The Clock Flower (THE FIG MYSTERIES Book 3) by Casey Barbara

Author:Casey, Barbara [Casey, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Hungry Goat Press
Published: 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

For the next several weeks, three Females of Intellectual Genius—Dara, Mackenzie, and Jennifer—focused on their individual work, only taking breaks to eat and sleep, and, of course, for the phone call from Carolina each evening at exactly eight o’clock. It was an exhilarating time for the three young women, learning to survive beyond the stone walls of Wood Rose, and meeting their challenges head on as they focused on their unique specific projects and moved toward the solutions they desired. It was also a special time for Carolina as she watched from a distance the metamorphosis of her girls emerging from their protective shells to develop into the brilliant young women she knew them to be. Together they would always be the FIGs, Females of Intellectual Genius. But now, separated by distance and the passage of time, they were discovering within themselves their own distinctive identities.

As autumn’s painted leaves of orange, yellow, and red turned to brown and began to fall, and a slight chill in the air promised the rapid approach of another season, the FIGs could feel pride in knowing that they each were contributing something of value to the good of mankind in her own exceptional way. Carolina was happy for them and so proud. How to be independent, productive, and happy in a society that would always consider them different was what she had tried to teach them; yet she felt a certain sadness and loss because of it. She had Larry, of course; they were soul mates, they shared a gypsy heritage, and they were destined to be together because of the strong love they had for one another. However, being a part of the FIGs’ lives over the past year—sharing in the experiences they had—the four of them becoming a loving family—was something Carolina knew would never happen to her again. It was almost like she had been specifically chosen by some greater entity for that moment in time to be with them. She and the FIGs had something special, and because of that, they would be bound together forever. But the FIGs were changing, probably faster than she even realized; and because that was the way it was supposed to be, there was nothing she or anyone else could do to stop it.

The “projects” as they were referred to brought a new dynamic to their eight o’clock telephone conversations. Sometimes the three FIGs would be so focused and distracted by what they were working on, there wouldn’t be much said. They only wanted to feel the presence of one another—to know that they were close—and be comforted by the love each felt for the other in their odd little family. It was during these quiet times that Carolina would talk about her own day—each of her classes and what she was teaching her students. “I wish you could have been here to listen to Jimmy Bob recite some of his poetry,” she told them. “The students really enjoyed it.”

One of the poems

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