The Widows_A Novel by Jess Montgomery

Author:Jess Montgomery [Montgomery, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250316516
Amazon: 1250316510
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: 2019-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

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A bit later, at Jurgis and Nana’s house, Nana says, “It’s all here—except Rowena’s.”

Nana, Jurgis, and Marvena are in the back room, looking at the five rag rugs, tightly rolled, each containing two sticks of dynamite. Ten sticks. They’d hoped for a dozen.

“Forget Rowena’s,” Jurgis says. “It’s too dangerous for you to go into the tent city—”

“Isn’t it worse still to deny the gift of the risk Rowena and her boy have likely taken?”

“You don’t know that he did pull the dynamite—”

“I’m certain he did,” Marvena says. “His father died at the hand of a Pink.”

“I’ll go with her,” Nana says.

Jurgis looks at his mother. “What? No, Mama. It’s too dangerous.”

But Nana smiles up at him, reaches up, pats his cheek. “Now Son, who’s going to question an old healer woman going to the tent city to do her healing arts, with her two assistants?” She turns her sunny smile to Marvena and Frankie. “Besides, it’s been a while since I’ve taken herbs for poultice, teas, and such.”

Jurgis sighs. He’s not going to talk his mama out of this. The morning bell sounds—ten-minute warning for work to commence. The plan is for Marvena and Frankie to leave while the men are at work and the Pinks are near the work sites.

Marvena kneels down. “Help me gather this up, Frankie,” she says.

Carefully, they secure the rolled rugs with twine, and then they put the bundled rugs in Marvena’s large tote bag.

Marvena cups Frankie’s petite face with her hands. “Now listen, if something happens, if we’re stopped, you don’t know anything about this, all right?”

Wide-eyed, Frankie nods.

“Promise me!”

“I promise, Mama.”

Marvena looks up at Nana. “You too.”

“Marvena, you can’t take all the blame—”

“Yes, I can,” Marvena says.

They walk down Kinship Road, nearly out of Rossville and up the rise to the tent city.

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