Murder On Amsterdam Avenue (2015)
“Sarah echoed. “What do you mean, they were sisters?”
Nicely snatched his hand away from his wife’s body and stared back at Sarah guiltily. “I shouldn’t have said that. I’m sorry.”
“Were Daisy and Jenny Oakes sisters?” she asked again, turning to Zeller to see his reaction. Oddly enough, he also looked guilty, and not a bit surprised. “You knew, too, didn’t you?”
“It doesn’t matter now,” Zeller said.
Sarah returned to the front room where Zeller stood. Nicely followed her.
“Y...ou have to understand,” Nicely said. “Things in the South were different when they had slavery. The women had no choice.”
Sarah had heard stories, of course, and everyone knew why some Negroes had lighter skin than others. She hadn’t met Daisy, but maybe if she had, she might have guessed the truth herself.
“Daisy’s mother was a house servant,”MoreLess
Nicely snatched his hand away from his wife’s body and stared back at Sarah guiltily. “I shouldn’t have said that. I’m sorry.”
“Were Daisy and Jenny Oakes sisters?” she asked again, turning to Zeller to see his reaction. Oddly enough, he also looked guilty, and not a bit surprised. “You knew, too, didn’t you?”
“It doesn’t matter now,” Zeller said.
Sarah returned to the front room where Zeller stood. Nicely followed her.
“Y...ou have to understand,” Nicely said. “Things in the South were different when they had slavery. The women had no choice.”
Sarah had heard stories, of course, and everyone knew why some Negroes had lighter skin than others. She hadn’t met Daisy, but maybe if she had, she might have guessed the truth herself.
“Daisy’s mother was a house servant,”MoreLess
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