No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 293



I thought I'd get turned away at the door. It turned out Herschel's name carried some weight, especially with Lord.

Taking a deep breath, I stepped inside and immediately spotted an elder with salt-and-pepper hair standing in the hall practicing what appeared to be yoga.

Was he Lord? I had done my homework on Lord, who wasn't even sixty, around Herschel's age, and he was youthful-looking in his photos. But he looked much older than Herschel.

Even with all the background info on Lord, for a moment, I struggled to connect this figure, deeply immersed in his poses, with the man I had come to see. It felt like I had the wrong person.

"Hey, Felicia, spit it out. What do you need?" Lord didn't stop his routine, moving through his yoga poses gracefully.

His statement was clear. He was indeed Lord.

I didn't want to guess why he looked the way he did. I took another deep breath and replied, "Good to meet you, Mr. Clark. My name's Felicia."

are," Lord kept up his movements

stunned, my

me? Did he also know why I was there to see him? Had Allen

treats you like a daughter. He's always talking about you," Lord

Lord's

to me?" Despite

I hadn't seen his face since he had been side-on the

if you remember someone named Denis Hudson. He discussed

routine, each action flowing into the next with

a dozen sequences,

and turned to face me, Standing straight, he closed his eyes, his hands

facing him, I could see his features weren't much different from the photos I'd researched, but there was a gentleness there. It seemed the years had

contrary to the rumors.

meditating. Though I was eager for a response, I