Sean placed her right foot down and started on the left. ‘I know she is facing a few challenges with the boys, but it should be the children’s fathers’ responsibility. I tell you, once she sees me, she automatically becomes an invalid. She also has a lazy bone because there are women who will get up their tail and not wait on a man to do everything. How would it look if I don’t help?’ He sighed. Shaking his head Sean continued. ‘Recently poor Richard has been feeling the strain with his bad leg. She calls on him often. I am glad that I do not live close to Christie.’
‘Well,’ Abigale responded when she able to get a word in, ‘Based on the conversation I overhead at the health
It was a blue and white packet with individual, smaller soft packages the size of a blue soap inside. Pulling out one, she opened it. It was a sanitary napkin. She recalled seeing something similar by Lorain. She fingered the material. It very soft and absorbent. She wondered if it was made out of cotton. She slowly brought it to her nose and inhaled deeply. It had a light floral scent, almost of fresh flowers.‘I see that you found the package that I left you.’Suzie jumped. Placing a hand on her chest, she turned and found her Ma hovering at the door of the room. She looked a bit unsure
Returning to the house, Sean increased the wick of the lamp, flooding the room with brightness. He walked around the room, slowly retracing his steps. He was checking to see if the perpetrator had left anything behind which would give him a clue. He checked meticulously between the nook and crannies of the room. He found nothing. Picking up a few cushions that had fallen to the floor during their struggle, he placed them back on the chair. Sean took a last glance around the room to ensure that nothing was amiss. He returned the lamp to its rightful place and went back to the bedroom. As soon as he sat down, Abigale stirred and croaked, h
Before Sean could respond, Lydia sashayed into the room dressed in a short, white dress with her feet bare. Her hair was dropped; Sean could see droplets of water clinging to the ends of her hair. It looked like she had just come from the shower. Involuntarily, images of the last time they were together flooded his thoughts. Sean felt his heart trip in his chest. He felt ashamed, and wondered what she was thinking. The longer he stood there, the worse the feeling got. The air in the room had suddenly turned humid and he felt his throat constricting. He had to get outside now
***She was fleeing away from the shadows which were chasing her. The shapes in front of her were distorted. She could not make out the faces, but she felt fear. If she did not fight back, these creatures would gobble her up. ‘Wait for us,’ the voices boomed, blended together. With every step, the two shadows seemed to be getting closer. The ground shook under their weight.‘There is nowhere to run, Abigale. Return to us. We n
Passing the first two houses, Suzie saw the occupants sitting outside. The Lambert extended family. Suzie reckoned there must be over twelve people living there. There were five sons with their wives and children, parents and grandparents. That was a lot of people under one roof, Suzie thought as she bid them a good afternoon. Some of the children waved at her. It looked like they were roasting nuts. Five thirty in the afternoon was late for roasting nuts as far as Suzie knew. She quickly walked by, she did not want to be perfumed by the smell. When Pa roasted nuts, he would do so at around ten in
Sean gave the couch a few deep blows as he muttered some curse words. How did this problem escalate to this magnitude? First, it was the incident with the chickens, then the bastard trying to send him a message by saying lecherous things to Suzie and now this; his daughter accidentally finding out. He cringed to think of what would have occurred if they had seen Suzie. She was not a naïve child. She was very intelligent and fast on her feet in thinking too. He was taken aback a few minutes ago by the excuse she told her mother, the fact that she told it in the first place. Who was the other man she described? She might have been mis
*** When Abigale awoke, it was late morning. Through the half opened wooden window, the rays of the sun streamed steadily into the room. The brightness of the light had her closing her eyes. Her head hurt. Turning away from the glare, she placed her feet carefully on the left side of the bed. A fit of dizziness assailed her. Oh gracious. She hoped that she was not coming down with whatever Josh had. This might also be as a result staying up almost the whole night with Josh. The good news was that when she left him early that morning, the fever was gone. He should be up and about in the next two days she thought. Placing a hand over her he
Lydia was fighting vigorously to get a view of the body, but two of the men were trying to restrain her. Eventually they managed to drag her away from the crowd, and led her to one of the neighbors. She fell prostrate on one of the front stone steps, oblivious to the sympathetic stares and murmurs. Out of the corner of his eyes, Sean saw someone gently hold her up and place a bottle under her nose, maybe smelling salts. When she revived, one of the women forced a glass of water into her shaking hands. Squeezing his eyes shut, Sean took a deep shaky breath, then turned away from the sight and calmly addressed the crowd.‘