The Exchangeable Marriage

Tell Me That You Loves Me

Mr. Madison's appeal was rejected by the Court of Justice on the grounds that the decision was not inviolable.

Camilla did not want to come to the trial at the time because she could not bear to see her family sentenced to such a sentence. He was just waiting in the car.

A man in an old brown suit walked towards the red-colored sedan car with a jaguar symbol jumping in front of him.

"Sorry to wait a long time" said the man.

"It's okay. What about my family, Joe?" camilla asked the man named Joe.

The look on Joe's face turned a little gloomy because he did not know he had to be happy or sad when delivering news about the Camilla family.

"I'm sorry I let go of your family" Joe said.

"It's not your fault" Camilla replied.

"The detention period is 10 to 20 years in here" Joe said.

Camilla exhaled. "Okay, may they repent and make this a valuable lesson for them,"

***

The night before Joe meets Mr. Madison and decides not to become the family's lawyer again. Joe meets Camilla.

"Well, a Camilla Madison asked me out tonight for a romantic dinner" Joe said.

Camilla looked at the netra of the man who had quite high self-confidence. "If you think this is romantic, thank you. My money's just enough to buy you in a little tavern like this,"

Joe opened his gray vest that he was wearing at the time and only wore a t-shirt that showed his burly arms and chest muscles that seemed comfortable to lean on.

"It doesn't matter to me as long as it's with you, on the street, it doesn't matter" teased Joe with a smile.

Camilla screeched and turned her face away. "Curtain!"

The painting-faced man of course had a target. Once he realizes his feelings, Joe quickly devises tactics and strategies on how to get Camilla's heart.

Joe had seen Camilla's face flushed. Joe's heartbeat was even faster when he saw a red tinge on Camilla's face.

"What message do you want?" tanya Camilla gave Joe a menu book.

Joe took the menu from Camilla's hand, read the book and ordered everything in the menu.

"Waste of money! Who's gonna eat that much food, Joe?" ask Camilla.

Joe held out his hand. "I love snacking, so I'll spend it all. It just so happened that I was hungry too" Joe replied with a big smile.

Inevitably, Camilla smiled.

"My goal is to get you to meet because I want to find out how far is Charlie's case?" camilla asked, starting the conversation.

Joe tells about his meeting with Mr. Madison some time ago as well as their first meeting. "What confuses me is, why does your family hate you so much? Have you ever made a mistake?" ask Joe.

Camilla was speechless, her eyes looking at the glass filled with the thawing water droplets. "I'm just telling you this because you're my family's lawyer. I mean, at least you can help them later" Camilla replied.

"Charlie is my sister, I was born first. We were 10 to 15 minutes different. My parents were waiting for Charlie to come out but Charlie didn't come out. As soon as he came out, Charlie's face turned blue and he didn't cry. According to the doctor, Charlie ran out of amniotic fluid and my mother's nutrition and our weight difference was pretty far away at the time. My parents thought I had taken everything that was rightfully Charlie too" Camilla recounted in a bitter tone. It seemed that he wanted to cry but he held on so that his strength would not collapse.

"Then my father and mother treated me differently. Even though I think my people are prettier I'm smarter, my parents still love Charlie more. And it seems like it will happen all my life" Camilla said.

For some reason, Joe once hugged Camilla at that time. The usually stout and brave girl, currently looked weak and fragile.

Joe also feels guilty for having told about his meeting with Mr. Madison some time ago especially he had said that from the words of Mr. Madison like selling Camilla to him.

"I'm sorry I didn't know the story was like that" Joe said.

Camilla is back to being the usual Camilla. Joe was surprised to see the change in his facial water. Camilla grinned widely and ate the dishes that had been served in front of their table.

Joe decides to resign as a lawyer for the Madison family.

***

Joe drove his car back to the city of Z, miles away from the court. The distance from the court to the city of Z is approximately 4 hours.

In the car, Camilla fell asleep. Joe understood that there was a very heavy burden on Camilla's shoulders.

After a little less 4 hours, finally they arrived to City Z.

"Millo, I've arrived. Open the door, now" Samm wrote in his message. However, Millo never returned a message from his brother.

Impatiently, Joe held Camilla and with all his strength he broke down the door of Millo's apartment.

Brak!

The apartment door was trapped open. Try finding Camilla's room and lay her on a white bed with a maroon blanket patterned with stars.

Joe stroked Camilla's hair and she lay down beside Camilla's bed.

The next day, Joe wakes up first and calls Millo. However, he did not find Millo anywhere. Not dizzy, Joe went back to Camilla's room. He saw that the girl had woken up.

"Again" said Joe.

"Hi, Joe. Good morning too. Where's Millo?" ask Camilla.

Joe shrugged both of his shoulders. "I'm also looking where Millo is,"

Camilla did not mind where Milo was at the time and he began to busy doing his homework. He asked Joe what he wanted for breakfast.

"I'll eat whatever you've made for me" Joe replied.

Camilla nodded. He took out a lump of corn and rice that he would cook into a grits with the addition of asparagus and egg soup.

Camilla's hands deftly cut this and that and prepared a dining table for them to eat later. Kamila gave Joe a glass of milk. "For you, it's good enough to fill your stomach that you might already be hungry" Camilla said.

Joe not only took a glass of milk but he also took Camilla's two hands. "May I say something to you?" ask Joe.

"What's that?" camilla asked trying to let go of her hand.

"Will you accept me if I say I love you. I mean, I may not have reached the stage of love, but I like you and my love for you is forcing me to have you" Joe replied.

Camilla was not hypnotized by Joe's stare. They cannot move and cannot escape. He felt a lump of meat inside his body pounding more and more.

"Tell me that you like me too, Camilla," insisted Joe.

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