Reunited Soulmates (Georgetown Love Stories Book 1) by Melissa Marble

Author:Melissa Marble [Marble, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

AMANDA

I looked up to the bright sun spilling into the large windows of the kindergarten, filling it with natural light. All around me, the children had taken up various positions while painting. Some of them were using the easels. Some of them were on the table, wielding their brushes. Many more were scattered on the floor, on their hands and knees, using their hands as they smeared bright splashes of color on their individual canvases.

It was a bright, cheerful scene but I was feeling hollow and terrible inside.

What a stark contrast I am to the children, I mused, shaking my head at myself. If I wasn’t careful, I would let on more than I really should. Children were incredibly perceptive and bright. Too many adults made the mistake of underestimating them.

I didn’t want to be one of them.

I sighed and opened up the book the kids had picked for me to read today. Cora, one of the shyest little girls in my class had held it up to me when I asked for their suggestions earlier this morning. She had brought the book with her from home.

The rest of the class were much too excited to sit still. After all, this was the last day of classes before summer vacation started and the kids were pretty excited.

“There was once a little duck who couldn’t bear to fly away from her pond,” I began to read. “She loved its calm waters. She loved the way the reeds rustled as the breeze blew through it. She loved the way the sun shone on it day after day after day.”

This sounds pretty familiar, I thought. But still, I decided to keep reading.

“There were many other ducks in the pond but they never stayed around for very long,” I continued. “When they would come, they would tell the little duck of all their adventures around the world. They told her of trees taller than the reeds and buildings taller than the trees! They told her of the fascinating creatures they met and some of them seemed strange and beautiful to the little duck. How the little duck loved their stories of this big, fascinating world but there was just one problem—she would have to leave her pond to see it.”

Ah, there is always that little catch there, I realized. I, too, dreamt of seeing the world. Europe, in particular, appealed to me.

I wanted to see Paris all lit up.

I wanted to ride a gondola in Venice.

I wanted to see the spires of Prague.

I wanted to trudge through the snow of the Swiss mountains.

But, like the little duck, I could never leave Georgetown. So, I spent my free time scrolling through pictures of beautiful places around the world, wondering what it would be like to see them with my own two eyes.

“One day, another duck came to the pond with its parents and brothers and sisters,” I read. “When he saw the little duck, they became best friends. They spent many days splashing each other in the pond and the little duck showed him all her favorite places there.

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