Isobel Bird - Circle Of Three - 7 by Blue Moon

Author:Blue Moon [Moon, Blue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-09-08T02:28:23.188000+00:00

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next big challenge,” he said.

CHAPTER 10

“What are they doing?” Annie asked Mrs. Abercrombie as she watched some workmen taking things

out of Ben Rowe’s old room while two other men carried things in.

“There’s a new guest coming,” the nurse told her.

“A new guest?” Annie said. “Why?”

The nurse smiled. “We can’t just leave the rooms empty,” she said. “There are a lot of people who need

to live here.”

Annie relaxed. “I know,” she said. “I guess I just thought that it would always be Ben’s room. So who’s

coming?”

Mrs. Abercrombie looked at her list. “Miss Eulalie Parsons,” she told Annie.

“Eulalie Parsons?” Annie said. “What kind of name is that?”

“It’s a Southern name, young lady.”

Annie turned around and saw an old woman standing behind her. She was short—only about up to

Annie’s chest—and very, very thin. Her curly white hair was gathered into a small knot at the nape of her

neck, and she peered at Annie through small round spectacles, her chocolate-colored eyes magnified by

the thick lenses so that they appeared to be much larger than they were. She wore a light blue dress the

color of the summer sky, and around her neck she wore a beautiful necklace containing a large sapphire.

“Oh,” Annie said, startled at the power in the old woman’s voice. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend

you.”

“You didn’t offend me,” said Eulalie. “Not yet anyway.”

“You’ll have to excuse my aunt,” said a tall woman standing beside the old lady. “She’s a little nervous

about moving in.”

“I’m not nervous at all,” Miss Parsons said. “I’m looking forward to it.”

“Well, I’m sure Annie will be happy to help you get settled while your niece and I go over the final

paperwork,” Mrs. Abercrombie said.

“Sure,” said Annie. “I’d be happy to.”

“Come on then,” Eulalie said to Annie as she walked toward her room. “I want to make sure those big

lunks carrying my things in don’t drop anything.”

Annie followed the old woman into what used to be Ben Rowe’s room. Eulalie stopped and looked

around.

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“I like this color,” she said, eyeing the blue walls.

“Ben and I painted the room this color,” Annie said.

“Ben?” Miss Parsons asked.

“The man who used to live here,” explained Annie.

Eulalie nodded. “You and he were friends?”

“Yes,” said Annie. “He meant a lot to me.”

The old woman nodded but didn’t say anything. She went to the window, opened the curtains, and

looked outside. “Very nice,” she said. “If I have to be locked away it might as well be someplace pretty.”

“Don’t you want to be here?” Annie asked.

Miss Parsons turned around and fixed Annie with a look. “Nobody wants to be here, do they?” she

asked. “Isn’t this where they put people when they want to forget about them?”

Annie didn’t know what to say. She’d often thought that same thing, but she’d never said it out loud, at

least not to any of the residents.

“Oh, don’t take me too seriously,” Eulalie said, waving at Annie. “I’m sure it will be fine. At least I won’t

have a great big house to clean anymore.

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