The Red Ledger [5] by Meredith Wild

Author:Meredith Wild [Wild, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642630268
Publisher: Waterhouse Press
Published: 2018-09-09T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Isabel

Tristan’s sleep is long and fitful, like he’s being held under against his will. I touch him but not enough to rouse him. Just enough that maybe in his dreams he’ll know I’m here. I try to focus on the positive. At least we’re alive. But Tristan is my rock. Seeing him this way, knocked down by whatever Townsend gave him, is heartbreaking and frightening. How can I protect him? How will we ever get free?

A faint rapping interrupts my incessant worrying. Quickly I crawl to the other side of the porch. I lift away one of the boards below the window, then the other. I lie down and bring my face close to the opening. I smile when I see the little girl again.

“Mariana.”

She smiles too. “Traje esto para ti.” She threads a tiny pair of scissors through the opening.

I take her gift, flooded with relief and gratitude that she came back…to help. “Gracias.” I take a deep breath, measuring my next words. I don’t want to scare her again. “Does your mother have a telephone?” I ask in Spanish.

“Sí.”

“Can she call a friend for me?”

Her eyes brighten, and she nods. Thank God.

I sit up, the scissors in hand, and look around for anything to write on. There’s rotten wood in abundance, so I grab a small piece and scratch letters into it with the tip of the scissors.

NOAM NAMIR

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