Cry, Even Better If You Beg (Chat Story)
Fast Delivery
The little girl arrived at the mansion by a mail wagon in the early spring.
It was around late afternoon when Bill Remmer was hard at work planting rose seeds.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
Are you Mr. Bill Remmer?
The little girl asked carefully, in a smooth accent that gave off quite a peculiar feeling.
Bill Remmer simply stood still with a stupefied look on his face.
Bill Remmer
Yes, I'm Bill Remmer.
Bill took off his straw hat with the same hands that he had scrubbed off the dirt from his clothes.
The child swallowed when his tanned face, hidden in the shadow of the broad brim, was revealed.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
😨😨😨😨😨
For Bill, the child's reaction was nothing out of ordinary.
Anyone who first saw Bill usually reacted the same way because of his rugged appearance.
Bill's face appeared more frightening as he frowned upon the little girl.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
Hello, uncle Bill.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
I'm Layla Lewelline.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
I came from Lovita.
The girl spoke clearly and slowly.
Bill soon realized why her accent had sounded a little different.
Bill Remmer
Did you cross the border to the Berg Empire and come here all by yourself?
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
Yes. I came by train.
She smiled awkwardly, as she unnaturally straightened her posture.
At that moment, the postman who had brought Layla approached them from behind.
Postman
This child finally met you, Mr. Remmer.
Bill Remmer
Why did you bring her here?
Postman
She was walking all alone with her luggage in front of the station.
Postman
So, when I asked her where she was going, she said she was on her way to find Bill Remmer, the gardener of the Herhardt Duke.
Postman
I brought her here because I was also on my way to deliver some letters.
The postman explained with a smile and handed over an envelope to Bill.
It was a letter from a distant relative living in the neighboring country of Lovita.
Bill immediately ripped the envelope open.
The letter contained the story of an orphaned child who had previously been taken in by relatives who were now no longer able to foster her because of their "Poor" circumstances.
The child's name was Layla Lewelline.
She is the child of Albert Lewelline.
The child's mother ran off with another man and left the house. After discovering this Albert drank himself away to alcoholism, got sick then passed away.
My family is dirt poor and cannot support an additional person...
Bill Remmer
No, what is he...
I heard a long time ago that you had been hired by a duke to work in his garden. Between all the distant relatives with a faint connection to the child I felt that you were the best off so I am sending the child to you.
Bill Remmer
What?! Faint connection my a$$!!! 😡
Bill Remmer
(They want this widower, Bill Remmer, to raise that little girl no bigger than my fist?!)
The little girl standing in front of Bill was the orphan mentioned in the letter.
Bill Remmer
Damned people.
The letter in his hand crumbled in anger.
Bill Remmer
This son of a bítch...! You sent word so fast too. 🤬
Astonished, Bill lost his breath.
Bill Remmer
They deserve to be beaten to death!!!
No one in Lovita could foster this little orphan. Bill was the last among those who had a direct connection with the child. So they had delivered the child to him.
Bill Remmer
Are they in their right mind!?
Bill Remmer
I could leave the child in the orphanage if my situation was not favorable enough for raising her...?
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
*Gasped*
Bill grumbled and tossed the paper to the ground.
Bill Remmer
These people should go to hell.
Bill Remmer
I don't understand how they could send this little girl here all by herself!
As he understood the extent of this situation, his face red with outrage.
The girl was treated like a mere toy, passed from one relative to another, and doomed to be dumped when no one else desired her.
Bill Remmer
(How old is she?) *Anger overwhelmed him*
Eventually, she was sent off to a foreign country and given the address of a distant relative she had never met.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
Excuse me, Uncle Bill.
All the while he had sorted out his own assumptions and anger on the people who send her this way in such a state, Layla feared the possibilities of her being stood alone on the roads of this foreign land again.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
I'm not that young.
Layla who had been observing Bill quietly spoke up with the courage she had left within.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
I'll be twelve in a couple of weeks.
Bill chuckled with delight as he listened to her rather mature manner of speech. He felt reassured when he learned that she was older than expected, considering the girl looked smaller than her age.
Postman
It seems that you have to take care of this poor girl, Mr. Remmer.
With that, the postman left.
Bill covered his head with his hands and prayed to God for help.
Layla Lewelline (11 to 12 yrs old)
*Waiting for his next step*
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