Sweet Revenge

 

Chapter Eleven

The Next Morning

Sarah woke up to the sun shining on her face; she rolled over and saw Jareth sitting in the chair just staring at her with no emotion shown on his face. She looked at him, not sure what to say or do, but then she remembered about the child she lost, the one she can never get back, and if she did have another one, it wouldn’t be a replacement for that one, but she would still love it. She is not sure if she would ever have another child with Jareth, she is just upset with herself and Jareth now, so who knows what will happen between them in the future.

“Leave me alone” Sarah said sadly and rolled over on her side, so her back was facing him.

“Sarah. We have to talk” Jareth said quietly

“No we don’t. We said all we had to say last night” Sarah mumbled

“Please Sarah, there are some things I need to explain to you” Jareth told her sounded desperate

Sarah rolled over to look at him “what is it?”

Jareth was about to speak when he heard a voice behind him “sire, I told you not to bother her” the healer said

Jareth turned to look at her “I’m sorry, I just needed to talk to her”

Madgie looked at Sarah “would you like him to stay or go?”

“Please have him go, I am tired and would like to go back to sleep” Sarah said rolling over her back facing them.

“Sarah I really need to talk to you, to make you understand, why I did what I did” Jareth begged

Sarah ignored him while Madgie was pushing him into the hallway. He met with Isabelle and Talon in the hall, Isabelle had her arms folded in front of her looking angry, Talon just stared at him.

“What is it that you need to explain to Sarah so bad?” Isabelle asked a mean tone

Jareth looked around, then back at them “not here, we will go to my study”

Jareth disappeared and they followed him, they appeared in his study. Jareth looked around to make sure they were alone, he smiled satisfied that they were. Before he could say anything, Isabelle opened her mouth.

“So what is it that you wanted to tell her?” Isabelle asked again

Talon looked at his wife, his mouth gapped open, and he never saw her so pushy and demanding before.

“I wanted to explain to Sarah why I treated her badly and why I treated woman badly” Jareth said

Isabelle crossed her arms over chest again “this I have to hear”

Jareth sighed loudly out of annoyance at her “I treated woman badly after Sarah left, because since I couldn’t take my anger out on her, for leaving I did it to other woman”

“So you would hit them?” Isabelle asked trying to understand what he was telling her

Jareth shook his head “no, I only hit them because they wanted to leave me. I might have ignored them, and only paid attention to them when I wanted something”

“Like sex” Isabelle blurted out

Jareth nodded his head “yes sex and attention”

“So what was it with whipping Sarah?” Isabelle asked with anger in her voice

Jareth lowered his head and shook it, then looked up at Isabelle staring at her directly in the eyes “I will admit, I got carried away, I just didn’t want her to leave me again”

Isabelle shook her head sadly “and you thought whipping her, would make her want to stay with you”

“I will admit I acting rationally, but I do love her and I want to make it work with her” Jareth told her

Isabelle snorted at that. Talon got in the middle “okay let’s end this conversation, before it gets out of hand”

Isabelle and Jareth moved away from each other just staring at each other. When everything has been said between them, thy all left to go their separate ways.

 

Later That Afternoon

Sarah woke up still in the bed in the healer’s room; she looked at the table next to the bed, and saw brightly colored tulips in a vase. She looked up and saw the healer Madgie staring at her with a big smile planted on her face.

“Where did the flowers come from?” she asked softly still tired from sleep

“His majesty left them, he picked them out of his own garden” Madgie tells her

Sarah smiles and replies “how did he know, tulips were my favorite flower?”

“The king knows everything about you my lady” Madgie said.

Sarah looked at the flowers in awe she has never seen anything so big and beautiful in her life.

Madgie helped Sarah sit up then she placed a tray of food on her lap, then she walked away leaving Sarah alone with her food. Sarah ate while staring at her flowers a big smile on her face.

Madgie walked out into the hallway where Jareth and Hoggle were waiting there.

“Did Sarah like the flowers I gave her?” Jareth asked eagerly

Hoggle growled “you mean the flowers I picked for you”

Jareth rolled his eyes; Hoggle kept talking “you wouldn’t even know her favorite flower was tulips, until I told you”

Jareth looked down at Hoggle and replied “yes, thank you for that”

Hoggle gave him a nasty look and walked away, Jareth was ready to walk in, when Madgie stopped him “I don’t think now is the time”

Jareth looked at her confused “but you said she liked the flowers”

Madgie lowered her head and said “yes sire I did, but she is just starting to look happy, and act like her normal self. I would hate for her to go back into a depression”

Jareth nodded his head in agreement “you’re right, just tell her I came to see her”

“Will do sire” she told him

Jareth walked down the hallway with his head lowered, walking away sadly. Madgie shook her head sadly and walked in the room.

Sarah raised her head up from her empty plate and looked at Madgie “did I hear voices in the hallway”

“Yes ma’am you did, Hoggle and Jareth came to see you. But I thought it best, they wait” she told Sarah

Sarah nodded her head sadly in agreement; Madgie took the tray from Sarah.

“Why don’t you get some sleep dear, it will help heal you and make you strong again” the healer told her

Sarah smiled kindly at her, Madgie caressed her face lovingly, and walked out of the room, and she slid down until her head hit the pillow and fell asleep.