Lock You In My Heart

Staring hesitantly at Westley, Gabrielle spoke up finally.

“What does that mean, Westley?” She wanted to understand what he meant without having to make a guess.

Guessing was one thing she so much disliked.

“By telling you about Helena, Bonnie acknowledged you as a member of the family. You see, that is rather some kind of family secret, and it’s forbidden that we tell outsiders,” Westley explained in a calm voice.

Gabrielle now understood. She could now see that Bonnie had really treated her as one of the Morris family.

“Did Bonnie say something about you helping me out of the guilt?” he asked suddenly.

Gabrielle gaped at Westley.

“How did you know about that?” she asked him, her eyes dilated with surprise.

Westley always seemed to know everything, and it made her wonder if he could read other people’s minds.

“I have changed a lot, and that’s because of you, Gabrielle. I’m sure Bonnie must be expecting so much more from you,” Westley said with a smile.

He knew how concerned his brother and sister-in-law were about him.

Bonnie had always worried about him.

His sudden marriage to Gabrielle must have made Bonnie investigate her the more.

But it gladdened him too that she could talk to Gabrielle about Helena. It showed that she saw Gabrielle as family now.

not meet her expectations, Westley,” Gabrielle said

would not be

Gabrielle never thought she would have such a great impact on him. And if Bonnie hadn’t told her,

Gabrielle couldn’t promise Bonnie that she could live up to all

time, he had been rehearsing these words in his

about Helena left him

to her for risking her life to save him. However, ever since Gabrielle came into the picture, he noticed that his

her anymore?” Gabrielle asked him, her mouth agape

told her about Westley and Helena, she had thought they had both been deeply

other and were even going

Why did

tell you all you need to know about

that he hadn’t even

children and had grown up thinking that what he felt for her was love. Now, he realized that

told me all

any more about them than Bonnie had told her already. It would

I’ll always tell you everything when you want to hear it. You only have to ask,”

“Okay. No

a place tomorrow,” he said, an ounce of mystery in his

couldn’t help being curious.

out when we get there tomorrow,”

decided to wait for the

So she said, “Alright.”

left the Half Moon Bay soon after breakfast the next morning. Westley first took Gabrielle downtown to pick up a bunch of white lily from a flower shop. Then, they drove to the