Time's Arrow by Clare Revell

Author:Clare Revell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian fiction
ISBN: 9781611161458
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group (White Rose Publishing)
Published: 2011-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Jonni found Hattie upstairs tidying her room. “Hattie. I need some information.”

Hattie looked up. “Yes, miss?”

“Do you know where I was found? I thought maybe my ID fell out and would still be there.”

“T’were by t’milestone, mebbe ‘alf mile from here.”

“Which direction?”

“Left at the bottom of drive.”

Jonni smiled. “Thank you. Oh, do you have a pair of scissors?”

“Yes, miss.” She vanished from the room and soon reappeared with a pair. “Here.”

“Thank you. I’ll leave them here for you.” Jonni waited until Hattie had left and shut the door. Then she removed all the wretched pins from her hair and looked at it. Taking a deep breath she began to cut her hair as short as she could stand it. That way she’d no longer have to suffer the indignation of having her hair brushed and pinned each day. Just being washed and dressed.

By the time Jonni had finished, everyone else had left and the rain had stopped. Borrowing a cloak, she headed down the steps and branched left at the bottom of the drive. The wet paths splattered her boots with mud, and soaked the hem of her skirt. Nothing was as she remembered it. Where there should be houses, shops, roads and cars, there were fields and trees and hedgerows.

Yet the beauty and peace of it touched her soul. It made communing with the Lord so much easier.

Half an hour after she left the house, Jonni reached the part of the road where she had fallen under the horses and carriage. There was the mile marker, just as Hattie had said.

It was exactly the same as it was in her time, albeit a lot less weatherworn and cleaner. She looked beyond it, but the fields were empty.

Jonni’s heart fell.

She was an idiot for seriously expecting the village to be there. She reached out and touched the milestone, running her hand over it. It felt a lot smoother than the last time she had touched it. She looked around the milestone for her ID. She had her wallet and phone and keys. Pushing aside the grass, she searched for anything that looked out of place.

Jonni took a deep breath. What would it take to go home? Would she have to tap her heels three times and whisper ‘there’s no place like home’ or would merely walking past the stone do it? There’s only one way to find out.

Letting out the breath slowly, she touched the milestone. She closed her eyes and walked past it.

Jonni opened her eyes fully, expecting to see the village standing around her, with the traffic and pollution and noise.

Ohhh.

There was nothing but fields in front of her. She whirled around. The milestone stood there mocking her. She moved back past it and touched it. Then she went back again, then a third time and a fourth.

Each time nothing changed and she just saw fields. Acres and acres of wet, green fields. Tears filled her eyes. What was she doing wrong? Why wasn’t this working? Maybe she did have to tap her heels together.

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