Texas Bound: Alone: Book 11 by Darrell Maloney

Author:Darrell Maloney
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2018-09-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Amy Martinez had always been a very smart girl. Everyone said so. From her first days of pre-school her teachers raved about how smart she was to already know her colors and her numbers and remarked at how precise her handwriting was.

Granted, back then her “handwriting” consisted of three block letters: A, M and Y.

But the lines on the letters were perfectly straight.

It didn’t take her long to master the rest of the alphabet, and her “123s” as well.

By second grade she’d already memorized her multiplication tables and was writing in complete sentences.

She was well on her way to becoming another Einstein when the power went out and ruined everything.

But at least, at eight years old, she was proficient at reading and writing.

Mama was proud of her. And of Robert too, though he hadn’t quite mastered the whole reading and writing thing yet.

Monica knew her time on earth was limited.

A few weeks. Maybe a few months. But she doubted she’d see the spring.

Ronald never came back when he went back for that book. It had been days.

Early on she could convince herself that maybe, just maybe, he’d decided to walk away from them. To just rid himself of the responsibility of being a husband to a dying woman and father to a couple of young children.

It made no sense for him to do that right after their ship finally came in.

But she clung to the hope anyway.

No more. Whether he walked away or was killed, he obviously wasn’t coming back.

She knew she had to start preparing her children for her demise.

Between coughing fits she called them together.

“You’re both smart kids. And you know your daddy always used to get upset when you cried.”

They nodded their heads, not knowing exactly where she was going.

“He said that tears were a waste of time that never made anything better. He said that people who cried were weak, and that instead of crying people should get up and do something to fix things instead.”

They nodded again. They’d heard their father say those very words a dozen times or more.

“Well, there’s no denying your daddy was a terrible husband and a terrible father, but deep down inside he loved you. He loved us all. He just forgot how to show it.”

Again, they nodded but said nothing.

“I never really agreed with him on the tears thing. I always felt a good cry could make you feel better, you know?”

This time they didn’t nod. They were becoming confused.

“But maybe he was right. In any event, I’m going to tell you something you’re not going to like. I want you to try to hold back your tears. It’ll be a lot easier on all of us if you can be strong and not lose your heads.”

She took a deep breath before continuing.

“You know I’ve been sick for awhile. Very sick.”

She had to pause for one of her coughing spells. It was a spell which rocked her body to the core and hurt both sides and her back.

“Your father and I didn’t tell you how sick I was.

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