White Magic Woman by Ephraime Ju

Author:Ephraime, Ju [Ephraime, Ju]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ENVISION Business & Computer School Publishing
Published: 2012-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Driving into the reservation was like déjà vu. She could count the times she’d been to the reservation on one hand. Her parents had left the reservation before they had her, and during the time they were together, she’d been to visit her grandparents on three occasions—when she made her first communion, when she graduated from high school, and again when she graduated college. The only other time she came was when she’d begun dancing for the Dreaming.

She’d returned to learn something of her roots and to meet her relatives. She’d been in her late teens, and the decision had been hers. That was when she’d met Tito. Tito Barbado. He was also a dancer, and he’d taken her under his wing to show her the ropes. Very soon, he was showing her a whole lot more. It was a natural progression that they had become man and wife. The marriage was doomed to fail. They didn’t suit each other.

Simonia had wasted no time moving to Sydney, where she’d found work as dancer with the troupe. Not long after that, she’d met Todd, and her life had taken on a fairytale quality; that was until now.

Nothing much had changed since she was last here. There were a few more homes and families, but the structure and designs were unchanged. She had no problem locating her grandfather’s home. It was still there, looking none the worse for wear. She knew her papino would be there also. He’d moved in with her grandfather, his father, after he’d lost his wife six years ago.

She turned around to reach for Todd’s hands as she entered the dwelling. She wasn’t surprised to see a gathering of all her relatives. The common room of the home was packed with her aunts, uncles, and all her cousins.

It was a bit intimidating at first. Most of these people she didn’t know because she’d never met any of them, except the few who were her age or a little older. She turned around to see how Todd was handling it all. He appeared to be doing just fine. Todd was a charmer when he put his mind to it, and he was charming all the females and even their men. The children were a little shy and clung to their parents in the beginning, but soon it was one big happy family with a lot of love being generated, making for a festive atmosphere.

Soon she and Todd were sitting down to a feast of some original bushtucker and some of the regular Australian steaks of kangaroo and emu to cater to Todd’s more refined palate. There were all the various plums and fruit. Simonia kept most of her eating to those. Todd had some of Victoria bitter beer, and then the evening came, and everyone settled down to story time.

It was a wonderful time. Simonia made a promise to herself, regardless of how this trip turned out, she would visit her relatives more frequently. They were, after all, her only living relatives.

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