Chapter 6 Anna
Anna shivered. It was freezing and she had left her shawl at home. She hadn't noticed it at her mother's friend's house because it was very warm there. Her mother had always thought that she had run away because she didn't have enough freedom, so during a rather dull part of the conversation, she had asked if she could go out and she was allowed.
She headed down the road and stood in front of the house. Anna should have been excited. She wasn't. She was about to visit the reason she had run away. Anna was worried. What if she didn't remember her? It had been a year since her last visit and she was so young. Anna could only hope that she would know her. If Anna had never seen her, she would still know her.
She came up to the house and rang the doorbell. A plump young woman answered the door. "Hello, Anna!", she said. "We've been expecting you." It was a good friend of hers, Lillian Kendrick. Anna had sent her a note a few days earlier telling them that she was coming to visit. "Do you think she remembers me, Lillian?" "Of course she does. You're all she ever talks about." Anna came in and saw her beautiful 3 year old daughter.
She had grown so much since the last time she'd seen her. "Hi, Lizzy!" Anna exclaimed. "Aunt Anna!" Elizabeth Kendrick shouted in delight. Anastasia had run away because she was pregnant. She'd given Elizabeth up to the Kendricks. They were willing to give her back, but Anna knew she couldn't take her. The girl thought she was her Aunt. That was fine with Anna. It would be ok if she didn't find out for a long time.