Confusion

Wilhelm see the look in my eyes “I wanted you, somewhere we could discuss our future without reminders of the past staring you in the face!.”

"I can see that he never broached the subject with you frauline!” Turning back to Wilhelm “Is that the way your vater and I raised you Wilhelm?” Her hand comes up clipping Wilhelm behind the ear.

“Mutter!” indignant at her actions but not continuing to protest. Returning his gaze to Cassie, “Please forgive me, But I wanted you from the moment I laid eyes on you that terrible day in Manchester!”

The memories of that time flood back to Cassie’s mind, making her drop her teacup to the floor “Oh ma’am I‘m sorry!”, reaching down to retrieve her cup

“Leave that dear, Wilhelm cause it Wilhelm will clean it up!” Turning her gaze onto him “Come we shall go talk while he cleans up!” Getting up taking me by the arm and leading us to the sitting room “Come and I will tell you about Wilhelm!” She begins after were both sitted. “Wilhelm has always been what you English call impetuous. So when he has set his heart on something he becomes very bull headed!”

The smile on her wrinkled face, the kind look in her eyes calms the inner fighting I was experiencing after his announcement. The more I stared into those eyes the more I come to understand where Wilhelm gets his confidence from. All The while my thought turn to how he’s treated me since we met.

In all that time he’s never raised his voice to me.He’s forever thinking about how to make my life better and protected from the past. Then the little voice on my right shoulder “Would it be so bad to have someone who cares about the actual you and not the fantasy version?

Knowing the damaged good that I’ve become, Wilhelm still wants to call me his wife. New thoughts enter my mind ‘Does Wilhelm sees me as someone he has to protect? Can he actually accept what happened to me?’ As he enters the sitting room, my eyes lock onto his where I see mirrored there the words of his mother

Oh god i didn’t want to hurt him after everything he’s done for me, but could I see myself as his wife?

"Cassandra I know what I sprang on you was not expected, nor do i expect you to answer immediately!: sitting down beside me, taking my left hand in his right hand “All I want right now is for you to consider it!”