Zane woke in the morning with Bella curled in his arms. He loved the feeling he got being by her side.
He let her sleep while he cleaned the place up and made breakfast.
Bella woke up and decided to take a shower as she was coming out of the bathroom, there the Beast stood growling at her.
"You should not be showering yet, The doctor said so." He barked out.
"I was feeling yucky and really wanted one. See nothing happened and I made sure I didn't scrub to hard." She smiled at him.
His heart melted he could never stay mad at her. "Breakfast is ready. Oh and we will have guest for lunch. Stay close to me."
"Who is comeing?" Bella asked.
"My mother." He said and she could see he was not happy.
After breakfast as he cleaned up she started a new story.
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A father had two sons, the elder of whom was forward and clever enough to do almost anything; but the younger was so stupid that he could learn nothing, and when the people saw him they said, "Will thy father still keep thee as a burden to him?"
So, if anything was to be done, the elder had at all times to do it; but sometimes the father would call him to fetch something in the dead of night, and perhaps the way led through the churchyard or by a dismal place, and then he used to answer, "No, father, I cannot go there, I am afraid," for he was a coward.
Or sometimes of an evening, tales were told by the fireside which made one shudder, and the listeners exclaimed, "Oh, it makes us shiver!"
In a corner, meanwhile, sat the younger son, listening, but he could not comprehend what was said, and he thought, "They say continually, 'Oh, it makes us shiver, it makes us shiver!' but perhaps shivering is an art which I cannot understand."
One day, however, his father said to him, "Do you hear, you there in the corner? You are growing stout and big; you must learn some trade to get your living by. Do you see how your brother works? But as for you, you are not worth malt and hops."
"Ah, father," answered he, "I would willingly learn something. When shall I begin? I want to know what shivering means, for of that I can understand nothing."
The elder brother laughed when he heard this speech, and thought to himself, "Ah! my brother is such a simpleton that he cannot earn his own living. He who would make a good hedge must learn betimes to bend."
But the father sighed and said, "What shivering means you may learn soon enough, but you will never get your bread by that."
Soon after the parish sexton came in for a gossip, so the father told him his troubles, and how that his younger son was such a simpleton that he knew nothing and could learn nothing.
"Just fancy, when I asked him how he intended to earn his bread, he desired to learn what shivering meant!"
"Oh, if that be all," answered the sexton, "he can learn that soon enough with me; just send him to my place, and I will soon teach him."
The father was very glad, because he thought that it would do the boy good; so the sexton took him home to ring the bells.
About two days afterward he called him up at midnight to go into the church-tower to toll the bell. "You shall soon learn what shivering means," thought the sexton, and getting up he went out too.
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Bella put down her book as heard the elevator doors open. She looked over and servers came in to set up lunch. She watch them set up and soon the doors opened again. Out walked Mrs. Heart, Heather Thornton, and another woman she looked to be an older version of Miss Thornton.
"Mother you brought Miss and Mrs. Thornton with you." Zane said kissing his mom on the cheek.
Everything is in the dinning room. I'll be right there.
Zane walked to the living and took Bella hand, "Ready? You trust me don't you?"
Bella shook her head and he led her to dinning room. She was still covered in cuts and bruises. She was feeling a little off.
"Bella this is my Mother, You know Miss Thornton, and this is her mother Mrs.Thornton." Zane said pulling out a chair.
"Zane, the help does not need to be here, this is not right." His mother said.
"Bella is my girlfriend, she is welcome at my table anytime." Zane smiled.
Bella wanted to honest but she had said she would trust him so she kept quiet.
"Girlfriend? The gold digger moves fast." Mrs. Thornton says looking Bella over. Her daughter had told her about her.
"This is my home so watch you mouth. Mother why are you here?" Zane says.
"We're here to get some detail on the wedding." His mother said.
Zane picked up his phone, "Dad. our deal is now off and I will marry no one."
"What are you talking about?" Zane's father asked.
Zane handed the phone to his mother.
"Hello dear?"
"What have you done? I told you to leave the boy and that girl alone. He had thirty days."
"Honey these details can't wait. They need to be discussed. So I came for lunch and the little slut is here in his house." His mother was mad but not as mad as his father.
She handed the phone back. "Father?"
"I'm sorry, I thought I made my self clear to your mother. We had a deal and she broke it, your free. I'll talk to Mr. Thornton. We won't push marriage anymore. If you get her we will be the lucky ones."
"Thank you Dad." Zane hung up.
"Well now thats done please finish lunch and get out." He fills Bella plate and helps her eat as she sits there wondering what is going on.