Sweet Baby

Author:Sharon Sala [Sharon Sala]
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1998-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Sunshine beamed on the little girl’s face as she walked along the dusty road. A butterfly darted in front of her, and she laughed, then gave chase. Faster and faster she ran, trying to catch it, then trying to outrun it, but no matter how fast her little legs churned, she couldn’t catch up.

“Wait!” she cried. “Wait for me.”

A shadow passed over the sun. The air was beginning to cool as the butterfly disappeared. The little girl paused to look up, then gasped as she saw the dark thunderheads beginning to gather. It was going to rain! She had to hurry or she’d be in trouble if she got herself wet.

Ignoring everything but the house she could see at the end of the road, she began to run. She had to get there before the first drops fell. Her hair flew out behind her like a pale, yellow sail. The skirt of her dress was first plastered against her little legs, then bunched above her knees. With elbows pumping and her heart beating in a frantic rhythm, the distance to the house grew shorter and shorter.

The wind began to rise, wailing through the trees along the road in high-pitched shrieks. Just ahead, she saw someone, a woman, step out of the house. The woman was shouting her name, begging her to hurry…hurry…hurry.

And then the door swung shut, and just as her foot was about to hit the first step, the house disappeared. She pitched facedown on the hard-packed earth as the first raindrops began to fall.

“No! No!” she screamed. “Wait for me! Wait for me!”

Crying and begging, she scrambled to her feet and began to run in circles, looking for the house. It had to be here somewhere. If she could only find it, then she would be safe.

Rain was coming down harder now, plastering her hair to her face and her dress to her body. She looked down at herself, at the water running off her body and onto the ground. Lightning flashed above her, and in that instant, she looked down into the puddle in which she was standing and screamed. She couldn’t see her reflection. Like the house…and the woman who’d called out her name…she was already gone.

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