Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

Author:Orson Scott Card
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3, pdf
Tags: Jews - Russia, Jews, Fantasy fiction, General, Contemporary, Fiction, Princesses - Russia, Fantasy, American, Fairy tales, Historical, Princesses, Epic, Sleeping Beauty (Tale), Time travel
ISBN: 9780345482402
Publisher: New York : Del Rey, 2005, c1999.
Published: 2005-05-31T06:00:00+00:00

~ 12 ~

The sun had set by the time she tore herself away and said goodnight, promising Ohlan she’d return the next afternoon. She still wanted to spend a night with him, but it would have to be Friday or Saturday; she’d never get away with a school night.

As she hurried down the trail, her cell phone fired off the parental ring tone. She paused to dig it out of her pack.

“Hi, I know I’m late. On my way home now.”

“It’s almost six,” Mom said.

“Sorry—I lost track of time. Be there in ten minutes. Love you, bye.”

Holly ran the rest of the way to the trailhead, jumped on her bike, and pumped for home. The street light on the corner flickered on just as she turned onto her street. Dad’s car was in the driveway; she walked her bike past it and into the garage, then hurried into the house.

Mom looked up from checking something in the oven. When she saw Holly, she grabbed a couple of potholders and took out a casserole pan.

“Mmm! Lasagna!” Holly said.

Mom put the pan on the stove top and turned to her. “I really wish you’d call if you’re going to be late. Just so I don’t worry that something happened.”

“I know, Mom. I’m sorry.” Holly took off her pack and left it by the phone nook. “Should I set the table?”

“It’s already done. You can get the salad out of the fridge.”

Mom’s voice sounded frosty. She’d have to watch it, Holly thought as she opened the refrigerator. She didn’t want to piss Mom off.

Dad came in from the living room as she put the salad on the table. “You’re in disgrace, young lady.”

“I said I was sorry.”

“Where were you?”

She bit her lip. “Doing some research. I’m going to write an article for the school paper. I’ll be working on it after school all week. Is it OK if I do my chores after dinner instead of before?”

Dad glanced at Mom, who was bringing in the lasagna. She sighed. “As long as you get them done before bed.”

“I will.”

“And remember, the college fair is Thursday. You’ll have less time for chores.”

“Maybe we should just skip it.”

“Nothing doing, miss,” said Dad.

Mom just kept frowning. Holly pondered how to get on her good side again as they sat down to dinner. Pick some wildflowers for her, maybe?

“What’s the article you’re writing about?” Dad asked as he passed the salad.

“Enchantment Spring Trail. They’re doing a big renovation project and they’re going to tear down the spring.”

“How can you tear down a spring?”

“There’s this concrete housing that was built to hold it. It’s not very pretty, but I think it should be preserved. I mean, it’s more than fifty years old. It’s part of our history.”

“Fifty years doesn’t make it an antiquity.”

Holly frowned at him, and he laughed. Annoyed, she stabbed at her salad.

“Well, you have strong feelings about this, obviously. That’s good. You’ll write a strong story.”

Holly’s mouth was full, so she just nodded. She didn’t really want to talk too much about it.

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