Yours: An Emotional and Gripping WWII Family Saga (The Promises Between Us Trilogy Book 1) by Angela Christina Archer

Author:Angela Christina Archer [Archer, Angela Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-22T22:00:00+00:00

The train station was several miles further from the Davenports than the school, and by the time I reached the platform, sweat dripped down the back of my neck. My lungs heaved, begging for breath, and I bent over for a second, resting my hands on my knees to slow my breathing.

“You’re here!” Isabella shrieked from a bench along the station wall. She jumped up, causing Claire to flinch and spin around to face me. She jumped to her feet as well and the two girls rushed toward me, hugging me.

“I can’t believe you are here!”

“I can’t either,” I said, still trying to catch my breath.

“I’ll go get you a train ticket.” Before I could argue, Claire dashed off inside the station, and while the door slammed behind her, Isabella helped me over to their seat. She took my suitcase from me, setting it down next to hers.

“What changed your mind?”

“I don’t know. I guess I just realized I wanted to join you.”

“And the Davenports?”

“Robert knows. Eleanor thinks I’m at school.”

“She didn’t want you to go.”

I shook my head. “But I understand her reasons.”

“Poor Mr. Davenport when Mrs. Davenport finds out.”

“My thoughts exactly.”

Isabella sat down next to me. “They did an amazing thing for you, but you aren’t their daughter, and you are almost eighteen. You need to live your own life.”

“I know. I just wish I could speak to my own parents. Or at least write to them.”

“I think the Red Cross will get through one day. I don’t know when, but they’ve got to. They’ve just got to.”

“I hope so.”

The train chugged along in the distance, rolling down the tracks toward the station while the steam from the stacks billowed in the air. As it finally came to a stop, the puff-like clouds settled around the platform, surrounding us like a blanket. The passengers already on board filed out of the doors. Men in uniforms, women in dresses, and children dressed as though headed to church or a fancy job or outing. They had a very business-like feel to them, and yet, their faces said otherwise. A few of the women were even crying, dabbing at their eyes with handkerchiefs as they followed behind the soldiers.

“Here’s your ticket,” Claire said, handing me the scrap of paper.

“Where exactly are we going?”

“London. We need to go to our interview appointments, then have our medical exams, and then we will get assigned to a farm.”

“We have appointments?”

Claire waved her hand. “We made them last week.”

“But I haven’t.”

She smiled and gave me a wink. “We sent your name in with ours. We knew you would come.”

I laughed. “And what would you have done if I hadn’t?”

The train doors opened, and the stewards motioned us to board. Claire hooked her arm around mine.

“We would have told them you got pregnant and couldn’t come.” She laughed.

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