From the Mists of Wolf Creek by Brandewyne Rebecca

Author:Brandewyne, Rebecca [Brandewyne, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781426834653
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2009-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

“Oh, they’re not that heavy.”

“Maybe not. But the stairs in the main hall are rather steep, and…well, I just hate the thought of you going down them, carrying all these sacks. You might accidentally slip and fall….”

“Like Mom, you mean?” Hallie asked slowly, comprehension dawning. “Yes, I understand, Aunt Gwen. And I promise you, I don’t want to break my neck on the stairs, the way Mom did. Not that she meant to fall, of course. It just…happened.

“I don’t even remember it, you know. I don’t know if I just wasn’t there when it occurred, if I was outside playing or what, or if I’ve simply blocked the memory from my mind, because it was so shocking and ghastly a thing for a child to witness. Sometimes, I think I must have been present, and then, at others, I believe perhaps I only think I was.

“It’s all such a jumble in my brain and so hard, after so many years, to separate what I actually saw or didn’t see from what I was told over the years by Aunts Agatha and Edith and, more rarely, by Gram herself.”

“I know, dear.” The older woman patted Hallie’s hand solicitously. “Childhood memories are frequently confusing that way. One hears a story so often that one comes mistakenly to believe one was actually there when the incident giving rise to the tale happened. I know there were things that occurred when Aggie and Edie were children, before I was even born, that I later came to think I’d had a part in, also. But that just wasn’t true.

“So no doubt you were outside playing when your mother died. It was a bright summer’s day, I understand, so that would have been only natural, wouldn’t it?”

“Yes, you’re right, of course.” Hallie smiled tremulously. “I’m not even certain it was I who found her body…Sometimes, there’s so much I wish I could remember about that day. But, then, at other times, I’m so grateful I can’t recall much of anything about it. In the end, I don’t know which is worse.”

“Perhaps one day, when you’re ready, it will all come back to you, Hallie—if that’s what you truly want. In the meanwhile, you can take comfort from the fact that wherever Rowan and Hennie may be now, they’re together again, just as they were in life.”

“Yes, I’m glad of that. Well, don’t use up all the hot water, Aunt Gwen! Even though I showered this morning, I’m unquestionably in need of a bath now. I don’t remember when I last saw so much dust! Gram would have been so upset. She always kept the farmhouse spotless.”

“That she did, dear. Well, I’m really off to the bathtub now. Don’t forget to have Trace help you with those bundles.”

“No, I won’t. I promise.”

Leaving the elderly lady to make her way down the hall to the main bathroom, Hallie headed downstairs and out to the tack room, where she discovered Trace had been equally as hard at work as she and Aunt Gwen had been in the bedroom.

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