1 EPISODE 1

EMILY LEE, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL FROM NEW ZEALAND, WAS LIVING IN MIDHIRST WITH HER YOUNGER BROTHER, BRET LEE.

BRET WAS 16 YEARS OLD GOOD LOOKING GUY BUT HIS DISEASE OF ASTHAMA WAS THE CAUSE OF EMILY'S WORRIES.

EMILY WAS A VERY HARD-WORKING GIRL. HER PARENTS MET THEIR END IN A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT AND THEN EMILY HAD TO LEAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL SO SHE COULD DO SOME WORK AND EARN MONEY TO FEED HER BROTHER AND HERSELF.

EVERY MORNING, SHE WOKE UP EARLY AND GO THE FARM AND WATCH OUT FOR THE ANIMALS. MEANWHILE, HER BROTHER BRET, GO TO SCHOOL AND IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE HELPS HIS SISTER. BRET KNEW EMILY WAS WORKING HARD FOR HIS MEDICINES AND HE EVEN KNEW THAT ALL THE MONEY WAS GETTING WASTED OVER HIS MEDICINES. THEY HAD NO PROPERTY OR SAVED MONEY. BOTH OF THEM WERE LIVING IN A SMALL HOUSE LOCATED AT THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE.

TODAY MORNING WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE, AND BRET WAS IN LOVE WITH THIS TYPE OF WEATHER.

''EMI! LOOK AT THIS BUG, IT'S TRYING TO COME IN'' SAID BRET POINTING AT THE BUG WHICH WAS TRYING TO CLIMB THE WINDOW SILL.

''I KNOW YOU LIKE THE WEATHER BUT CLOSE THE WINDOW BRET! WE CAN'T AFFORD ALL THAT THINGS IN OUR HOME. LOOK AT THE COUCH, THE RAINWATER IS MAKING IT WET. COME ON, COME HERE AND HELP ME IN THIS'' SAID EMILY TRYING TO MOVE THE TABLE FROM ITS PLACE.

BRET CLOSED THE WINDOW AND WENT TO HELP EMILY. BOTH MOVED THE TABLE ASIDE AND EMILY USED A VACUUM CLEANER TO CLEAN ALL THE DUST.

''YOU'RE GONNA WATCH OUT LITTLE MOI AFTER THIS?'' ASKED BRET WATCHING HER CLEANING THE PLACE.

MOI WAS THE NAME OF THEIR COW AND BRET LOVED TO CALL IT LITTLE ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T LITTLE.

''YOU WANT TO GO WITH ME?'' ASKED EMILY WATCHING HIM PARTIALLY.

''YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY WORK TODAY, AND THE HOMEWORK, I'VE DONE IT YESTERDAY SO I WAS THINKING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH LITTLE MOI AND COCOS'' HE EXPLAINED SO THAT EMILY COULDN'T FIND ANY REASON TO SAY NO.

''AH OKAY, LET'S GO TOGETHER'' SHE REPLIED HUMBLY.

AFTER HAVING A SCRAMBLED EGG WITH A TOAST, BRET WENT DOWN TOWARDS THE FARMHOUSE WITH EMILY.

BOTH WERE TALKING ABOUT RAIN WHICH HAD STOPPED SUDDENLY.

''YEAH I WAS THIN'' EMILY WAS SAYING SOMETHING BUT SHE IMMEDIATELY FELL SILENT AFTER WATCHING MOI LYING ON THE FLOOR.

''MOI!'' SHE CRIED AND QUICKLY WENT NEAR THE COW.

''MOI!'' BRET CALLED AFTER HIS SISTER.

''GO AND ASK MR. MILLITAN TO COME AND WATCH HER OUT'' SAID EMILY IN PANIC AND BRET RAN OUT OF THE FARM AFTER LISTENING TO HER.

''WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU MOI?'' SHE KEPT ON SAYING UNTIL MR. MILLITAN ARRIVED THERE FOLLOWING BRET WITH HIS BAG OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

''EMILY LET ME SEE HER'' SAID MILLITAN GENTLY AND SAT DOWN IN FRONT OF MOI TO CHECK OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER.

MILLITAN WAS A YOUNG AND HANDSOME VETERINARY DOCTOR. HE WAS POPULAR IN THE VILLAGE AS HE WAS THE ONLY VET DOCTOR IN THE PLACE.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THERE FOR EMILY AND BRET AND MANY OF THEM CLAIMED THAT HE WAS IN LOVE WITH EMILY. ''GOD KNOWS BETTER'' WAS THE ONLY SENTENCE EMILY BELIEVED.

''SHE'S DEAD'' SAID MILLITAN AFTER SOME TIME.

''NO-NO THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, WHAT WILL I DO NOW?'' SAID EMILY AND STARTED CRYING BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT THE COW WAS THE ONLY WAY OF EARNING MONEY.

''EMILY! I'M SORRY'' SAID MILLITAN AND STOOD UP, HE WAS WATCHING EMILY WITH LOVE IN HIS EYES.

FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE PEOPLE'S CONSPIRACIES ABOUT HIM BEING IN LOVE WITH EMILY, SEEMED TRUE BUT THEN BRET FELT THE SENSITIVITY OF THE SITUATION AND SAID ''THAT'S OKAY EMI, DON'T WORRY''.

''TELL ME FROM WHERE WILL I GET MONEY FOR YOUR MEDICINES?'' SAID EMILY HOPELESSLY.

''EMILY DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, MY FRIEND, HE'LL CHECK HIM AND WILL GIVE THE MEDICINES FREE'' SAID MILLITAN TRYING TO CALM DOWN EMILY.

EMILY TOOK HIS EYE AND SAID ''JUSTIN! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT US? KNOWING ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU'RE OFFERING ME HELP''.

''DON'T WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE EMILY! THEY JUST TALK BUT THE REALITY IS PERFECTLY KNOWN TO ME AND YOU. AND IF THINK PEOPLE WILL SAY MORE CURSED WORDS TO YOU THEN DON'T WORRY I'M HERE TO HEAR ALL THOSE WORDS FOR YOU'' HE SAID POLITELY.

ALL HIS SENTENCES WERE SHOWING HIS LOVE FOR EMILY.

EMILY WANTED TO SAY LOTS OF WORDS BUT BECAUSE OF BRET, SHE REMAINED SILENT.

''DON'T MAKE ME MORE INDEBTED. THANKS FOR COMING HERE. YOU MAY LEAVE'' SAID EMILY IGNORING HIS SIGHT AND WATCHING THE DEAD COW.

''EMILY!''

''PLEASE JUSTIN! PLEASE''

JUSTIN HEARD EMILY SAYING THESE WORDS HOPELESSLY.

''GOODBYE THEN'' HE SAID AND LEFT THE PLACE.

HIS EYES WERE TEARY, BRET KNEW AS HE TOOK HIS EYE AT THE LAST MOMENT.

AFTER SOME DAYS, EMILY FOUND A JOB IN THE STORE NEARBY. THE STORE HAD ALMOST EVERY ITEM USED IN DAILY LIFE. YOU CAN CALL IT A MART BUT A VERY SMALL ONE. SHE WAS WORKING HARD THERE. SHE WAS DOING HER BEST TO FEED BRET AND HERSELF WELL.

''THERE YOU GO SIR!'' SAID EMILY TO A GUY DRESSED IN A FULL BLACK SUIT AND WEARING BLACK SUNGLASSES. SHE FOUND HIM A PEANUT BUTTER BUT A VERY OLD ONE.

''EMILY LEE'' THE GUY READ HER NAME FROM HER NAMEPLATE.

EMILY LOOKED DOWN AT THE NAMEPLATE AND PASSED A GENTLE SMILE.

''YES SIR'' SHE SAID POLITELY.

''GREAT AND THANKS FOR THIS OLD N NASTY BUTTER'' THE GUY SAID AGGRESSIVELY.

EMILY BOWED TO THE GUY AND HE LEFT THE STORE AFTER PAYING FOR THE THING HE BOUGHT.

''HITMAN'' SAID EMILY WATCHING HIM LEAVING THE MART ''PROBABLY'' SHE ADDED AND FORCED HERSELF TO PICK UP THE HUGE BOX FULL OF FRESH VEGGIES.

''WANT SOME HELP, MY LADY?'' CAME A VOICE FROM BEHIND.

EMILY TURNED BACK A BIT ''ARGH'' SHE SAID UNCONTROLABLELLY AS THE BOX SHE WAS HOLDING, FELL DOWN AND ALL THE FRESH VEGGIES WERE ROLLING ON THE FLOOR.

''EMILY!'' CAME THE SAME VOICE.

EMILY TURNED PROPERLY AND FOUND JUSTIN STANDING BEHIND HER.

''I LOST IT ONCE MORE JUSTIN!'' SHE SAID AND CLOSED HER EYES.

''YOU FOOLISH LEE GIRL. LOOK WHAT HAVE YOU DONE'' THE OWNER YELLED AND STARTED WALKING TOWARDS EMILY.

EMILY WHO WAS STANDING IDLE WITH HER EYE SHUT WAS BEING SAVED FROM A SLAP OF THE OWNER BY JUSTIN.

''YOU CAN NOT TREAT A GIRL LIKE THIS SIR!'' SAID JUSTIN WHO WAS HOLDING THE OWNER'S HAND HIGH UP IN THE AIR.

EMILY OPENED HER EYES AND WATCHED JUSTIN HOLDING THE OWNER'S HAND HIGH UP IN THE AIR.

''I'M DONE WITH HER. YOU'RE FIRED LEE'' SAID THE OWNER FREEING HIS HAND AGGRESSIVELY AND GIVING EMILY A LOOK FULL OF ARROGANCE.

''YOU'RE NOT CEO OF ANY COMPANY SIR! DON'T TALK LIKE THIS TO HER'' SAID JUSTIN HUMBLY.

''HUH. ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE RIGHT ABOUT YOU GUYS, YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL. EVERYBODY'S RIGHT'' SAID THE OWNER AND STARTED PICKING UP THE VEGETABLES.

EMILY WHO HAVE HEARD HIS WORDS FOR HER BEING FIRED, EYES GOT TEARS.

''COME ON EMILY!'' SAID JUSTIN POLITELY HOLDING HER HAND AND PULLING HER IN THE OUTSIDE DIRECTION.

EMILY STARTED WALKING AFTER HIM WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.

HE WALKED HER HOME AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE THE PLACE HIS LAST WORDS TO EMILY WERE ''DON'T WORRY EMILY! EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE VERY SOON AND YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE YOU'LL BE''. THEN JUST IN SOME DAYS, EMILY LEE AND HER BROTHER BRET LEE AND THE VET DOCTOR JUSTIN MILLITAN LEFT THE VILLAGE AND ALL PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE WERE SURE THAT JUSTIN MARRIED EMILY AND SO THEY LEFT THE PLACE WITH BRET BUT THE REALITY WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT AS IT WASN'T KNOWN TO ANYBODY.

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