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Chapter Ten - "Jesse's Dark Thoughts"
As they headed inside the house Lily was a little nervous. She wasn't sure how the day was going to go. What would they do out here in the woods? She didn't think she had enough conversation in her to fill up a whole day.
Fortunately Mae had a suggestion ready. "Have you ever made bread, Lily?"
"Made? No." Lily said, surprised. She didn't think any one she knew had ever made bread.
"Do your cooks do that for you?" Jesse asked, a little cynically.
"I don't have a cook." Lily said with a confused laugh.
"Aren't you wealthy?" Jesse asked.
"We're well off, but not wealthy. We don't have servants." Lily laughed at the very idea. "A maid would be nice, though."
"Winnie, I mean Mrs. Jackson, was rich, right? When she was young, at least."
"I guess." Lily said slowly. "I never really thought about it."
"People like that, used to all that privilege, can't come and live like us out here. At least, not for long. People like that need their nice things." Jesse said darkly.
Suddenly it dawned on Lily what he was talking about. He meant Grandma Winnie! Lily bristled at the having to keep her mouth shut. She wanted to yell at him, 'She didn't leave you for money!' She couldn't stand anyone thinking of Grandma Winnie like that. But all she could do was glare, and even that wasn't a good idea.
Not for the first time, Lily cursed all the lies she had told. She wished she could have come up to Jesse for the first time and said, 'I'm Winnie Fosters great granddaughter and I want to live forever.'
But Jesse never would take her to the spring under those circumstances. He had invited Winnie to share eternity with him out of love. Lily hoped he would do it for her out of like. But he wouldn't just let a stranger who thought they wanted to live forever drink from his spring. And so Lily had to scheme and lie to people she was beginning to really like.
"So, dear." Mae said, interrupting her annoyance. "Would you like to help me bake bread?"
Lily instructed herself to snap out of it, and replied, "I'd love to."
Jesse announced he was going to go fishing and stormed out of the house, obviously in a foul mood. Lily couldn't believe he would imagine such a thing about Grandma Winnie. She had loved him with a pure heart, and now he imagined she had left him for money. For servants and pretty dresses and big houses. For possessions. Grandma Winnie hadn't cared about those things. She had cared about family and love and the great wide world around her. She had used her money to look after animals and the sick and the poor. Maybe Jesse just told himself those things about Winnie to east the pain, but as Lily watched him leave the house, it was with a heavy heart.
Chapter Ten - "Jesse's Dark Thoughts"
As they headed inside the house Lily was a little nervous. She wasn't sure how the day was going to go. What would they do out here in the woods? She didn't think she had enough conversation in her to fill up a whole day.
Fortunately Mae had a suggestion ready. "Have you ever made bread, Lily?"
"Made? No." Lily said, surprised. She didn't think any one she knew had ever made bread.
"Do your cooks do that for you?" Jesse asked, a little cynically.
"I don't have a cook." Lily said with a confused laugh.
"Aren't you wealthy?" Jesse asked.
"We're well off, but not wealthy. We don't have servants." Lily laughed at the very idea. "A maid would be nice, though."
"Winnie, I mean Mrs. Jackson, was rich, right? When she was young, at least."
"I guess." Lily said slowly. "I never really thought about it."
"People like that, used to all that privilege, can't come and live like us out here. At least, not for long. People like that need their nice things." Jesse said darkly.
Suddenly it dawned on Lily what he was talking about. He meant Grandma Winnie! Lily bristled at the having to keep her mouth shut. She wanted to yell at him, 'She didn't leave you for money!' She couldn't stand anyone thinking of Grandma Winnie like that. But all she could do was glare, and even that wasn't a good idea.
Not for the first time, Lily cursed all the lies she had told. She wished she could have come up to Jesse for the first time and said, 'I'm Winnie Fosters great granddaughter and I want to live forever.'
But Jesse never would take her to the spring under those circumstances. He had invited Winnie to share eternity with him out of love. Lily hoped he would do it for her out of like. But he wouldn't just let a stranger who thought they wanted to live forever drink from his spring. And so Lily had to scheme and lie to people she was beginning to really like.
"So, dear." Mae said, interrupting her annoyance. "Would you like to help me bake bread?"
Lily instructed herself to snap out of it, and replied, "I'd love to."
Jesse announced he was going to go fishing and stormed out of the house, obviously in a foul mood. Lily couldn't believe he would imagine such a thing about Grandma Winnie. She had loved him with a pure heart, and now he imagined she had left him for money. For servants and pretty dresses and big houses. For possessions. Grandma Winnie hadn't cared about those things. She had cared about family and love and the great wide world around her. She had used her money to look after animals and the sick and the poor. Maybe Jesse just told himself those things about Winnie to east the pain, but as Lily watched him leave the house, it was with a heavy heart.