Dawn
“"To forget me," I added, not without some note of accusation.
"You're too young to understand these things, honey," she replied in her own defense. I glared at her. There were some things that didn't require you to be old to understand and appreciate. One of them was a mother's love for her child, I thought. Momma wouldn't have let someone force her to go to the funeral of her missing child.
It was all so strange.
"If I was so small, wasn't it dangerous for them to kidnap me?" I ask...ed.
"Oh, sure. That's why Grandmother Cutler insisted you were probably dead," she replied quickly.
"If you had a sleep-in nurse, how did they get me anyway?" I still couldn't believe I was talking about something terrible Daddy and Momma had done.
"I don't remember all the details," Mother said and rubbed her forehead. "My headache's coming back. Probably because you forced me to recall so many horrible memories." "I'm sorry, Mother," I said.MoreLess
"You're too young to understand these things, honey," she replied in her own defense. I glared at her. There were some things that didn't require you to be old to understand and appreciate. One of them was a mother's love for her child, I thought. Momma wouldn't have let someone force her to go to the funeral of her missing child.
It was all so strange.
"If I was so small, wasn't it dangerous for them to kidnap me?" I ask...ed.
"Oh, sure. That's why Grandmother Cutler insisted you were probably dead," she replied quickly.
"If you had a sleep-in nurse, how did they get me anyway?" I still couldn't believe I was talking about something terrible Daddy and Momma had done.
"I don't remember all the details," Mother said and rubbed her forehead. "My headache's coming back. Probably because you forced me to recall so many horrible memories." "I'm sorry, Mother," I said.MoreLess
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