ELMO’S SOJOURN, CHAPTER 14

                                      ELMO’S SOJOURN

                                           CHAPTER 14

                 THE FUTURE FOR ELMO AND MILDRED

The three stood in front of Valmid’s house.  Elmo admired Mildred’s youthful body and long blond hair.  Mildred also admired the feelings of her body and experienced for the first time in years the pleasures of youth that old age had robbed her of.  She had not expected to make the same transition that Elmo had made on his first trip to Roth, because he’d been going back and forth so many times since then and had not changed a bit.

“Elmo, I can’t believe it!  I’m as young as you.”

“Welcome to Roth my dear.”  He reached for her hand.  “Let’s take a short walk. Then we will go inside, and you’ll meet Cal, Valmid’s wife.”  They walked towards the rise that would afford a view of the ocean.  “We’ll have so many adventures, Mildred.  We’ve got so much life to live.  Once we have something to eat, I’ll show you to our bedroom.”

Mildred noticed a twinkle in Elmo’s eyes that she had not seen for a long time, felt a thrill she had not felt for years.  The sky was darkening, the day was ending, and pinpricks of light began to populate the night.  Elmo squeezed Mildred’s hand excitedly as they walked hand in hand toward an emerald, green sunset made more beautiful by thoughts of all the tomorrows they would share.

                                                  THE END

I hope you enjoyed my novella, Elmo’s Sojourn.