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City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Following Tyler into the shop, Ele moved so she was in front of him where she could see what was happening.

"Wait! I want to see this!"

She exclaimed, watching with fascination as the chef and his assistant poured the fudge into a long rectangle shape on the table.

"I've tried making fudge before, but it always came out wrong! I wonder how they do it,"

Leaning back against Tyler, Ele watched the workers with intent eyes as they began pushing and pulling the fudge into shape.

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Nodding and skipping over to the fudge shop, Ele grabbed a tourist pamphlet from a stand and opened it to a map of the island. Looking over it for a minute, she pointed to a couple things she found interesting,

"We should get some fudge, then hop on a carriage tour! We could also see the fort and the haunted theater!"

Pointing around the map excitedly, Ele looked up at Tyler hopefully,

"Will there be enough time for that?"

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Cuddling up to Tyler on the ride over to the island, Ele stayed close and dozed happily until they arrived. Once they were in the main area of the little town, Ele's eyes went wide with wonder as she looked around like a small child at a theme park.

"This is amazing!"

Holding tight to Tyler's hand, Ele watched as a horse drawn carriage rolled past them, and people on bikes zipped by. There was a romantic feeling in the air, and Ele loved it.

"It's so perfect!"

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Nodding, Ele took Tyler's hand and went back up to the car. It was still striking to her that last month Ele would have never expected to find herself living in Michigan of all places. It had never been on her radar as a state to live in, even temporarily. Now, Ele,couldn't imagine being anywhere else, she had Tyler, a gallery all to herself, and was beginning to,really heal from her past. It was all she could ever ask for.

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Leaning back into Tyler's embrace, Ele smiled as she looked out over the water. It was a moment she wanted to freeze and live in forever, but Tyler's voice brought her back. Twisting to look up at Tyler, Ele nodded happily,

"That sounds like a great idea! I would love to see it!"

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Already on her way to the water, Ele called back to Tyler,

"I'm definitely not going in!"

She promised, making her way along the water's edge and picking up rocks and other things she found interesting as she went. Standing up straight as a breeze kicked up, Ele smiled into the wind and closed her eyes. Feeling peace wash over her like the small waves lapping by her feet, Ele breathed out a big sigh, feeling burdens fall away.

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

"It's beautiful!"

Ele gasped, leaning forward over the dash to see the view of the water with the bridge. The area was serene and picturesque, so much so that Ele forgot to actually take a picture with her phone. There was no way that a picture could do the view justice, so she committed what she was seeing to memory.

Opening her door, Ele hurried out of the car and around to the front, determined to get closer to the water.

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

"I'll let you know!"

Ele said brightly, playing with the radio until the classic rock came through clear. Singing along with the songs she knew, Ele took pictures as she wanted and chatted about what she would do with the gallery.

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

Enjoying the thought, Ele smiled and pulled her phone out of her pocket before snapping a picture of Tyler,

"Let's get the other cars finished first, get the store up and running, and then we can think about ripping up a bus and making a rolling apartment. Deal?"

City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

"We should get the old style school bus and just totally overhaul it into a mobile apartment."

Ele said with her eyes closed still,

"Or a box truck would work too! Could you imagine rolling around in that?"

Opening her eyes and giggling, Ele rolled her head to look at Tyler,

"The yard is going to look like some sort of weird used car lot."