Ashes And Ice
“Karen said as soon as supper was finished. She didn’t wait for either one to respond to her, but instead got up from the table and moved toward the back stairs just off the kitchen.
For a new building, the floors certainly creak a lot, she thought. With each step, the stairs seemed to groan, evidence of their shoddy carpentry. Karen didn’t mind for once. She listened to the sound and heard her own heart in those wooden moans. She felt old and tired. How could it be that she had passed thirty ye...ars and had so very little to show for it? All of her girlhood friends were married with large families of their own. She was still single and cared for a dead man’s children.
“This is about Pa, isn’t it?” Jacob asked.
Karen waited until they were inside their room before she spoke. “Mr. Ivankov brought back a letter.”
“Then he’s alive?” Leah asked with hope.
Karen met Jacob’s fixed stare and knew she couldn’t hold the truth from them any longer. “I don’t know, quite honestly.MoreLess
For a new building, the floors certainly creak a lot, she thought. With each step, the stairs seemed to groan, evidence of their shoddy carpentry. Karen didn’t mind for once. She listened to the sound and heard her own heart in those wooden moans. She felt old and tired. How could it be that she had passed thirty ye...ars and had so very little to show for it? All of her girlhood friends were married with large families of their own. She was still single and cared for a dead man’s children.
“This is about Pa, isn’t it?” Jacob asked.
Karen waited until they were inside their room before she spoke. “Mr. Ivankov brought back a letter.”
“Then he’s alive?” Leah asked with hope.
Karen met Jacob’s fixed stare and knew she couldn’t hold the truth from them any longer. “I don’t know, quite honestly.MoreLess
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