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there witnessing the whole episode.
    We sat a while not speaking, I was thinking, he doesn’t believe me, ju st keeping me sweet, then he is going to get rid of me as fast as he was able .
     
     
     
    CHAPTER NINE
     
     
     
     
    He then spoke.
    “Do you still have the locket? ”
    I replied.
    “Yes I do, I hid in under my fireplace, and I put it there weeks ago and forgot about it”.
    David suggested he look at it, perhaps later when I take yo u home, if you trust me.
    “Of course I trust you David”.
    It was dark so I suggested we make a move, we arrived home, and I invited him in, he immediately said
    “Wow Amy, been keeping this quite, you have some lovely art here, where did you get it all from?
    I told him where it all came from. I could see he was impressed with my collection of art.
    I made us both, tea as he pottered about moving around the room slowly, taking in the art, looking at the bottom of a small sculpture I had of a dancer.
    Then we sat and I got the locket from the place I had hidden it.
    He gazed at it for ages he turned it, holding it gently in his hand, and then he said.
    “Do you mind if I open it? I said.
    “Of course go ahead”
    He then said she is beautiful, it is she, the woman in the painting.
         Now I was confused, the locket when he opened it, nothing happened, does it only go back with me?
    He passed it back to me, so I opened it.
    As I did the room started to dim, I moved closer to him placing my hand on his knee, we both looked up, there was no one else in the room, David could see what I could see, he sat gasping with amazement, frozen, then he whispered,
    “Is this real Amy, can you see it?
    “Yes I can, I told you, and it was true . ”
    David looked at me and slipped his hand in mine, holding my hand tightly, just looking around, then we heard a noise it was horses hoofs, outside in the street, quickly we both went to the window, and looked upon the street.
    It was  1800s, horses, carts, cobbled streets, an old man lighting the street lights, little urchin kids sitting at the kerbed edge, holding out there hands begging.
    Ladies, wearing, long skirts. The Gentlemen wore top hats, but I had seen all this. Everything grey looking. Just like the old pictures, we see.
    This was the most exciting moment of my life as I was sharing this moment with someone I think I loved.
    He then spoke .
        “Come let’s go back now ”,
    I agreed so I closed the locket, almost immediately we were back at my place.
    He released my hand,
    “Amy, do you know how valuable this is?
    It is probably the most sought after object in the world today, can you imagine what you could do with the money this is worth.
    You would be t he richest person in the world.”
    He added.
    “No one in history has ever been able to go back in time, but would like to, some to change the future, which we cannot allow.
    What are you going to do with it?
    I answered.
    “I don’t know, what I shall do with it, you tell me?
    We sat for a while discussing the situation, I also added some more stuff that I had missed out earlier, bits I had forgotten, so I told all.
    We sat and tried to forget what just happened.
    On my cupboard stood an album, pictures of my family, so we went through them, David was so interesting; he asked so many questions, about my mum and dad.
    He wanted to know all about Tom and his family.
    He then told me bits about his life. It was the first time; we had connected in this way.
    We sat watching TV a while.
    David opened the locket again but only partially, so he could look at the photographs inside, agreed the pictu re in the gallery were the same, as he done earlier.
    I also showed him the love note I found.
    He said.
    “Shall we go down to the street, just to see what it’s like?
    “I’ve told you the story David, I have been there many times, and I am scared to go again.”
    I then added. “Ok, but just this once.”
    A pprehensive, but excited at the same time and I felt safe