| �I love your daughter because she is a kind person who is always trying to help people. She�s a strong person, and doesn�t let anyone try to change the way she sees things. I have to admit she can be stubborn at times, but that makes me love her all the more. Most of all I love her because she gives me strength, and she fills my heart. I can�t imagine living my life without her.�
Elizabeth interrupted him. �I�m sure you�ve loved other women before. My daughter cant� possibly be your first love.� �Truth is mam, I have loved one other person before, but it was nothing like the kind of love I have for Michaela. You see while the other woman had my heart, Michaela is my heart.� �As for what I expect after we get married the only thing I expect from Michaela is for her to be happy.� Elizabeth kept looking into Sully�s eyes hoping to see a sign that he was lying to her. Instead what she saw was the love he had for her daughter. It was then that she realized how wrong she had been. She had judged this man without giving him a chance. �Mr. Sully, I feel I owe you an apology.� �No need to apologize. You were just worried about your daughter. To tell you the truth, if I had a daughter like Michaela I would have probably acted the same way you did.� �Would it be o.k. if we started over?� Elizabeth held out her hand and Sully shook it lightly. Their meal came and they didn�t mind that neither Katherine nor Josef had returned. The tension had finally lifted and throughout the meal Elizabeth got to know her future son-in-law. Chapter 23 By the time lunch ended all the tension between Elizabeth and Sully had disappeared. After lunch Elizabeth had decided to surprise Michaela at work. They had had an argument the night before and after spending time with Sully she wanted to apologize to her. Michaela was at her desk and was trying to concentrate on her work, but she kept trying to come up with a way to get her mother to accept Sully. So far nothing she came up with sounded good. She was lost in thought and was startled when she heard her name. �Michaela.� �Mother? What are you doing here?� Elizabeth came into the office and said, �We need to talk.� Michaela got tense. She just knew her mother had come to try and get her to change her mind about the wedding. �Mother if this is about my decision to marry Sully, then I don�t want to talk.� �Michaela just hear me out.� �No mother, I�m going to marry Sully no matter what you say.� Elizabeth walked towards her daughter and took her hands in hers. �I know Michaela, and may I say you�ve made an excellent choice.� �Mother, why can�t you just accept the fact that I love Sully and I�m going to marry him?� �Michaela�� A confused look came over Michaela. �Wait, mother would you repeat what you just said?� Elizabeth smiled, �I said I know and you�ve made an excellent choice.� Michaela�s mouth dropped open. Was she dreaming? Or was her mother actually saying those words to her? �Mother what..?� �Let�s just say that your future husband would do anything to make sure you�re never sad.�Michaela gave her mother a tight hug and whispered against her ear. �Thank you mother.� �I�m not the one you should be thanking Michaela.� |