The Child's Curse: A Touching Time Prequel by Amanda Roberts

Author:Amanda Roberts [Roberts, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Empress Publishing
Published: 2019-06-21T23:00:00+00:00

Five

For the next few days, Sparrow left as soon as she woke in the morning and did not return until just before dark. She wished she could stay out until it was time to sleep, but it was too dangerous to be out on the streets at night. She didn’t eat any of the food Mama prepared, but only ate what she could steal so she wouldn’t be a burden. She continued to steal and sell items when she could, but she was terrified of passing out again. She didn’t know what was causing the dreams, so she didn’t know how to stop them. Many times, she would see the perfect person to try and steal from, but at the last moment, her nerves would fail her and she would give up, running away and cowering until her hands would stop shaking and her head would stop sweating. She hoped that the money she had already given Mama would be enough to get them by for a while because she was not bringing enough money home each night now.

When Sparrow did come home, Mama did not talk to her, but acted like Sparrow didn’t exist. She continued to coddle the baby, and she spoke to Dove as though nothing had happened. At home, Dove also did not speak to Sparrow, but Sparrow did not blame her for that. She did not want Mama to turn her anger toward Dove. But when they left the house, Dove clung to Sparrow, holding her big sister’s hand and not letting go unless she had to.

“Are you really sick,jiejie?” Dove asked her big sister, her eyes large and wet with tears and worry.

“No,” Sparrow would say. “I’m fine. Just tired.” Then she would force a smile to her face that hoped looked reassuring but knew it probably only revealed the truth of her lies.

She was scared.

She realized too late that she should have saved some of her hidden coins to go to a doctor. It would have been a terrible waste of money, but at least the doctor could have reassured Mama that she wasn’t sick. But now she had no money and was doing a terrible job of earning more.

She wasn’t sure what to do.

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