Mathieu listened letting her cry as much as needed to before speaking himself. "I was a promising watch maker, I almost had the money to open my own shop in London. A young woman had... Taken a shine to me, finally after a wonderful date I take her home." He sighed taking a long drag from his cigarette lighting her cigarette.
"The next day, she admitted she loved me. The feeling was not mutual I told her to give it time, she took this as rejection. Telling papa, a wealthy lord I had gotten her pregnant, she expected to be married to me I assume." He threw the cigarette on the deck crushing it with his heel.
"Instead, he hired men to smash wares, kill me, while he arranged a marriage for his lying daughter." He explained looking out at the water, hugging her back. "So late in the night, I sold everything and we ran buying tickets to America." He said, smiling at her a little. "So you are not alone with problems my dear. However I will listen and help if I can, you are to kind to have to marry a man who sounds so dreadful. Perhaps tell your mother you do not want the marriage or plead to your father?"
"The next day, she admitted she loved me. The feeling was not mutual I told her to give it time, she took this as rejection. Telling papa, a wealthy lord I had gotten her pregnant, she expected to be married to me I assume." He threw the cigarette on the deck crushing it with his heel.
"Instead, he hired men to smash wares, kill me, while he arranged a marriage for his lying daughter." He explained looking out at the water, hugging her back. "So late in the night, I sold everything and we ran buying tickets to America." He said, smiling at her a little. "So you are not alone with problems my dear. However I will listen and help if I can, you are to kind to have to marry a man who sounds so dreadful. Perhaps tell your mother you do not want the marriage or plead to your father?"
