The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 614

Chapter 0614

In the bedroom, Nicholas and Charlotte helped Elva and I pack our bags for our weekend homecoming trip. I pick out many subtle outfits for Elva and me. Back home, people would notice if we dressed too expensive. It might even have painted targets on our backs.

Elva, however, didn't understand. When she saw I was packing her plain shorts and tees, she crossed her arms, stuck out her bottom lip, and pouted, "I want to be princess."

"You are a princess, honey," I told her. "You don't need fancy clothes for that."

Elva frowned deeper. "It's not the same."

"It is." Nicholas lowered himself down onto one knee so that he could look Elva in the eye.

Elva glanced up at him through her eyelashes. She seemed sadder than anything and it broke my heart. I wanted Elva to have the things she wanted, but it was just too dangerous. We weren't from the best part of town. If we wore fancy clothes around, we would be robbed at worst.

At best, we just wouldn't fit in.

"Elva," Nicholas said. He placed his hand on her little shoulder. She always looked at him like he hung the sun in the sky, and now was no different. "What makes you a princess is not what you wear. It's what's on the inside that counts."

Elva glanced down at herself. "But I'm just a girl..."

"You are a girl with a very special ability," Nicholas said.

"What?" Elva asked.

Nicholas smiled at her so kindly my chest ached. "You have a big heart. Carry that with you, feed it and protect it, and you never need the fancy dresses to show you are a princess."

Elva's mood shifted somewhat, lightening. She smiled.

As Nicholas started to stand, Elva added, "I will still get to wear dresses though... right?" Softer, she said, "I like the dresses."

laughed, just a little. A rare sound from him, I wished I could bottle it and listen to it again and again, whenever I

want," he said. He glanced at me. "If it's okay with your mom,

on me in

"Of course," I said.

"Yay!" Elva cheered.

was holding a few outfits. She

sure you won't need more than this?" she asked. Even knowing my background, she seemed

other candidates dressed fancy and formally at their own mansions and estates. But those candidates weren't going to a two-bedroom apartment in a bad part

and carefully folded the chosen

you come with us,

was genuine, with hope in

patted her head. "I wish I could, princess. But it's against the rules for me

"Oh," Elva deflated.

with you and your mom, and then be there when

"Great!" Elva said.

up at me. "How

my turn to smile, grateful for the gesture. It would help, knowing that he would be there in a few days to

better terms of my home. That

difficult to imagine a future now without

Nicholas noticed my shift of mood. Leaving Elva to her toys, he walked

he whispered. "I will

know how to properly convey

I didn't

to offer to do it myself. Nicholas would likely offer

sentiment. I didn't want to leave him

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