The Time Capsule
“One side of the boy’s face was horribly scarred; the other side appeared almost normal. Half of his hair was gone, and his neck looked red and raw. He wore pajamas that covered the rest of him, but she could imagine the scar tissue underneath. “Hi,” she said, hoping she sounded cheerful.“Adam says you’re twins,” Rudy said. His voice sounded raspy. “You don’t look like twins.”“Sure we do,” Adam said, moving alongside the bed with his IV pole. “Come here, Ally. Let him see the resemblance up clos...e.”She hesitated for only a second before joining Adam. They put their cheeks together and leaned in toward Rudy. She could smell the ointment that bathed his body, but she didn’t flinch. Rudy examined their faces with his good eye. “She’s got hair and you don’t,” Rudy observed sagely. “But I guess you sort of look like each other.”Alexis pulled back, not knowing how to begin a conversation with this grossly disfigured child.Adam came to her rescue. “My sister’s won a lot of trophies.”“For sports?”MoreLess
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