|
|
Post by Kpatch on Jul 21, 2018 8:45:03 GMT -5
Thanks a million for your continuing interest, everyone. I'm tickled pink that you are enjoying this Phloe respite! 
You need to say this in your head using an announcer's deep voice: This week on The Fugitive...
Aiden’s latest behavior surprises and worries Hope at the same time.
She decides to finish something she should have done a long time ago.
|
|
|
|
Post by heroicmuse on Jul 21, 2018 9:15:44 GMT -5
I wonder what Hope decides to finish. I hope she's surprised and worried because she realizes Aiden loves her and isn't sure how to deal with that.
|
|
|
|
Post by fluffysmom on Jul 21, 2018 14:51:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the intriguing previews Kpatch. |
|
|
|
Post by melly on Jul 21, 2018 15:46:13 GMT -5
Please finish the letter to Rafe, Hope..............let’s break these two up for good! 😉
Thanks, boss!
|
|
|
|
Post by Kpatch on Jul 23, 2018 7:23:42 GMT -5
Chapter 23
The next morning when Hope came into the kitchen, there was a pot of fresh coffee ready and a measuring cup filled with some kind of batter. Judging by the griddle sitting on a burner, it was probably pancake batter. Hope smiled as she thought about how thoughtful Aiden was, and a good cook too. He balanced her out in so many ways. This picture of domesticity almost made her feel normal. It almost made her forget her predicament.
“Good morning,” she heard Aiden say behind her.
She turned around and her broad smile quickly faded. Aiden was clean-shaven and wearing a suit and tie, a big change from the scruffy beard, casual Henley shirts and slacks he’d been sporting the whole time she’d been here. He looked so handsome he nearly took her breath away, even though his appearance made her uncomfortable at the same time. “You … are you going somewhere?” she managed to ask.
“I am, but I made you coffee.” He walked around her to the coffee maker and touched the carafe lightly. “It’s still hot. And that’s pancake batter and maple syrup on the counter. Think you can handle pouring batter onto the griddle and flipping it at the right time?”
She raised an eyebrow. “I’m not a great cook, but I’m also not incompetent,” she said, forcing a light tone. “That was very nice of you. Um. Did you already eat?”
“Yeah, I needed to eat and get ready to go. I have an appointment.”
“With a Legal Zoom client?”
“Not exactly. I’ll tell you later.”
Her heart clenched and all at once that fleeting feeling of normalcy evaporated. “Are you going to turn me in? I mean, I wouldn’t blame you if you did. I just want to be prepared.”
With a frown, he murmured, “You still don’t completely trust me. Let me see if I can turn that around.” He stepped closer and took her face in his hands. He softly kissed her lips. “Do you honestly still think I’d turn you in?”
Holding one of his hands against her face, she knew he was right. She whispered, “No.”
“I’m on your side Hope Williams Brady. One hundred percent. I’ll be back in a couple hours, okay?” Hope nodded. “Don’t answer the door, not for anyone.” He kissed her forehead and left her side. Then he picked up a briefcase on his way out the door. Hope went to the window and moved the curtain aside to watch Aiden get in a car and drive away.
Sighing, she went back to the kitchen and poured herself a cup of coffee. She turned up the heat on the griddle and stared at it.
|
|
|
|
Post by André DiMera on Jul 23, 2018 7:40:36 GMT -5
Wonder what this appointment is about.
|
|
|
|
Post by mae00 on Jul 23, 2018 9:38:29 GMT -5
I think Aiden's appointment is about Hope's "escape".
|
|
|
|
Post by melly on Jul 23, 2018 10:30:00 GMT -5
I’m going to stay positive here and presume that Aiden is doing something helpful for Hope or her legal situation...because I really need her to follow through on this breaking up with Rafe thing, and this might do it!
|
|
|
|
Post by heroicmuse on Jul 23, 2018 10:46:55 GMT -5
I wonder if Aiden is going somewhere to try to get Hope's sentence overturned.
|
|
|
|
Post by fluffysmom on Jul 23, 2018 21:53:36 GMT -5
I don't see Aiden taking care of her and then suddenly deciding to turn her in.
|
|
|
|
Post by Kpatch on Jul 25, 2018 7:07:52 GMT -5
Chapter 24a
After washing the breakfast dishes, Hope took a shower. She decided it was high time to change the bed sheets. She opened the hall closet and was impressed at how neat and organized everything was in there. But that was Aiden. Neat and organized, just like his appearance, never a hair out of place. She’d almost forgotten how handsome he was, especially when he wore a business suit like today.
Sighing, she wondered where he went and why he wouldn’t tell her, but she refused to think anything nefarious was going on. In these past few days, he’d more than proven she could trust him. She believed it had to be fate that Aiden of all people found her and brought her to safety; it was too much of a coincidence to be anything else.
She also knew in her heart of hearts that she’d fallen in love with him again, but how this love story was going to go — she had no idea.
She took a fresh set of sheets out of the closet and slipped them on the bed. She carried the used sheets into the small laundry room and started the washing machine. She returned to her room and paced around for a long time, not sure what to do with herself. But she knew she was just avoiding the inevitable.
|
|
|
|
Post by heroicmuse on Jul 25, 2018 7:32:10 GMT -5
I'm glad Hope is starting to admit to herself that she still loves Aiden.
|
|
|
|
Post by melly on Jul 25, 2018 7:44:40 GMT -5
Finish the letter, Hope....you know you want to!
|
|
|
|
Post by André DiMera on Jul 25, 2018 7:57:18 GMT -5
So glad Hope seems to be falling in love with Aiden again!
|
|
|
|
Post by fluffysmom on Jul 25, 2018 21:43:21 GMT -5
Hope can't hide in this house forever. Hopefully Aiden is doing something to help her.
|
|
