The Way to Her Heart by Amy Reece

Author:Amy Reece [Reece, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Teen & Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
Amazon: B01D5FJ41M
Goodreads: 29516134
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-03-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Aren’t you afraid of La Llorona?” Bernie asked. Gabby wanted to sneak out and walk around the trailer park, but it was after midnight and Bernie was scared.

“Who?”

“La Llorona! The Weeping Woman!”

“Never heard of her. You’re making it up!”

“Am not! My abuela told me!” Bernie was near tears but hoped Gabby hadn’t noticed.

“Tell me,” Gabby ordered and flopped on her bed.

Bernie cuddled deeper in the fluffy blanket she’d had since she was three and began her story. “Maria was young and beautiful, and all the men in town wanted to marry her. She chose the richest and most handsome of them all, and they soon had two little children. But the man grew tired of her and started spending his time with other women, only coming home to see the children. This made Maria hate her children, so she drowned them in the river.”

“What a bitch!”

“Gabby! That’s a bad word. Do you want to hear the rest of the story or not?”

Gabby rolled her eyes but nodded for Bernie to finish.

“Maria felt really bad about killing her kids, so she wandered up and down the river, looking for them and calling to them. She forgot to eat and she died. But people still hear her crying for her children and sometimes even see her. You have to be careful not to go out after dark or La Llorona will catch you and drown you in the river.”

“Well, we don’t live anywhere near the river, so we’re safe.”

“She doesn’t need a river! She’ll use ditches, creeks, acequias, whatever! I don’t want to go out there.”

“Don’t be such a baby, Bernie! Come on! It’ll be fun!”

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