The Color of Your Skin Ain’t the Color of Your Heart (2010)
“Katie hadn’t forgotten it either.
A few days later I found Katie seated at her mama’s desk looking at the letter from the bank.
“Uncle Templeton’s visit almost made me forget,” she said. “The loan is still due. We may have only three weeks left at Rosewood.” I sat down on the other side of the room.
“If we could only find the gold!” said Katie in frustration. ‘ ‘Do you really think there’s more?” I said. “Your uncle said he didn’t think there was.” “I don’t know, Mayme! Maybe I just want to bel...ieve there is, because if there isn’t, then the bank will take Rosewood.” We sat for a few minutes in silence.
“If your uncle had given your mama his gold,” I said after a bit, “where do you think she’d hide it?” “I don’t know. In the cellar, I suppose. That’s always what I thought. Where else could it possibly be? It’s the most hidden part of the whole house.” “Why don’t we go down there and look?” I suggested.MoreLess
A few days later I found Katie seated at her mama’s desk looking at the letter from the bank.
“Uncle Templeton’s visit almost made me forget,” she said. “The loan is still due. We may have only three weeks left at Rosewood.” I sat down on the other side of the room.
“If we could only find the gold!” said Katie in frustration. ‘ ‘Do you really think there’s more?” I said. “Your uncle said he didn’t think there was.” “I don’t know, Mayme! Maybe I just want to bel...ieve there is, because if there isn’t, then the bank will take Rosewood.” We sat for a few minutes in silence.
“If your uncle had given your mama his gold,” I said after a bit, “where do you think she’d hide it?” “I don’t know. In the cellar, I suppose. That’s always what I thought. Where else could it possibly be? It’s the most hidden part of the whole house.” “Why don’t we go down there and look?” I suggested.MoreLess
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