Part 13
A week had passed and Xena and I didn't speak of my daughter. I carried Dawn as I rode Midnight. Dawn rode on my lap. Xena carried Gabriel in the sling on her back, and she let Ivy ride on her lap.
Every night, I dreamed of my beautiful Faith. I'd wake up crying because I missed her so much. On this day, I couldn't take the fact that my baby was gone. I was just so upset, Xena knew that I was upset. She just didn't know that I'd put the baby in a basket and sent her down river.
"Xena." I started as we rode slowly toward Athens. She looked at me from atop Argo. "I need to go away for awhile. I need to have some time alone."
"What's wrong?" Xena asked.
"I just . . . I need to go home." I said. "I need to visit home. I'll catch up to you in a week or so."
"Okay." Xena said unsurely. I just looked at my friend with a soft smile on my face and rode off with my daughter. I could feel Xena watching me as I rode.
I traveled for a few hours and went back to the river, the same place I'd left my little girl. I felt tears welling in my eyes. I sat down on the banks of the river and I held Dawn in my arms. I closed my eyes.
"Faith . . . I know you're out there somewhere. You're my little girl. I miss you." I said. "I wish you could hear me."
"Mommy?" came a voice from behind me. I turned quickly and saw a little blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl standing there in a little brown dress. It looked as if it was made from a feed-sack. The little girl looked about 4 years old.
"Faith?" I asked. The little girl started to suck her thumb and she nodded.
A week had passed and Xena and I didn't speak of my daughter. I carried Dawn as I rode Midnight. Dawn rode on my lap. Xena carried Gabriel in the sling on her back, and she let Ivy ride on her lap.
Every night, I dreamed of my beautiful Faith. I'd wake up crying because I missed her so much. On this day, I couldn't take the fact that my baby was gone. I was just so upset, Xena knew that I was upset. She just didn't know that I'd put the baby in a basket and sent her down river.
"Xena." I started as we rode slowly toward Athens. She looked at me from atop Argo. "I need to go away for awhile. I need to have some time alone."
"What's wrong?" Xena asked.
"I just . . . I need to go home." I said. "I need to visit home. I'll catch up to you in a week or so."
"Okay." Xena said unsurely. I just looked at my friend with a soft smile on my face and rode off with my daughter. I could feel Xena watching me as I rode.
I traveled for a few hours and went back to the river, the same place I'd left my little girl. I felt tears welling in my eyes. I sat down on the banks of the river and I held Dawn in my arms. I closed my eyes.
"Faith . . . I know you're out there somewhere. You're my little girl. I miss you." I said. "I wish you could hear me."
"Mommy?" came a voice from behind me. I turned quickly and saw a little blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl standing there in a little brown dress. It looked as if it was made from a feed-sack. The little girl looked about 4 years old.
"Faith?" I asked. The little girl started to suck her thumb and she nodded.