Chapter 14 - Hard Life at the Orphanage(5)
The woman who only two moments ago cried with fat crocodile tears, smiled softly:
'I'm sure you will offer her a much better life than here. I'm sure it will be better for her. Although we will miss her a lot."
The modestly dressed, but clean, gentleman greeted Miss Blackwood with a smile and marched to the carriage where Dorothy Miller was helped by the coachman to get on. The little girl was now in the carriage crying heartbreakingly - she lost a sister for some strangers.
'Mr. Wangsley!" Miss Blackwood yelled at the officer, just before he got on the old carriage.
'Gangsley ... Gangsley Taylor."
'Mr. Gangsley, you know we used to call her Dorothy. There are other girls named Elizabeth. For ... not our Beth ... you know her, her safety. In case who killed her parents ..."
'Of course," said Officer Gangsley. 'Of course…"
'I wish you a happy life. I also wish her a happy life."
Mr. Gangsley said nothing to Miss Blackwood, just got on the carriage.
'Let's go!" he yelled at the coachman, who almost fell asleep on his seat in the shabby old carriage.
The carriage began to move creaking all over, as if it started on its last road.
After a few moments, Gangsley continued:
'What a sly fox ..."
Still, as he saw Dorothy didn't cry and looked at him, he apologized as a gentleman would do:
'I apologize for speaking like that ... Please excuse me."
He looked calmly and softly at the girl.
'My dear Elizabeth ..."
'Dorothy," the girl interrupted him.
Gangsley cleaned his throat.
'My dear, Dorothy. I will be your father from now on. And your future mother can't wait to meet you. She'll definitely be happy to see you. She's a very generous and gentle woman ..."
The girl was cool as a cucumber, but she stopped crying. She knew it would be better where she went without Miss Blackwood and she'd have her parents. However… she'd painfully miss her friend, Beth.
'I want to tell you I took some things from your parents a few years ago at your home. When I found you ..."
Dorothy couldn't say anything. She just thought ... the fact that this neatly dressed gentleman knew her past made her dream. Finally, someone knew something about her and her family. Maybe even ... who knows ... maybe that gentleman was someone in the family. Even a farther uncle would be fine. Who knows? Maybe if she tells him about Beth, she'll take her home too. It may take a few weeks or months, but even so, if she her Beth could be together again, it was worth waiting.
'I hope Elizabeth will resist," the girl tried to back up herself.
'Did you say something?" her new father asked.
'Nope."
Dorothy gave up the idea of being sad. She even smiled at Mr. Gangsley.
When he saw the smile, the officer couldn't help rejoicing. Finally, he could see a sign of acceptance. He was not very used to children. His wife and he were not blessed with their own kids but he knew that smile was a good sign.
What he didn't know was that he was lied to shamelessly by Miss Blackwood. The girl he took out of the orphanage to bring her up wasn't that little girl who lost her parents more than 7 years ago. This girl was Dorothy Miller, not Elizabeth Catherine Edwards.
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