Scorpion Sunset
“A novice opened the door and showed her in. The senior nun was sitting behind her desk, a prayer book open in front of her.
Maud curtsied. ‘You sent for me, Mother Superior.’ ‘I did, Maud. Please sit down.’ Mother Superior closed the book, sat very upright, and looked Maud in the eye. ‘When you came here six months ago you told me that you were troubled and felt as though you’d reached a crossroads in your life with no obvious path before you.’ ‘That is correct, Mother Superior.’ Maud thought r...apidly. Had she done anything recently to incur the Mother Superior’s or any nun’s displeasure? She’d hoped to remain in the convent until the end of the war when she was absolutely certain that John would come for her. How could he do otherwise after reading her letters?
She’d pictured the scene in her imagination many times. He would walk into the infirmary. A nun would point him in the direction of a ward. She’d be dressed in her nurse’s uniform, ministering to a sick child.MoreLess
Maud curtsied. ‘You sent for me, Mother Superior.’ ‘I did, Maud. Please sit down.’ Mother Superior closed the book, sat very upright, and looked Maud in the eye. ‘When you came here six months ago you told me that you were troubled and felt as though you’d reached a crossroads in your life with no obvious path before you.’ ‘That is correct, Mother Superior.’ Maud thought r...apidly. Had she done anything recently to incur the Mother Superior’s or any nun’s displeasure? She’d hoped to remain in the convent until the end of the war when she was absolutely certain that John would come for her. How could he do otherwise after reading her letters?
She’d pictured the scene in her imagination many times. He would walk into the infirmary. A nun would point him in the direction of a ward. She’d be dressed in her nurse’s uniform, ministering to a sick child.MoreLess
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