Ashes of the Sun by A. Meredith Walters

Author:A. Meredith Walters [Walters, A. Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction
Publisher: A. Meredith Walters
Published: 2018-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

I returned to the place I was staying—I wouldn’t call it home. It didn’t feel much like one. David wasn’t there. I assumed he was praying with Pastor Carter as he always did.

I hated how much time they spent together, but felt powerless to do anything about it.

The longer we stayed with The Gathering of the Sun, the more powerless I felt about everything.

It was easy to lose yourself here.

Forgetting what made you you happened too quickly.

I sat down on the bed, Sara’s gift in my lap. Slowly I unwrapped the bleached piece of cotton.

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting, but it wasn’t what I found once the final roll of material fell away.

In my hands I held a battered sketchbook that had definitely seen better days. I opened it up to find scribbles and random doodles. But towards the back there were blank pages. I picked it up to have a better look when something fell to the floor. I leaned over to retrieve it, finding a bundle of pencils and even an eraser.

Sara had pilfered me art supplies.

My throat felt tight and my eyes grew hot.

Shit. I would not cry over a damn sketchpad.

I rubbed at my nose, blinking rapidly until it felt safe to look at the incredibly thoughtful gift again.

I noticed something written on the inside cover. I squinted to see the words in the dim light.

Now you can draw the sunrise.

Keep it hidden.

Sara

Just when I needed the reminder of exactly who Bastian Scott was, Sara offered it to me.

She had no way of knowing how important this would be to me.

I lifted the pencil and put it to the first blank piece of paper.

I sat there for a while, almost forgetting how to draw. How did you find inspiration in a place that sucked you dry?

Then I found it.

And I didn’t draw the sunrise.

I drew a girl at a gate.

A girl who gave me hope.

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