CHAPTER NINE: FORGIVENESS
APRIL 30, 1930
Hale ran the sheet over the scrubbing board for the last time, panting with the effort. She hated doing chores. She usually got away from these sort of things…but…eugh. It's not like she could let her mother have all the fun, could she?!
Hmph.
She stood up and began hanging the sopping fabrics on their clothesline. Cleaning day was only once a month, so it wasn't often used…unless someone fell into the mud or got caught out in the rain. In which case, their mother would just do the laundry as soon as the weather permitted it. Hale could at least feel a little better, knowing her mum wouldn't have to do all the chores. Sure, she was doing them for rather terrible reasons…but…
Nervousness fluttered within her, heavier than butterflies.
Hale tried not to remind herself of that.
"Hale!" Her father's gruff voice beckoned. She turned, putting on her best smile.
"Coming, Da!"
…
Roger felt a little jumpier than he should have.
This felt wrong.
As he walked down the street nearest to Hale's house, he felt it everywhere; condescending eyes on him. Yet, he couldn't help but feel happy. Past all of this foreboding, of course.
Hale had made her choice.
And it had been him.
He felt like telling everybody.
….
Sorry about the short chapter, again.
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