The Broken Peace by Martha Adele

Author:Martha Adele [Adele, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781796021080
Publisher: Xlibris US
Published: 2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00

Sam

After finishing the last few chores I had to do on the farm, I began heading to Bram’s house, only to be messaged by Mavis.

When I turn the street corner to meet her, I see a silhouette standing by herself. Her arms are crossed so tightly that you’d think she was wrapped by tape.

“Mavis,” I call out to the figure and see her spin around to me. Immediately, I see in her eyes, expression, and mannerisms that she is upset. “What’s wrong?”

She looks away from me without a word. I make my way over to her to give her a hug, but she jumps back, bursting into tears.

“What? What’s wrong?” I ask.

She doesn’t let up. Her breathing deepens as she backs away from me.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you.”

She sniffles and wheezes, trying to get herself under control. “I’m sorry.” She rubs her eyes with her palms, seemingly trying to cause blindness. “I’m sorry.”

“What happened?”

“Something.” She lowers her hands and looks away from me. “I don’t want to talk about it.” Mavis turns her body around and begins walking away.

“Hey, wait.” I follow her, quite confused as to what could have happened. I have never seen her act this way.

“I’m fine,” she tells me as I catch up. Pulling her jacket up almost to her ears, she shakes her head. “I’m fine.”

“Are you sure?” I think back to when I said the same thing to her and tell her what she told me. “You can trust me, you know.”

“I know.” She looks at me and sniffles again, wiping the tears away with her sleeves.

Slowing our pace, I ask her, “Do you want to come with me to a friend’s house? They have vials you can use if you want. That is where I was heading.”

Mavis takes a deep breath and nods. She follows me, and we walk in silence. We walk for miles before arriving at Bram’s house. When we get there, I make my way onto the porch and turn around to see Mavis standing in the driveway.

“Are you okay? Do you want to go home?” It is obvious she is uncomfortable.

She shakes her head. “I’m okay.”

I knock on their door, and Markus opens it up. “Sam, hey.” He looks over my shoulder then back to me. “Who is this?”

“This”—I turn around and look at her—“is Mavis.”

Bram comes around the corner with a smile on his face. “Mavis? The Mavis?”

I chuckle. “Yes.”

“Oh, why hello, Mavis.” Bram shakes her hand and looks at me. “Sammy boy here talks about you a lot.”

She looks at me.

“All good things,” I tell her, earning a little chuckle.

Bram and Markus look at each other and come through the door, but leave it open. Markus looks at us both with a small smirk. “Well, it was nice meeting you, Mavis, but Bram and I actually have to get going.”

Bram wiggles his eyebrows at me. “We have an appointment.”

“Okay, but can Mavis and I go inside for a bit?” I look at each of them.

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