Ascension of Larks by Rachel Linden

Author:Rachel Linden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

“Ellen, I’m going for a run,” Maggie called out, lacing up her tennis shoes. The morning had been gray and overcast, threatening rain, but after lunch it had cleared suddenly. Maggie seized the opportunity to get out of the house. It had been more than a week since Lena’s accident, and their lives were settling into a routine. Maggie visited Lena at the hospital every other day, flying home the next afternoon to spend the evening with the kids. The following day she would stay at home to help Ellen with the household and the children.

It was a grueling schedule, but one that was beginning to feel familiar. Maggie and Ellen had discussed allowing the children to see Lena but had decided it would be too upsetting for them. Better to wait until she woke up. They didn’t discuss what would happen if she didn’t. They would face that later if need be.

“Have fun,” Ellen said, bustling about the kitchen with the radio on, listening to Neil Diamond. The strains of “Sweet Caroline” filled the house. The kids were seated at the table, eating a snack of celery sticks filled with peanut butter and dotted with raisins.

“Aunt Maggie, somebody rebuilded our altar!” Gabby blurted around a mouthful of peanut butter and celery. “Today we looked and somebody made it better. I think it was a fairy.”

“That’s nice, sweetie,” Maggie said, not really concentrating. She declined a smeary celery stick, grabbing a glass of water instead.

“Your phone rang,” Ellen informed her, nodding to her cell phone perched on the table.

“Thanks.” Maggie grabbed the phone and checked the number to make sure it wasn’t the hospital. It wasn’t, so Maggie ignored the call, tucking the phone in the pocket of her running shorts and slipping out the French doors to the deck. She stretched for a few moments and then loped across the lawn. The grass was growing tall around her ankles. Almost time for another visit from the landscaping crew Marco and Lena employed to keep the property looking beautiful. Maggie made a mental note to check with the company about how Marco and Lena handled payments. She needed to start figuring out how the recurring bills worked for the household, the mundane but necessary tasks that kept a home running smoothly. It wouldn’t do for the electricity or water to be turned off for lack of payment.

And she hadn’t even begun to figure out how to handle the details of the Firellis’ New York house, what the expenses were and how to manage them. She assumed Marco and Lena had set up a system to take care of the house over the summer while they were gone, but she had no idea how it worked. She would need to sort it all out soon. But she wouldn’t worry about that now, not in her few brief moments of freedom.

It was a relief to be out, to be released from the demands of the children and the house. The truth was that she had begun to feel very trapped indeed.

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