Sorry everyone but I was unable to get on the internet all of last week. It
wasn't working. (or It might have been that I was grounded, but whose to
say...) Here is the next chapter:
Both Mother and daughter slept soundlessly that night. Neither stirred nor shifted once. They woke with the sun and did the mornings chores. When the sun was high in the sky, a knock was upon the door. Daine's mother was the one to answer it. When she opened it, she saw a man. The face was familiar and she instantly knew who it was; it was her husband and Daine's father. She grabbed his arm and pulled him into her room. Luckily Daine was out picking berries.
"What are you doing here??" she asked, still gazing at him. He wasn't as excited as she seemed to be.
"I came to see my daughter, Daine. Where is she? I want to speak to her and tell her im sorry for not being here." He replied. His voice was very stern.
"Shes out," came the quick answer, "Shell be back soon. But..." her words seemed lost in her mouth. "I don't think it would be wise to tell her who you are. It could hurt her..."
He stared at her and closed his eyes momentarily. He knew she was right. He hadn't seen Daine in 9 years. She was 1 yr old when he left her and her mother. It still had a knife through her mothers heart. It still pained her when she thought of him. But what he didn't know was that She had told Daine that he was dead. Never to come back.
"Can I at least see her?" he said at last. The thin smile that was on his face faded.
The door to the house busted open. "I got so many berries mom!! I filled 3 buckets!!" she walked in and saw her mother and father. (of course she didn't know he was)
"I'm sorry," she said staring at him. He was the only man she'd seen her mom with since forever. "ill leave yins alone." She turned on her heel and strode quickly out of the room.
When Daine's mother was sure she was out of hearing distance, she turned back to the man. "Fine. You got to see her. Now will you leave?? You've already done it once." She said, her face grave. He stared at her for a long while.
"Ill be around," he said. "In case you want to tell our daughter the truth." He opened the door and walked out. She stared after him.
"Goodbye, Nicholas Parche." She said to herself, as she walked him walk slowly down the road, farther and farther from her. A tear fell down her cheek.
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Both Mother and daughter slept soundlessly that night. Neither stirred nor shifted once. They woke with the sun and did the mornings chores. When the sun was high in the sky, a knock was upon the door. Daine's mother was the one to answer it. When she opened it, she saw a man. The face was familiar and she instantly knew who it was; it was her husband and Daine's father. She grabbed his arm and pulled him into her room. Luckily Daine was out picking berries.
"What are you doing here??" she asked, still gazing at him. He wasn't as excited as she seemed to be.
"I came to see my daughter, Daine. Where is she? I want to speak to her and tell her im sorry for not being here." He replied. His voice was very stern.
"Shes out," came the quick answer, "Shell be back soon. But..." her words seemed lost in her mouth. "I don't think it would be wise to tell her who you are. It could hurt her..."
He stared at her and closed his eyes momentarily. He knew she was right. He hadn't seen Daine in 9 years. She was 1 yr old when he left her and her mother. It still had a knife through her mothers heart. It still pained her when she thought of him. But what he didn't know was that She had told Daine that he was dead. Never to come back.
"Can I at least see her?" he said at last. The thin smile that was on his face faded.
The door to the house busted open. "I got so many berries mom!! I filled 3 buckets!!" she walked in and saw her mother and father. (of course she didn't know he was)
"I'm sorry," she said staring at him. He was the only man she'd seen her mom with since forever. "ill leave yins alone." She turned on her heel and strode quickly out of the room.
When Daine's mother was sure she was out of hearing distance, she turned back to the man. "Fine. You got to see her. Now will you leave?? You've already done it once." She said, her face grave. He stared at her for a long while.
"Ill be around," he said. "In case you want to tell our daughter the truth." He opened the door and walked out. She stared after him.
"Goodbye, Nicholas Parche." She said to herself, as she walked him walk slowly down the road, farther and farther from her. A tear fell down her cheek.
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