Select Few by Marit Weisenberg

Author:Marit Weisenberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Published: 2018-10-08T16:00:00+00:00

That night, we went to the room where we’d first seen Elizabeth and ate plates of beans, rice, and mango while sitting in a circle on the floor. Small cushions were provided to the visitors who shifted uncomfortably throughout the meal as they tried to sit with their legs crisscrossed. Elizabeth was conspicuously absent. The room was quiet except for the crash of the waves that carried through the open windows. The curious stares aimed in my direction had a light, non-threatening quality. I either kept my eyes on my food or on Angus, who nibbled on mango and pushed the rest of the food around the plate.

As we departed dinner to walk down the beach to our bungalow, one older couple hurried to catch up to us. Angus and I stiffened.

“Hello!”

“Hi,” Angus and I said in unison.

“Are you Maya’s daughter? My wife wants to know,” the man asked.

“Roy!”

I didn’t know how to answer that.

“She is,” Angus said, claiming her for me.

It was a fact after all. And those seemed to be getting harder to keep track of in this confusing place.

“Wow. I had no idea she had children,” the woman said. They quickly fell behind when we kept up our pace, making it clear we didn’t welcome conversation.

Later, when we switched off the lamps, I leaned against the wicker headboard of the queen-size bed under a white cotton coverlet. Angus began the night on the floor on a yoga mat, but eventually the hard floor sent him into bed next to me. It was more of a comfort than an annoyance since I was wide awake, knowing just down the beach there was someone who could finally tell me about my past. I was in a strange space—not wanting to wait but almost too scared to find out more.

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