Once the peculiar lady saw that the baby had been taken inside she left her hiding place. She walked quickly away from the hospital. She still continued to look around her and sometimes at the walls of the buildings around her. Finally she appeared satisfied with her surroundings but because she wasn't watching where she was going, she bumped hard onto a solid corner.
When the woman looked she realised she bumped into a young girl of 16 or 17, she wasn't quite sure how old the girl actually was.
"I'm sorry. Are you okay?" she asked the girl studying her. The girl was wearing old clothes, although her face was clean, her hands were grubby. The woman thought that the girl must be homeless.
"You are all right!! I'm fine, love," the girl replied.
"Wait," the strange woman said, and she started to take off her big winter coat, "Take this." The woman said.
The girl was about to leave with the coat. "Wait, don't go yet," the woman said, taking off her hat showing her beautiful tresses of chocolate brown hair.
" The coat is enough. You don't have to give me any more."
"Don't go yet. Take the hat. I don't need these clothes now that I'm near my house. I have enough clothes there.
"Here take my gloves and boots. Just a minute. I have some shoes in the pocket of my coat"
The surprised girl passed the beautiful woman the coat. From a pocket the lady took some sandals. She handed the girl her boots, her warm socks and a cardigan. The girl was surprised to see a young woman between 20-25, in a beautiful costume unlike any outfit she'd ever seen before. Although the dress was white, it glowed and was a quality the likes of which she had never seen before.
"Wow, that costume is amazing. Are you going to a fancy dress party?"
" I was just at a Halloween party. Take these as well. I'm sorry they are used but I only wore them for a while and I had a bath before I came out today" the beautiful lady said, handing her tights to the mousy haired teenager.
"Love, you can't give me all this, you'll be cold."
"I'll be fine. I only live a few minutes away."
"You don't sound like you live round 'ere. You sound like a foreigner."
"I'm an immigrant."
While the young woman tried on the clothes, the beauty with the unusual Halloween costume disappeared.
"Ta love," the young lady said, when she looked there was no one there. If she didn't have new clothes and faux fur lined boots, she would have thought that she was still asleep and dreaming.
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"Where is she?" an angry, menacing male voice boomed as a big heavy door burst open.
"We're not sure. She was here at breakfast but one of the maids went to tell her that lunch was served but she wasn't in her room. We searched her favourite haunts but she was nowhere to be found. No one saw her leave, your grace."
"You know that she doesn't need to use her feet. There are other ways for her to leave." the man said in a patronising tone.
"Yes your grace, but we usually feel a disturbance in the atmosphere when that happens and no longer feel her presence but it feels like she's still here." the servant said patiently.
"She must have understood that I would find out what she's been up to. She's running because she can't face up to my anger," the man reflected angrily "Talk to her friends. See if one is hiding her. She may have used a spell to mask her location," the dark haired curly headed man roared.
"Yes, your grace. Her lover is away on business so he probably doesn't know where she is," the grey haired servant said.
"Are any of our people with him?" his grace asked.
" Yes, I think Mike is with him." the servant replied.
"Find out what he knows."
"Yes, your grace."
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A Few Hours Later
"You're Grace. I sent correspondence to Mike. Mike was not aware that Madam wasn't here. He is not aware that his lordship has any idea where Madam is."
"If her lover doesn't know. Check her friends. See if Athena knows where she is?" the dark man commanded.
"My Liege. May I make a suggestion?" the servant said.
"What is it?"
"We can check Greece. She often goes down there to mix in with the people. She likes to go and spread happiness. She spends a lot of time in Athens but also likes going to the islands."
"Have we any contacts down there?"
"We can check the hotels she usually stays at. But your Grace, are you sure she hasn't just gone somewhere for the day,"
" It just seems odd that she has disappeared when I have found out about her latest dalliance. Someone must have told her that I know what she's been up to," the curly headed man pondered, "So even Lover boy doesn't know where she is."
"Mike told me that his lordship's mother, told his lordship to see her urgently,"
"Is Mike going to accompany him?"
"Yes, my Liege."
"Tell Mike to see if she knows anything."
"Yes, your Grace." the servant said as he left the dark man to reflect angrily.
Bam. The enraged man with the looks of a Greek god smashed his large hand on a large desk.
"All I ask is discretion. Just wait until I find her. Not only does everyone know what she has been up to but she decides to have an affair with my greatest enemy. When I'm done with her she won't want to live any more.
"What made her fraternise with my enemy?"