The trial of her case started only a couple of days ago, but her accusation had begin only a fortnight ago. She had to live in fear because of the trials, isolating a life away from everyone. Only having her husband do everything out in the public, while this beautiful woman had to stay trapped in her home.

         One night, the forth night of her being accused, she broke down into tears. She slowly fell towards the ground, curling into a ball, in hopes of shielding herself from her horrid reality. 

       Her love had witnessed the falling, the drowning, the breaking of the lively woman that he married. He knows for a fact, that his wife could shrug anything off her shoulder. But this must be something critical if it causes her to lay on the dirty ground in tears. 

     Kneeling on the ground, he held his distressed wife in his arms, "My beloved, what could be the matter?"

        Hearing his simple question, more tears had spilled over her pale cheeks,  "I have been accused..." Her voice was only an inaudible mutter.

       Frowning at her refusal, he rested his chin on top of her head. His goal was to give her some comfort through all the sorrow.  "Could you repeat what you said again? Only a little louder this time?" 

       She repeated the same sentence she spoke before, but only having it as a whisper. The jig of a conversation continued in that pattern until the woman gave up hiding this nightmare from the one person whom could not only hear, but someone who can listen to her hopeless cries. 

        "I have been accused for being a witch, a sin!" She finally had screamed out the truth to her husband.

           Upon hearing the terror and solemn news, her husband did something that was far from what she had expected.
           Rather than pushing her off and rushing out of their home to run away from this colony, only to be never seen again by anyone. No, instead, he only held her tighter in his arms before kissing away her tears. 

           "My love, why would you believe that I pay any mind towards these trials that based on some horrid rumors that serve no justice? This town is based upon superstition, don't forget that." 
      His voice held such sincerity and assurance that she knew that he meant every word he is speaking now, "Everything will be alright. I promise..."

            "I wish that everyone else could see the truth of the trials like you.....or maybe to simply run away here. Away from these trials, away from all of this hatred and fear. Now....I am questioning if there is such thing as a happily ever after...." Her voice was fragile, as if any moment in time, her voice could break into more cries. 

         From that one monologue, it was her last plead to fulfill her hopes. It is what sparked an idea within her husband's logical mind. 

" Then....why do we leave? Leave this blasted town? We cannot travel back to England, but we can travel to the Middle Colonies. The land of no judgement, but a land of diversity and freedom. There.....we can live our happily ever after together...." Her husband softly declared, in hopes that his wife would agree to his spontaneous plan. 

    Hearing such a declaration from her life partner, the woman had more tears streaking down her tired smile, in which her spouse wiped away her tears. 

 " I am sorry if that plan did sound unrealistic or it is simply too dari-" His nervous babbling was stopped by her crimson lips placed on top of his chapped ones.

       The affectionate woman didn't care about how unrealistic this plan of his is or if this escape is far more risky than staying in this dreadful town. All she cares about is this moment now......cherish this precious moment with the man who caught her heart with all of his logic and technicalities. 

        And for him to absorb and marvel at the feeling of her lips on his, falling head on into the love that this woman is proving to him at this moment. This woman here with him, the woman who had him question what love is from her enchanting heart and wonderment imagination. 

 Despite the bewilderment from their families and everyone else about their love from how conflicting they are from each other. This moment here.....this beautiful moment here.....this is what love is based upon. Passion, dedication, and friendship. 

          This kiss between them is a reminder of how they first fell in love. This kiss is what compromises and balance each other from each other from themselves. 

After what feels like eternity, the love-struck woman leaned back to stare into his stormy gray eyes into her glassy eyes. "Yes....yes....I want to escape this cursed town with you. I want to spend my happily ever after with you..."

"Then we shall proceed with this plan, my love. We shall escape this town, in the upcoming week. Once we settle into our new home, it will be the beginning towards our happily ever after."

       If only that was how happily ever after's can happen. For that was only the last fond memory with her late love. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Author's Note:
       What do you think of the story so far? What are aspects you like and dislike? Don't be nervous to tell me the truth, I don't bite!

        After taking some thought about the updating schedule, I have decided that I will make a goal rather than having a strict schedule. So, my goal is to publish and complete this story before Valentine's Day. As in, I will continue updating this story for the remaining of January to the first week of February.
    Which also means that there will be more frequent updates than most stories. So, be on a lookout for those updates! :)