Michaela was speechless. She didn't know what to say. Her mouth opened but no words came out.
"Come on, I have one more thing ta show ya." Sully pointed his head over his shoulder.
"What's that?" Michaela asked curiously, wondering where they were headed now.
"You'll see." Sully simply answered as he grabbed her hand and gently pulled her to follow behind him.
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"Yeah.. an' say we miss um." Brian was looking over one of Horace's shoulders as he frantically wrote down the message.
"An' that everythin's good.." Colleen added going on her tiptoes to read over Brian's head that was blocking the way. Horace rolled his eyes, sighed heavily before shaking out his wrist from the frantic writing he was doing.
"An' that Granma an Aunt Rebecca and Marjorie are real nice and are goin' home in a couple of days."Brian spoke up once again.
"An.."
"Alright! I think I got it!" Horace interrupted. Colleen and Brian jumped at Horace's booming voice. "Ya must sure miss um!"
"Yeah we do." Brian's voice grew quieter at the thought.
"Well I'll send it right away." Horace looked up from the letter and smiled.
"Thanks Horace." Colleen led Brian out of the telegraph office.
"I hope Ma an' Sully will be surprised!" Brian started to get excited.
"They will Brian, they will." Colleen smiled and ruffled her little brother's hair.
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It was nearing sunset. The sun was a vibrant orange and the sky shown a bright orange pink and purple. Sully and Michaela climped carefully up a somewhat steep cliff to where Sully wanted to lead her. He made it to the top and polietly held out his hand for Michaela to grab onto for support. She accepted his hand and he pulled her gently up onto the solid ground above.
"Alright. Here it is." Sully waved his hand while speaking.
"Oh Sully!" Michaela gasped in awe at the beatiful scenery which laid before her. The colors, the clouds, the hundreds of trees. You could see so much from where they were standing. It reminded her of the time right after she came home for Boston and told him she loved him. That was when Sully showed her his special place, a place not even Abigal ever knew about. "It's so beautiful Sully!
"Yeah it is. I'm glad ya like it." Sully looked at the scenery before him, taking the beauty of nature all in.
"Like it? I love it!" Michaela eyes brightened up.
Sully turned and looked her face to face. "That's one thing we got in common. We both love and respect nature."
Michaela was caught off guard. She loved how Sully was starting to tell her everything now that they were married.
"That's one reason why I love you so much Sully." Michaela smiled at him with her eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"That's one reason why I married ya." Sully hugged her.
"What are they other reasons?" Michaela joked looking up at him from his warm embrace.
"Some thing's I gotta keep secret from ya don't I.. otherwise there wouldn't be anythin left for me to love." Sully laughed.
"Sully!" Michaela gently slapped his chest with her hand. "I still love you anyway."
Sully laughed and placed a soft kiss on the top her head as they looked out at the beauty of nature.
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A few hours later, a dusty looking Sully and Michaela walked into the hotel smiling and holding hands. The old man at the front desk looked up and smiled. Playing with the brim of his glasses, he cleared his throat and spoke up.
"Ah.. Mr. Sully.. this telegram came for you about an hour or so ago." He handed the letter into Sully's hands.
"Thank you," He took it willingly and looked at it curiously wondering who it could be from. With that Michaela and Sully walked towards their room to read the letter in private.
"What does it say?" Michaela asked as soon as Sully shut the door to their room.
He chuckled and fumbled with the letter. "Hold on, hold on!" He sat at the edge of bed. Not far behind, Michaela went and sat next to him. "It's from Colorado Springs." Sully read the front
"Oh I hope nothing's wrong!" Michaela began to get worried.
"Michaela, I'm sure everything is fine. Don't start making conclusions." He opened the letter slowly and began reading. His face held a blank expression.
"Sully?!" Michaela lauged. "Sully what does it say? Sully?" Michaela began to get worried. She couldn't tell from his face if it was bad news or good.
Sully's eyes were filling with tears, but he didn't speak up yet.
"Sully? What's wrong?" Michaela got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. "Is it the children?"
"It's from Colleen an' Brian." Sully choked out the words...
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