A Sold Heart, Tammy [reading tree txt] 📗

and since I actually had been disowned by my aunt long ago so I just had him stop at a random house. I grabbed my suitcases smiling. “Thank you for the ride. I will see you around I suppose.” I told him and he nodded.
“Yes I suppose. Are you going to be selling produce tomorrow at the market with that man like today?” He asked and I nodded. “Okay then I will definitely be seeing you around.” I smiled and waved as his carriage left. I carried my suitcases to where Elle was at. At the noise of my suitcases being put down she came out of her tent.
“Wow are you planning on staying forever?”
“Not forever just until I have another place to stay.” I smiled and she grinned back.
“I guess I can make room for you. However I do wonder as to why I am being done this injustice?” She joked.
“My parents are convinced that I am possessed and that must be why I treat them with such great disrespect.” I explained and she smiled.
“Alright well I hope you are ready to steal food with me. Not today though, today we will be sleeping first.” She said and I shook my head.
“Of course.”
“Hey you try to get a job with my reputation.”
“True but I have something I must tell you.”
“Alright go right ahead.”
“I met a boy today.” I started to be cut off.
“Around our age?”
“Yes.”
“Is he attractive?”
“Quite.” I answered thinking of his amazing blue eyes.
“Continue.”
“Well I will be getting married soon as you know but I don’t know that I want to even more now. He was so kind and took an interest in my poetry. I told him he didn’t have to pay and he still did. While I was carrying my suitcases here after I sold Jonathan’s fruit a carriage splattered me with really hot water. I dropped my suitcases and of course one had to spill my dresses out. Well I expected for the carriage to keep going but it instead stopped and guess who came out?”
“Jonathan?”
“No.”
“The boy you met.”
“Yes and he was so kind. He helped me with my suitcases and gave me a ride. When I wasn’t sure where I was going and explained why he didn’t even care that my parents thought I was possessed. Instead he offered me a guest room at his estate. Isn’t he just the best person you’ve ever heard of?” I asked and she nodded.
“Yes but his estate?” She asked and I frowned.
“See that’s the problem. He is an upper class guy with tons of money. That and I’m supposed to be given away already.” I explained.
“Well just let fate decide if that’s really a problem. Right now it’s really not, I mean it’s not like you and Jonathan have done anything together. Besides that you won’t be married for a long time, at least a few months anyway.”
“Let’s hope it won’t turn into one.”
“Yes we should always hope for the best. Besides I’m happy you’ve found someone at least interesting to you.”
“Thank you, I’m glad about it to. Anything interesting happen with you today?” I asked and she shook her head no. But I wasn’t so sure about it. She hardly ever responded with body gestures in place of words. “Are you sure?”
“I’m sure. Anyways we should be getting ready for sleeping.” She said and I nodded. Once we had everything arranged properly we went to sleep, greeting it with content.
Chapter 2: Run ins
I woke up to Elle making food and smiled. I came out of the tent and then went back in quickly to grab my robe. It was freezing outside. I didn’t know how Elle did it. I would have surely died of cold by now.
“So what is on the agenda for the day?” I asked her and she grinned.
“Petty theft of food.” She replied and I groaned.
“You know I could just get food for free from Jonathan.”
“Yeah but it’s not as fun that way.”
“Fine but only one stand will I help with.”
“Okay but I don’t know how you will learn that way.”
“Well as soon as I’m finished I have to get dressed and help Jonathan sell eggs. Come and get me when there is a stand man that needs distracting.”
“Will do, but while you’re selling them will you steal some?”
“Maybe.” I smiled at her eye roll and quickly ate breakfast. I grabbed my lightest dress seeing as it looked to be hot and got dressed. When I had arrived to Jonathan’s stand he was already in a transaction. I stood quietly waiting for him to be finished when he pulled me to his side.
“Isn’t she a beauty? She’s my future wife like I was telling you about.” Jonathan smiled hugely and I fake smiled. I wasn’t his dog and didn’t appreciate being pulled around like one. The man smiled back.
“Well you better keep her close otherwise someone else might come steal her.” He laughed with Jonathan and I grinned.
“I don’t know who you are referring to but if it is you I assure you I won’t be stolen. Besides that I am not an object or prize. You cannot steal me.” I said getting tired of being the underdog for being a woman. The man’s smile faltered.
“On second thought she might not know her place as a woman. Since that seems to be the case no one will steal her.” He spat and I just smiled.
“Okay I prefer it that way. Actually I prefer that you would leave my presence. I don’t appreciate sexist men. I assure you that you won’t be associating with my future family to. Since you don’t like women who supposedly don’t know their place then you will hate any of my daughters.”
“Well I never.” He said huffing off. Jonathan turned and glared.
“Can’t you be civil?” He asked and I shrugged as Elle came up.
“Okay I need your help.” She said and I followed her to a stand. I took the initiative by examining the stranger’s fruit.
“Can I help you?” The woman asked and I smiled. She was totally turned away from Elle.
“Yes actually. I was just wondering how much your grapes were.”
“A nickel a pound.”
“Well that’s a nice price. I think I may buy some but not right now. I’ll be back later today if you don’t mind seeing me again.” I smiled at her smile.
“Well I don’t see how that would be true. I suppose I will be seeing you later possibly then.” She said and I waved before leaving. Elle came from the side and smiled at me.
“Good job distracting her. I got about a pound of grapes and a few apples.”
“Okay I’ll work on getting eggs.” I told her as we arrived at Jonathan’s stand again. She nodded before leaving.
“I don’t know how you could be friends with such a.. a .. savage.” He said in disbelief and I glared at him. And we are already to a rocky start. Great.
“Is that so? Do you mind explaining how she is such a ‘savage’ as you put it?”
“She steals and runs around without a care for what others think. She doesn’t obey tradition or religion. It’s without taste.”
“Well then how are you friends with such sexist pigs? For only sexist pigs think that women have a ‘place’.” I asked him.
“Well the same way you can be friends with Elle and everyone thinks that way Aqua. You should just get used to it.”
“I absolutely refuse. I may die standing up for my beliefs but at least I’ll die standing up for what is right. At least it is in most women’s minds. They just don’t have the will power or courage to stand up for it. And why don’t they have this will power? Because sexist pigs have broken their will from the beginning of their disagreement.” I fought back with reason and he looked angry. I then heard applause only to turn and see Oskan.
“Well thought and played.” He complimented me and I blushed.
“Just voicing my opinion.”
“I like people who voice their opinions regardless of their sex.” He told me making me blush a bit deeper.
“Well that’s good. Would you like some fruit?” I asked not sure of where to take the conversation next.
“Well I just came for eggs seeing as you are selling them.” He said and I mentally gave myself a swat.
“Right okay. How many?”
“Half a dozen. I was wondering if you had any more poetry?” He asked and I smiled.
“No not today but I will tomorrow. And here you are.” I said handing him eggs. “That will be a quarter.” He handed me the quarter and left. I smiled and then frowned at Jonathan who still looked angry.
“I don’t know why you are still so angry with me. I have done nothing to you. I have insulted your friend and voiced my opinion. that is all.”
“Well that’s too much.”
“Maybe I should leave until you decide for sure that it isn’t.” I threatened and he frowned. Then he surprised me by coming up and wrapping his arms around me.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you mad and I’m not mad at you. I just am not used to women voicing their opinions.” He apologized and hugged me and I was not sure what to do. I had never had a man apologize to me. “Besides I love you too much for this to get in the way of our marriage.” He added and I knew that there was a catch. Love? This disgusts me. I squirmed out of his hug feeling awkward.
“Well I guess you’re forgiven. May I leave now?”
“I suppose you can leave. Would you like some eggs for you and your parents?”
“Yes please.”
“Okay how about a dozen? Will that be enough?”
“That is plenty.”
“Okay then I will be just a second.” He turned around and put the eggs in a little sack and handed them to me.
“Thank you Jonathan.”
“You’re welcome.” We stood there for a second and you could feel the distance in between us.
“Well goodbye then, I will see you tomorrow.”
“See you tomorrow and we will be selling my brother’s baby pigs with the fruit by the way.”
“Okay see you then.” I said turning to leave. On my way back to the tent, I watched my feet only to bump into someone. Still aggravated I snapped, “Geez! Can’t you watch where you’re going?” I looked up to see, surprise surprise, Oskan looking down at me. I blushed then and took a deep breath. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to snap at you. I am just agitated is all. Besides it was my fault I wasn’t watching where I was going but instead my feet.” I stopped then feeling kind of like a babbling idiot.
“It’s okay, it seems like fate wants us to talk more doesn’t it?” He asked and I tried to stop the smile that was threatening to invade my face but it was too late.
“Yes it really wants us to be more than acquaintances, maybe business partners?” I suggested only to see him shake his head.
“Well see I’m afraid that just isn’t good enough for me.”
“Then what exactly did you have in mind?”
“I will be attending a ball this weekend; would you like to be my invite?”
Without think I answered his question the answer barely contained in my mouth long enough for him to finish the question, “Yes. I would be much obliged.”
“Well then here is an invitation that says when and