Star (Wildflowers Series #2) by V. C. Andrews

Author:V. C. Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Family, Juvenile Fiction, Girls, Family Life, General, United States, Marriage & Divorce, Horror, Large type books, African American, Fiction, People & Places
ISBN: 9780783888033
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Published: 1999-12-15T06:00:00+00:00

She wasn't there. Rodney looked at me and I thought first, maybe it's Daddy. Maybe he's finally come back.

"Rodney couldn't remember him, but I could, of course. Lots of times I have come here and talked about how I felt about my daddy, so I guess I should talk a little more about him. I told you how I was always hoping that he would return and how I always hoped the phone was ringing because he was on the other end ready to tell Momma he was on his way.

"We all talked about hate here, maybe me more than anyone yet. Maybe Jade and Cat are going to say a lot more when their turn comes, but my granny isn't wrong when she says hate is a two-edged sword.

Yeah, you stick it in someone, but you're sticking it in yourself at the same time. That's what the minister said in church one Sunday when I went with Granny.

She kept shifting her eyes at me as he preached about driving the hate out of your heart before it rots the good in you.

"Nothing made me hate my daddy more than his leaving us, and nothing made me want him more.

When I was little and we had some good times, I remember him carrying me on his shoulders. I remember holding on to his hand, feeling how tight and strong a grip he had, and I remember never being afraid as long as he was with us.

"After he left and me and Momma and Rodney went anywhere, I couldn't help but feel this empty place beside us. Sometimes, I'd forget and think Daddy just walked away for a moment. He will be standing right next to me soon. Of course, he wouldn't, but that didn't stop me from glancing to the side and thinking about him.

"Momma's a tough little woman. I don't think too many people, including men, would want to tangle with her. She could be a wildcat, so it wasn't that I was physically afraid. I just felt . . . like we were less, if that makes any sense;' I said.

Misty looked like she understood more than the other two. Jade turned her eyes from me and Cat stared at the floor.

"What I mean is it didn't help me just to have another man come into our house. It didn't make me feel better or safer. If anything, I think it went the other way.

"But that's what those boxes and suitcases meant: Aaron Marks was moving in to live with Momma. I could smell him in the room already.

" 'Whose is that?' Rodney wanted to know. 'Are we moving away, Star? Did Momma pack us up?'

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