My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

Dory's questions pierced Treamine deeply.

He felt a sharp pain in his heart,

Sheldon noticed it too.

He quickly told Dory to stop asking so many questions.

Even though she was young, Dory was especially sharp towards people's expressions and had learned to read their emotions. She had gotten used to it after being repeatedly yelled at and beaten up by her mother.

Just by looking at Sheldon's face, Dory knew what he was going to tell her to do.

She quickly shut her mouth and stopped talking.

Yesseca, however, was feeling quite restless.

She had lost her appetite.

Things had gotten so incredibly awkward that she couldn't stand sitting around anymore.

Yesseca turned towards Dory and said, "Dory, didn't you say you wanted to buy some toys? We should go and get them."

Yesseca didn't like telling lies.

And she hated feeling panicked.

But right now, she had to.

She told a white lie.

Yesseca was afraid of offending Tremaine if she simply left abruptly.

Dory was surprised.

"But Auntie Yesseca, I never said I wanted to buy any toys."

Yesseca looked at her.

She had messed up.

She had forgotten to tell Dory about it before blurting out her white lie.

But Dory quickly caught on and played along.

She was a very intelligent girl after all.

She then stood up and said, "Oh yeah! I remember now! Yes there was that toy I saw on the way here." Yesseca heaved out a sigh of relief.

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She then turned to Sheldon and Tremaine "Well then, Shelond, Tremaine, I have some things. take care of, so we'll be leaving now."

Without waiting for their response, she took Dory's hand and left.

She looked like she was running for her life.

This was their first meeting in a very long time and the things Dory said to them made her very embarrassed.

All of her composure, her cool demeanor had fallen apart because of Dory's naive questions. Tremaine watched them leave in silence.

He picked up some food with his fork and started eating. It seemed like just another day for him. Sheldon sighed.

He could tell that Yesseca wasn't rushing off to buy toys at all!

Dory even said as much!

And even if they were, there was no need to rush off like that.

Nobody rushed off to buy toys in the middle of a meal!

Sheldon was worried that Tremaine had noticed her lie.

But based on his reaction, it seems he had bought it!

Sheldon then sat down and accompanied Tremaine for the rest of their meal.

After they were done, Tremaine said, "Sheldon, I must be a terrible person. that she can't even

have a meal with me."

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Sheldon realized then that Tremaine was completely aware that he had been lied to.

"But I still finished my meal."

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Sheldon felt very sad.

"Sir, let's go."

Sticking around in this restaurant wouldn't do them any good.

He figured it would be best to head back to Nashaland.

Back in Nashaland, he could at least immerse himself in work and keep Yesseca out of his mind.

Tremaine nodded. "Yes, let's go back to Nashaland."

Yesseca took Dory to the toy store.