“THANK YOU,” Elania said, humbled by what a genuinely good man he was. He kept on discovering more strange things about her and instead of kicking her out like other people would have done, he continued to be a friend to her, and it was one of the most touching displays of good heartedness she had ever seen.
“I gat ya.”
They shared a warm smile and continued eating, and when they were done, Austin carried Elania up the stairs to her room where he lay her on the bed and reached to take her boots off.
“May I?” he asked and Elania nodded, as he then gently pulled her boots off and put them on the side of the bed. “Lemme jus’ go and prepare the water, I’ll be back in a tick.”
“O.K.”
Austin left the room and as Elania remained covering herself with the blanket and pulling her dress up to
