress Mrs. Fletcher, she's not like that at all", said Charity.



"Mother, I have several lovely dresess in the wardrobe, to choose from", said Patience, "I don't need to go shopping in Fort Worth to buy another one".



"Well, we need to shop for you a wedding dress. You can't wear just any old thing for your wedding", said Hope.
"You're right Mother and it might be fun to shop in a big city", said Charity.



Patience suddenly jumped up and ran into the bathroom, just before she got her first "baby bump". "Oh no, it can't be", she thought to herself,"I didn't think it was possible to have a baby the first woo hoo".



Since there was nothing else to do, Patience decided to protect this little part of Chandar she had left. She would worry about the consequences later.



"Are you alright? I saw the look on your face when you jumped up", said Charity.
"I'm going to have a baby", said Patience.
"How do you know?", asked Charity.

"I've been sick to my stomach for the past few days and now that bump has appeared", explained Patience.

"When are you going to tell Father and Mother?", said Charity.
"II think if I wear loose fitting dresses, I won't have to tell them right away", she said.
"Are you going to tell Chandar you're having his baby?", asked Charity.
"No, I think it's better if he doesn't know", said Patience.



At the Indian Village, the council makes the laws everyone in the village must live by.



Chandar Whitefeather has a lot to think about. Although he never had a desire to be with only one woman, he is engaged to be married to Pale Moon. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a female voice, call his name . . .



"Chandar, I wanted to see you before you got married", said Patience.

"I remembered what you said the other day, that if I changed my mind, I knew where you were", she said.
"I'm glad you came, I didn't want it to end like that", he said.
"I wish it didn't have to end at all, but I know in my heart, we can't change the way things are", said Patience.

"I wish it was me you were marrying this coming Saturday instead of her", said Patience.
"I'll be thinking of you the whole time", he said.



"Chandar, promise me you won't ever forget what we had together", she said.
"I promise", he said, giving her a kiss goodbye.



Then she walked away quickly, not wanting him to see her tears. He watched until she disappeared from view



.When Chandar took a short-cut through the barn, he ran into Samir, "I was hoping to run into you", she said, "You seem to be avoiding me lately".

"Samir, it's harder than I thought it would be to find time for us to be together", he said.
"I know, Nachik wants to know where I am and what I'm doing every minute", she said.



"Chandar, I'm going to have a baby", said Samir.

"Nachik must be happy with that", said Chandar.
"I haven't told him yet", she said.

"I wanted you to be the first to know, because it's your baby", she said.
"Samir, you did woo hoo with Nachik before me", he said, "It might be his baby".



"I don't want this baby to be his", said Samir.
"You talk nonsense, Samir. If Nachik is it's father, you can't change it", said Chandar.



"Well, you'll see that I'm right, after it's born", she said.



As soon as Samir arrived home, she told Nachik she was going to have a baby.

"You've made me the happiest brave in all the village", he said.



The next afternoon, Quanah was waiting in his hut for Sundar. The boy had asked to talk with him.

"Come, sit down", Quanah told Sundar, when he arrived.



"What is it you wished to talk about with me?", asked Quanah.

"Are you my father?", asked Sundar.

To be continued . . .