Memories

Chapter 2: The Letter

In my room I sat, reading a book. Emmett was out in the garden planting corn seeds that I had gotten from town last week. I had to go to town some days for obvious reasons. Em couldn't even though he wanted to more than me. He was getting very bored here in the cabin. More bored that I was, but at least I had my books. I loved to read, even thought I had read all these books many times each. I still loved them; I loved all classics.

It had been about 2 months since Father went to fight in the war and left Em and me in hiding. I had gone to seen Samuel once; it was almost time to go again. He had come here once. That was a week after Father had been gone. Collin had come with him.

Em loved Collin, and I hated him. They were best friends. Both loved to hunt and things like that. They go together often to get more food for Em and me. I never wanted to learn. I had Em to do that.

Samuel had left quickly. He is afraid of forests; afraid of bears in the forest. He had a good reason to. His best friend had died a long time ago. They were hunting together and a bear had killed him. He doesn't really want his grandson to hunt but Collin does anyway. I'm not afraid of them thought. Em knows those things.

I put my book down, marking my place. I should go help Em with the corn. When I got out back Em was still digging the holes for the seeds. He'd left the seeds on the ground so I picked them up and asked Em, "Want some help?"

"You don't have to Bella. I got it." He said.

"Too bad. How many do you put in each hole?" I asked.

He sighed then said, "Three. But I was going to do it. You can go and read or something."

"I said too bad. You can go and dig your holes." I said. He never let me help. I should do more; all I did for us was cook. I grabbed the sack and started behind him, putting three seeds in every hole very carefully. Then I covered them back up with dirt.

Soon I was done and the corn was planted. But then we heard someone knock on the front door. I glanced up and Em. Then we ran to the front.

It was just Samuel. We hadn't heard him come through the forest, even though he probably hurried. Collin hadn't come with him. Yay!

"Oh, hello, Samuel!" Emmett said.

"Yes, hello, Emmett. Isabella." He said, nodding to both of us.

I nodded and asked, "What brings you here, Samuel?"

"I have your mail. I didn't dare open it. It was addressed to you and it looked important." He said handing me a letter. Father had made the post office send all our mail to him.

"Thank you!" I said. He nodded and began looking around at the trees. It was almost funny how quickly he got scared out here. I decided to let him off asking if he could go, that might be awkward for him, and said, "You can go if you want to, Samuel."

It was his turn to thank me and he hurried off, almost running, into the forest. Then Em said, "Why'd you tell him that?"

"You didn't see how scared he looked?" I asked disbelievingly.

"No, I didn't."

"You never notice small details, do you?" He didn't say anything. We turned and walked up into the cabin. We sat at the table and I handed Em the letter and made him open it. He took out a paper and read it. Halfway through his face looked so grave it made me scared. It was probably something from the army. And then he was done. He handed me it and but his head on the table. I think he was crying. And he didn't cry very much. The last time I remember was when Mother died. Oh, God! That was probably just it! Father probably died and they're sending a letter to tell us!

And I was right. I needed to stop being right so often, it was bad. It was horrible how jokingly I had been just a few minutes ago. I started crying as I reached toward the envelope. With each second that passed, the more the news sunk in and the more I cried. The letter said something about they had sent us everything he had on him. I looked in the envelope and there was a photograph. It was of our family, all of our family looking very happy, just like the one I had under my pillow. I didn't know he had another one. I looked at his face, his warm and loveing face smiling down at his children. I cryed harder, knowing I'd never seen it again, knowing all that was left was memories.

But he can't have died! Not just after Mother had died! He can't have! And he promised me! He promised we'd see each other again! He can't have died!

I flipped the photograph over. It had the names and the date like all photo's do, but below that in rushed writing were the words, "They promised". And that made me cry even harder. I knew he was talking about our promises we made right before he left.

Emmett leaded over and hugged me, comforting me, comforting both of us. In that some position he had two months ago. We were both sobbing now. But somehow, how I'll never know, somehow he managed to say, through his tears, "At l-least now we can g-get Ali out of that place."

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I still don't know how he could say that and a time like that. Maybe he was trying to comfort both of us some more. Or he could have just being his normal joking self. That's what I loved about him. Always joking, even in the most serious of times.

I didn't know then that it didn't matter if Mother just died. And I didn't know that I would lose everyone, everyone, in just a few years.

Yes that did happen.

I walked up to my bedroom. I had cried enough for one day. I sat on my bed and decided to read. I picked the book I had read before going to the garden that day. I read and read, trying to block out the sad memories that threatened to come back to me. I had enough of them today. I read until I was sure I couldn't read one more word, even though I hadn't really took in those words, and went to sleep.

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