When she stood up for herself to Sophie, she never imagined seeing herself do that, neither did she expect that of Clach. Even though she was scared about Clach and his action, she can recollect that when she pulled up the lamp and landed it on Clach, old pains from the past five years resurfaced.
“You are still silent about the divorce,” she begins as Clach walks out of his chambers.
“I didnae promise ye one,” he replies as he walks past her.
“I have been asking for a peaceful annulment. Don’t make me tell the council that there are other reasons involved in this.” Her words bring him to a halt.
“Is a threat, huh?” Clach chuckles. “To tell them I batter ye, huh?”
“If that will put an end to this union, I will do it. Ah’m no playing the good wife anymore.”
“Oh, Ah'm feart” he waves his hand in the air, talking in a sarcasm tone. His face gets serious.
“Look, scunner! The council does what I tell them to do; this is Arbroath, nobody cares about yer story, especially when it is from the mouth of a meager tube twally like ye! Nobody cares about how ye sink the link with ye fucking wife! Now get off ma face, I have a business to attend to!”
he says as he begins to walk away.
As painful as his words may sound, there’s truth in them. Such is Arbroath; nobody cares about your story if you are not wealthy or born to a highborn family. Does that mean she will stick to this man forever? Never, she needs her freedom, and she is not ready to compromise it for anything.
“How about telling them ye are incapable to father a child.”
Clach stops immediately and swings around to face Amelia from a distance.
“Leave us,” he says to his domestic servants who have been walking with him. They did as they were instructed while Clach walks back to Amelia. She could see the sudden darkness in his face; her revelation really took a toll on him.
“Whit, do ye say?” this time, his voice is a bit low.
“Just as you heard. I know you can never impregnate a woman. Your physician confirmed it, he said you knew about it. Yet you married me just to waste my youthful years!”
“Ye bastart!” Clach grabs her neck, trying to choke her while Amelia struggles with him.
Trying to save herself, she struggles for words. “if ... I die, people will come for ... you. I … already told someone to leak my death cause I know you ... will rather have me ... dead than give me ... a divorce.”
He holds her for a few minutes then finally releases her, and Amelia breathes in and out faster. For a moment, she didn’t know she would have survived it, thanks to the words she made up.
Clach breathes in and out in anger.
“You’ve grown so many nerves! So much! I will destroy ye!”
“Same way I will do to you!”
Amelia snaps.
“Give me my freedom, or I will tell everyone who you truly are. A woman batterer, a manless man, and a cheater!”
Clach looks at her in surprise.
“Aye, you’re a cheat. I have seen you many times with Sophie! The wife of your close friend! You’re a man with no dignity or self-respect! Oh ...Wait till I tell everyone what a roaster and reprobate you are!”
Clach yells out in a fury, looks at Amelia with loathing and bitterness for a second, then he walks away.
One week after her confrontation with Clach, Amelia has never felt such greater happiness in her life before; today is the last day of her marriage separation. Today, she will finally say goodbye to this castle and walk around as a single woman. Despite her happiness, she woke up feeling sick, and it has been like this for the past three days. She had wanted to see a physician, but that will be after the council meeting; nothing will stand in her way of getting her liberty.
After the council meeting is, Amelia walks out of the council room, all smiles; it is finally over. Outside the courthouse, she can hear the whispers of gossip from a woman, one of Clach’s friends, but she won’t let that bother her. She walks straight to catch up on her appointment with her physician. After a few examinations, he gave her the news, which brings her a mixed feeling of excitation, regrets, and sadness.
“You are three weeks pregnant.”
The physician says.
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When love is real, it finds a way.
But if you reach out too quickly, it may be lost forever…
Amelia, is alone with her infant child and facing an uncertain future. She has been betrayed by her family, abused in wedlock, and discarded by her one true love. It’s more than any woman should ever have to bare. But in darkness there is hope.
With a hardened heart and in the face of tremendous adversity, Amelia has persevered and built a new life for her and her son. In a world where men make the rules, she has risen above to become a strong and independent women.
But what happens when love comes knocking once more?
Will she be brave enough to open her heart?
Most importantly, can she find it within herself to trust again?
"HIGHLANDER'S LOST LOVE" is the latest story by best-selling author Fiona Knightley, full of romance and intrigue, you will be transported in time to the beautiful Scottish Highlands. ♥
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