Francie (2011)
“Mama didn’t get back from Auntie’s until just before dinnertime. Her face was as readable as a stone. She walked over to the pantry and got out a jar of pickled peaches and set it on the table.
“Wash up for dinner,” she said. I let out the breath I’d been holding when Mama went into the pantry.
We ate in silence—neither Prez nor me having the nerve to ask any questions. We only spoke to ask that things be passed. I snuck a look at the cake now on the pantry counter, wanting some but afraid to a...sk. Besides, just because Daddy hadn’t showed yet didn’t mean that he wasn’t going to show at all.
I awakened the next morning in a warm glow of expectation that lasted for a few seconds, until I remembered. Daddy had not come in the night. I felt his absence even before I slid out of bed for my trip to the outhouse. I met Prez on the way back. “Daddy didn’t come,” he said, his mouth sagging with disappointment. It always took Prez a while for things to sink in.
“No—he ain’t coming, I guess.”MoreLess
“Wash up for dinner,” she said. I let out the breath I’d been holding when Mama went into the pantry.
We ate in silence—neither Prez nor me having the nerve to ask any questions. We only spoke to ask that things be passed. I snuck a look at the cake now on the pantry counter, wanting some but afraid to a...sk. Besides, just because Daddy hadn’t showed yet didn’t mean that he wasn’t going to show at all.
I awakened the next morning in a warm glow of expectation that lasted for a few seconds, until I remembered. Daddy had not come in the night. I felt his absence even before I slid out of bed for my trip to the outhouse. I met Prez on the way back. “Daddy didn’t come,” he said, his mouth sagging with disappointment. It always took Prez a while for things to sink in.
“No—he ain’t coming, I guess.”MoreLess
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