Secret, the
Secret, the
“Mentally retracing her steps, she remembered staring out the hallway window, seeing her mother’s dark silhouette. . . . Then hadn’t she tossed it into her bedroom?
But rechecking her room—and the hallway—the letter was nowhere in sight.
She made her way downstairs and looked in the front sitting room, searching even on the china hutch, where Mamma displayed her prettiest teacups and saucers and plates. Breathlessly she hurried into the kitchen to look on the table and counter—every imaginable s...pot she might have inadvertently left it during her rush out the door.
Could it have been taken? But who would do that?
And anyway, everyone was sleeping.
She crawled into bed, still wearing her robe, shaking with a bad case of nerves. She’d witnessed her mother leaving, carrying a suitcase . . . getting into a car even as Grace pleaded for her to stay. Was it possible to ever wipe away that image?
Doubting she would fall back to sleep, she prayed. Only the dear Lord knew what she should tell Mandy and the boys at the breakfast table, when they discovered Mamma gone.MoreLess
But rechecking her room—and the hallway—the letter was nowhere in sight.
She made her way downstairs and looked in the front sitting room, searching even on the china hutch, where Mamma displayed her prettiest teacups and saucers and plates. Breathlessly she hurried into the kitchen to look on the table and counter—every imaginable s...pot she might have inadvertently left it during her rush out the door.
Could it have been taken? But who would do that?
And anyway, everyone was sleeping.
She crawled into bed, still wearing her robe, shaking with a bad case of nerves. She’d witnessed her mother leaving, carrying a suitcase . . . getting into a car even as Grace pleaded for her to stay. Was it possible to ever wipe away that image?
Doubting she would fall back to sleep, she prayed. Only the dear Lord knew what she should tell Mandy and the boys at the breakfast table, when they discovered Mamma gone.MoreLess
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