Generation One: Chapter 5 - Hope Realized

Chapter Five: Hope Realized

 

My name is Charlotte Dubois. I once fell in love with a man I could never have, and now that there may be hope at last I cannot find the words to seek either a confirmation or a denial.

A few months ago Charles Darcy wrote to me, telling me of his sister’s agreement to choose his own bride. He did not propose in his letter, and I cannot help but wonder if his feelings have changed.

When we parted that painful day, we agreed to write frequently as friends. In this way I know of his brush with tragedy and all that followed in its wake. We have not conversed again about our feelings for each other. My feelings have not lessened, only grown stronger. But I do not know if the same is true for him. If his are gone, then if I ask I will seem foolish. But if I do not ask will we ever have a chance?

I am loath to risk my heart again. When I told him of my love for him, it took all the courage I possessed and now I am too afraid to risk again. So I will be guarded with my tender heart.

Generation One: Chapter 4 - Uncertain Future

Holding the tiny form of my nephew Alexander only makes the ache in my chest sharper. I long for children of my own. I begin to fear I never will be blessed with them. There is only one woman whom I can see as the mother of those children, and I have not spoken with her in over a year, and there was no understanding between us when I saw her last. For all I know she could be married to another and I nothing but a memory.