A Second Chance by Linda Byler

Author:Linda Byler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781680994506
Publisher: Good Books
Published: 2019-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

The little girls were delighted to see her early on Monday morning. They tumbled down the stairs in their eagerness, their hair all schtrubbly, smiles crinkling their faces.

“Edna, we are so glad to see you. We’re hungry, and . . .”

Emmylou eyed her, then beckoned. “Come here.”

Laughing, Edna went and bent over till Emmylou could whisper in her ear, “You have to wash. I don’t have any clean underwear!”

Horrified, Edna straightened, sucking in her breath in a mock gasp.

“Really? What did you do with all of them?”

Marie said solemnly, “She had diarrhea.”

Emmylou nodded. “I missed my mother a lot. Marie helped me.”

“I’m sorry to hear it. I should have been here.”

“You shouldn’t leave on the weekends,” Marie said, eyeing her with a mournful expression.

Edna wanted to reassure the girls that she would stay, but knew her dates with Emery would require her to leave. She decided the best approach would be to tell the girls the honest truth, introducing them to the fact that she had another life, one that did not include them.

They took the news with brave faces, nodding like little women.

“O.K.,” Emmylou sighed.

“You should not be dating this other man,” Marie said bluntly.

Edna watched their faces, guilt creeping up over her own.

“Why not?”

“I hoped . . .” Marie lifted her shoulders and let them fall. “I hoped that you could live here with us until we all die. You wouldn’t have to marry Dat; you’d just live here.”

Edna smiled. “Oh, I don’t know how that would work.”

“It could.”

So much confidence, hopes so high. Edna couldn’t bring herself to deny Marie this little plan she had dreamed up, so she said, “I suppose it could.”

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