Mail Order Wife by Montana West

Author:Montana West
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Global Grafx Press
Published: 2014-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Elizabeth was baking, and had just removed the first batch of scones from the oven when the back door opened and Abigail practically shot into the kitchen, dropped her school bag and burst into tears.

“What is wrong?” Elizabeth pulled the sobbing girl into her arms and held her close.

“They said I am an idiot,” Abigail wailed. “I will never go back to that school again!”

“Hush, little one.” Elizabeth led her to the table and made her sit down. She poured her a glass of milk and put a hot scone on a saucer and gave it to the girl. She ignored the fact that the girl had not washed her hands. This was not the time for hygiene lessons, when clearly the child was distraught. But to her surprise, Abigail stood up and walked to the stone sink and washed her hands thoroughly, as Elizabeth had taught her over the days.

“What happened in school, Abigail?” Elizabeth asked when the girl had devoured her scone and downed her milk.

“The other girls are always teasing me about my short hair, and they say that I look like a boy. They also keep saying that I am dumb and I am an idiot, because I cannot read and I do not know how to write.”

“Oh child,” Elizabeth pulled her off her chair and onto her lap. “You are not dumb and you are not an idiot, okay? And you are a very intelligent and beautiful girl.”

“But they are right! I can’t read or write.” She started crying again. “I will never go back to school again. I will stay with Misty, Moon Flower, Morning Dew and Primrose. They never laugh at me or mock me.”

“Then I will teach you to read.” Elizabeth held the child close. “Those children who say you are an idiot are misguided, because they do not know your strengths and capabilities, Abigail. If you refuse to go back, then you are letting them win, and you will always think that you were not good enough to be in school with them, and they will always call you names because you did not prove them otherwise. Do you understand what I am saying, Abby?” The child nodded. “This is what I will do. Every day when you return from school, I will help you with your homework, and if you have any questions or anything that you do not understand, do not be afraid to ask me, okay?”

“Yes, Mama.”

Elizabeth held the child at arm’s length. “What did you say?” she asked in a whisper. “What did you call me?”

“Mama?” Abigail smiled through her tears, and Elizabeth’s eyes welled up with tears.

“Oh, my baby,” she whispered huskily, hugging the child close.

Two days later Mary would not get out of bed, and Elizabeth was concerned when Virginia came and told her that the child had burrowed under the beddings and would not talk to her.

“Mary, honey?” Elizabeth sat on the bed that she still shared with the child. She touched the back of Mary’s head.

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