World of Monsters by Glargaard Mette

Author:Glargaard, Mette [Glargaard, Mette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Denmark
Publisher: Forlaget Grenen
Published: 2015-10-25T13:00:00+00:00

Two months, and I finally began to recover. Another month, the nightmares were gone and I was brave enough to peak out the front door. Three months after, I’m starting to miss Garrett again. At the end of five months, I feel fine but everything is too quiet these days, even when mother lets me listen to the records at their loudest.

So I’ve spent all this time reading and it’s reminded me that maybe some of this really does happen- and worse things happen, too. I wasn’t really hurt. I was… frightened. Very, very frightened, a feeling I’ve never really had to face much because my home is so safe and secure and happy. I think about it often as I make my paper cranes.

“How many have you made, dear?” Mother comes up, kissing my forehead before settling on the couch beside me. She puts a steaming cup of raspberry cinnamon tea on the coffee table for me.

“Nine hundred and ninety three,” I smile. I make them faster these days now. I average about a five a day. And when you’ve made one thousand paper cranes, you watch them fly in the wind and make a wish. At least, that's what the fairy tales say, and I want to take a stab at it.

She pats my knee. “Good for you. Almost there.”

Automatically, I nod and pause as she gets up. “Mother?” She pauses. “Will you tell me? Please?” I add the plea, hoping she won't ignore me.

We've essentially ignored the drama that occurred and gone back to how it was. It was easier, I suppose, for the two of us. But every time she looks at me, every time she says a single word and every time she touches me, the questions come flooding back. Where could I come from, if not from here?

There’s a fake smile on her face. “Tell you what, dear?”

“About me.” I bite my lip, worried. “Please, I won’t be mad. I just… why can’t I know? Why were you so upset?”

“Because you’re mine,” she answers me easily. I frown, and I watch as she moves back her dark hair and sighs before sitting back down, albeit a little farther back. “All right, child, I’ll tell you.

"You were to be born into a rich family. I was the housekeeper, and took care of the family. I still remember the day they found out you were coming into their lives. They were very, very happy. They had waited so long for you, you know. And I'd been a midwife before, so I was going to help her through the delivery.

"However, it was towards the end where the troubles began. Not with you, but with them. Problem after problem, and they kept blaming each other for their unhappiness. They were so angry. Then, your father was taken away for embezzlement, and your mother cried every day.

"We had begun adoption papers before you were born, but the birth was too difficult, and she couldn't handle it. Her heart was already broken and it couldn't be healed.

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