Reckless Heart
“I asked for the tenth time. “Mother would love to see you—you know she would.”
“And your father?” Shadow asked drily.
I shrugged. “Pa won’t care,” I answered, and the lie tasted flat in my mouth. The truth was, I didn’t know how Pa would behave. He never had liked Shadow, but then, Pa just didn’t like Indians. Of course, he had a good reason. His parents, a sister, and two brothers had all been killed by Blackfoot Indians when Pa was just a little boy. Pa had been left for dead and would surely... have died of starvation and exposure if a kind-hearted old mountain man hadn’t happened along the next day and found Pa wandering around the charred ruins of their wagon. The mountain man had raised Pa until Pa was sixteen, and then Pa had set off on his own.
“Please come,” I begged, and Shadow finally, reluctantly, gave in.
Mother gave me quite a probing look when I told her Shadow was coming for dinner that night. However, she asked surprisingly few questions and readily agreed to speak to Pa about being on his good behavior.MoreLess
“And your father?” Shadow asked drily.
I shrugged. “Pa won’t care,” I answered, and the lie tasted flat in my mouth. The truth was, I didn’t know how Pa would behave. He never had liked Shadow, but then, Pa just didn’t like Indians. Of course, he had a good reason. His parents, a sister, and two brothers had all been killed by Blackfoot Indians when Pa was just a little boy. Pa had been left for dead and would surely... have died of starvation and exposure if a kind-hearted old mountain man hadn’t happened along the next day and found Pa wandering around the charred ruins of their wagon. The mountain man had raised Pa until Pa was sixteen, and then Pa had set off on his own.
“Please come,” I begged, and Shadow finally, reluctantly, gave in.
Mother gave me quite a probing look when I told her Shadow was coming for dinner that night. However, she asked surprisingly few questions and readily agreed to speak to Pa about being on his good behavior.MoreLess
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