Love and Fortune A Gamble for Two (Angela and Chester) novel Chapter 41

Chapter 41 

Emily guided little Angelina across the road. She walked ahead, but Angelina suddenly stopped. 

“What’s wrong?” Emily asked. 

“There’s a lot of cars,” Angelina muttered. 

“You don’t have to be scared of cars. See, the light’s green. That means we can cross to the other side of the road without worrying about the cars,” Emily explained. 

“No, the light’s red,” Angelina argued. 

“It’s green. That means we can go,” Emily said. 

Angelina looked up at Emily. “Why can we cross when it’s green but not when it’s red? There are too many cars. I’m scared.” 

Emily chuckled. “I forgot you don’t have traffic lights where you come from. It doesn’t matter. I’ll teach you.” 

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A new scene flashed before Angelina’s eyes. The younger original Angelina was playing with a few of her classmates when she suddenly stopped. One of them turned around and asked, Aren’t you crossing?” 

Angelina pointed at the red light. “That’s red. We can’t cross.” 

“That’s meant for the left pedestrian crossing. We can go straight,” her classmate explained. 

Another one sighed. “What a bumpkin.” 

“Yeah, how much time did you spend in the sticks to not know how to read traffic signals?” 

another teased. 

“I don’t want to play with you anymore. You’re so embarrassing!” 

Angelina clenched her fists and looked down at her shoes. 

When she noticed her classmates going ahead without her, she tried to follow them. However, 

a large hand pulled her back, and she turned around to find an adolescent Chester staring at 

her. 

“Don’t follow them. Didn’t I tell you not to run off on your own?” he chided. 

“Ches…” Angelina mumbled. 

“Don’t go with them. You don’t have to do everything they do. It only matters if you do the things you want to do,” he said solemnly. 

“Ches… When I grow up, I want to make lots of money,” Angelina declared. 

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“I can give you the money. All you have to do is follow me. I’ll have lots of money when I grow up,” Chester said. 

“And what if you run out of money one day?” Angelina pressed. 

“As long as I’m alive, I’ll find a way to make money for you,” he promised. 

“Can you carry me, then?” 

“Of course.” 

Chester lowered himself and pulled Angelina into his warm embrace. She buried her face in the crook of his neck, pressing her chin against his shoulder as she watched her classmates giggle while they crossed the road. 

Suddenly, the road disappeared. “Ches…” 

She turned around and glanced in the direction Chester was headed. The sun was shining there, and the weather was nice and balmy like it had just rained. A rainbow arched overhead.