Coventry Cursed by Tanya Morton

Author:Tanya Morton [Morton, Tanya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Impractical Press
Published: 2022-03-13T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

"Maria?"

"Yes, my dear?"

"I was trying to remember," Sarah said. "Without any books, I can't look it up. What was the name of the mother in Anne of Green Gables?"

Maria didn't even glance at her. "Why, Marilla, of course, my dear. Although she wouldn't appreciate you calling her that." She chuckled softly but still didn't look up from her charts. "I don't know how you could forget that, as much time as you spent with them."

"And my mother?" she whispered.

This time she looked up. She reached out and touched Sarah's hand. "You don't think I've forgotten Sravanthi, do you, dear?"

Bizarre.

Maria had been Sarah's best friend for almost ten years. They'd met when they were barely more than toddlers but became friends in second grade and had been inseparable ever since.

This proved she knew Sarah's parents and even some of her own history, and yet she had absolutely no personal memory of Sarah herself. Of their friendship. Of their silly talks about their schoolgirl crushes and superstar dreams. Of their serious talks about growing up and family stress and school pressure.

And was it weird that she'd called Sarah's mom by her first name? Freakishly weird.

It was like Maria had obsessively studied an autobiography about Sarah’s life and family, but they had never met.

The puzzle-solving part of Sarah, which had always been a huge part of her personality, wanted to pick at it. She wanted to figure out this paradox, and it was driving her crazy.

But the pragmatic part of her, which admittedly had been in the disparaged minority her entire life, reminded her quietly that Maria had just butchered her own closest blood-oath soldier and protector. She needed to be careful.

For once, she listened to the pragmatic part.

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