Chapter 116: I Saw Maeve
"Where is who?" Bella quizzed, "do you mean Felicity? She threw a little tantrum and has now stormed off, I figure that she is out cooling her heels somewhere." She explained.
"No!" Ken said sharply, as he gripped Bella’s hand. "I don’t mean Felicity... Bella, I think I saw her."
Bella frowned as she stared at the concentration on Ken’s face and she wondered if there might be some mental damage that happens after his illness.
"What do you mean Ken?" She asked softly. "Who did you see?"
"Maeve." He said simply and Bella’s jaw dropped as she stared incredulously at him.
"Your Maeve? You saw Maeve here?" She was too shocked at his unexpected answer. "Are you sure it was her? Is that why you came here? Were you looking for her?"
Bella’s heart skipped a beat. Maeve. She knew all about Maeve, and even though the name hadn’t been spoken between them in years, it hung in the air like a ghost, a constant reminder of the love Ken that had lost, the one that got away.
Maeve had been the love of his life, the woman he had wanted to marry but whose status in life was so high above his that her family had rejected their relationship. Maeve and Ken had planned to run away together but she had vanished without a trace a day before their departure date, leaving Ken heartbroken and confused.
"Yes, I saw her with my very own eyes." He said wistfully. "She looked exactly the same way she had when I last saw her."
"Maeve?" Bella repeated, her voice laced with disbelief. How possible was it that a woman who had been missing for so many years would suddenly reappear, and looking exactly as she had some twenty plus years ago? Bella feared that Ken was delusional and she wondered if it was the drugs.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, "You are just recovering, there is no need to be so excited."