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AnnaLea:
I guessed Ma assumed this would be easy. Father Townsend knew better. When we left our small apartment and I knew Ma assumed we’d be back. I knew better. And so did John my older brother and Lassa my twin.
We left at dawn eating little except for Carol, Bethany, May and Ma who all ate heartily not knowing we would never return. I walked in time with Father Townsend, who looked strait ahead staring at the marina at the end of the long cobbled street. He carried our belongings in the carpet sack Ma had made from the old carpet in the parlor. My heart raced faster and faster as we neared the dock, John walked in front of us, his red curly hair splayed across his neck. I could hear Ma and Carol discussing the latest fashions they saw as we walked saying “this is so beautiful” and “she looks divine in that color!” Carefree and happy. The idiots I thought as we reached the shore where the boat was tied. My eyes pricked with tears of longing for my old home, my old thoughts, and my old world. I could feel my face grow red with the heat of the tears and fought to keep my expression hidden by way of my cap. But I couldn’t hide from Lassa she stood beside me, one hand on my shoulder the other holding fast to her apron to keep her skirt from flying up from the wind. “it’ll be okay” she said her blond hair whipping across her face from the breeze, I looked into her face: heart shaped and rosy; her sapphire blue eyes swimming with held-back tears. “I know.”
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