In a Heartbeat
Echoes of Yesterday
Disclaimer- I do not own IAHB, though now no one does.
A/N: Thanks to Maureen's help and info and watching "Angela's Ashes" is why this chapter was uploading faster than expected. Though I did get good information it's a little sparse so forgive me if the info isn't 100% correct.
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The Third Echoes
Dublin, Ireland and New York City, 1858
Jamie Waite watched his mother lean over his littlest brother, Morgan and kiss him on the forehead.
"Is the lad going to be alright?" Jamie said, leading against the door frame.
" I don't know." Ma whispered gently.
"It's this damn weather. Rain so much it's a wonder we all aint sick." He mumbled.
"You watch your tongue."
"The boy's right, Fiona." Da said with his big booming voice walking into the cold, damp home. It often smelled of cooking, garbage, and unwashed bodies, smothering them like a ghost. The older version of Jamie reached into his pocket and produced three tickets. "Jamie, the wee one, and I will go to America, get a job and then send for you and the other little ones."
"Separate our family? Sean I already lost two others to God. I will not lose Jamie and Morgan."
"You'll lose him to typhoid if we don't get the him out of Dublin. And the other four as well. Fiona," he said taking her hands in his, trying to persuade her that tearing up the family for the chance to make a new life in America was okay. America, where here the street were paved in gold and families never went hungry… "This is for the best."
She sighed and replied, "When do you leave?"
"The only tickets I could get was on a boat leavin' tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Jamie mused out loud. His father had given him no say in the matter, true now at sixteen he would have probably left Ireland sooner or later, but to be just told to pack up and leave everything he'd ever known made him frustrated and angry. However what could he do? Da made all the decisions.
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Okay that's it so far. Don't worry the discrimination part will come soon. Also in Hank's part I forgot to mention that Hank takes Alex's daughter's, Mrs. Beecham's name. Hope that cleared up any confusion. So tell me what you think.
Echoes of Yesterday
Disclaimer- I do not own IAHB, though now no one does.
A/N: Thanks to Maureen's help and info and watching "Angela's Ashes" is why this chapter was uploading faster than expected. Though I did get good information it's a little sparse so forgive me if the info isn't 100% correct.
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The Third Echoes
Dublin, Ireland and New York City, 1858
Jamie Waite watched his mother lean over his littlest brother, Morgan and kiss him on the forehead.
"Is the lad going to be alright?" Jamie said, leading against the door frame.
" I don't know." Ma whispered gently.
"It's this damn weather. Rain so much it's a wonder we all aint sick." He mumbled.
"You watch your tongue."
"The boy's right, Fiona." Da said with his big booming voice walking into the cold, damp home. It often smelled of cooking, garbage, and unwashed bodies, smothering them like a ghost. The older version of Jamie reached into his pocket and produced three tickets. "Jamie, the wee one, and I will go to America, get a job and then send for you and the other little ones."
"Separate our family? Sean I already lost two others to God. I will not lose Jamie and Morgan."
"You'll lose him to typhoid if we don't get the him out of Dublin. And the other four as well. Fiona," he said taking her hands in his, trying to persuade her that tearing up the family for the chance to make a new life in America was okay. America, where here the street were paved in gold and families never went hungry… "This is for the best."
She sighed and replied, "When do you leave?"
"The only tickets I could get was on a boat leavin' tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Jamie mused out loud. His father had given him no say in the matter, true now at sixteen he would have probably left Ireland sooner or later, but to be just told to pack up and leave everything he'd ever known made him frustrated and angry. However what could he do? Da made all the decisions.
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Okay that's it so far. Don't worry the discrimination part will come soon. Also in Hank's part I forgot to mention that Hank takes Alex's daughter's, Mrs. Beecham's name. Hope that cleared up any confusion. So tell me what you think.
