"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."
-Torquato Tasso
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"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does." -Torquato Tasso
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"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make." -Daniel Goddard
'To love another person is to see the face of God.' -Victor Hugo
SERIES OF SHORT STORIES
BY MARINI BARIKA FACEY PART 10 FEATHERS PART III April-May 2013 Feathers III Nanny Irma is left in a state of shock and is irate because of the condition this home is now in. Irritated, she mumbles under her breath. “Where is that wicked girl Sophie? Where is Lady Gwendolyn? This is ridiculous! I should notify the police, but what do I say?! I don’t want to be humiliated and mocked like last time!” Irma walks back and forth, gestures, and carries on a whole conversation as if she was speaking to someone. “I will wait till Lady Gwendolyn comes back, but this is unlike her to be so disrespectful towards me! I’ve always looked after her so well.” Nanny Irma finally decides what she will do, and feels there is no other choice; it is her last option. She spins the dial and waits. “Hello! Who is calling at this hour?” Embarrassed, Irma stutters but still sees the urgency of the situation, and convinces herself she’s doing the right thing. “I am sorry to disturb you sir, but I need you to come over immediately, because strange things have been happening again, and you are the only one I could think of who wouldn’t think I was mad!” Irma continues to have a conversation and then quickly hangs up the phone and waits for his arrival! Gwendolyn wipes tears away after seeing such a horrible sight illuminated on the cave walls. “How could papa do that, but mother as well? I have lived all these years and never known. No one told me anything!” She wonders why it is being revealed to her now. Gwen is also astounded about the words written in her mother’s letter! “How can it be? How did I not know? It all makes sense now! Oh! No wonder…” She becomes silent because she hears a sound coming from the entrance of the cave and she is petrified! Gwendolyn tries to hold back her tears but she is still too loud! She scurries and pushes herself against the back wall and tries to be invisible, but at least Blitz helped cover her nakedness but not her shame! A tall man walks up to the Lapierre home and Irma runs to the door! “Come in sir! Come in! Thank you for coming at such short notice, but I …”, Irma said. “Well... I never… What has happened here woman?! It looks as if a train and tornado has come through the walls and halls! Ha, I’m not surprised, because you know that crazy inventor must have been up to all sorts of mischief! Huh, but the fact that it is still happening even though he isn’t around, hmm… Where is Gwendolyn?” Irma opens her mouth to speak, but she is interrupted! “I don’t want her to know I am here! Irma it is absurd that you called me! What can I possibly do? I am getting tired of being dragged into her affairs!” Irma humbly nods and looks ashamed, as if all that is happening is somehow her fault. “This is hopeless and I think you should leave at once and go home.” “Sir! Look at the state of…” Irma is quickly interrupted! “This is not your responsibility anymore Irma! Wait for Gwendolyn to call you and then that is when you can return, and I daresay you will have a lot to say to her, because this is downright preposterous!” This gentleman becomes less stern and feels sorry for this nanny. “I can see you are scared and confused, but mostly vexed by all of this Irma. I knew years ago that I wanted to have nothing to do with this home.” Irma is afraid to speak and follows everything he has told her. “Well... Go on… I will wait for you to gather your belongings, and then escort you home.” Irma runs up the stairs to pack her things. Sophie and Eliza charge like a derailed train towards the windows! Frightened, Sophie hopes at least one of the windows will open in time! “Which fenetre will we get sucked into?! This can’t be good gran mere! Which one will we go through?! Ahhhhhh!” The little wooden box hovers beneath Eliza and seems as if it is invisibly tethered to her ankles. She grabs Sophie’s hand and tries to reassure her that everything will be okay and tries to convince Sophie that everything is normal. “Now Sophie, think of this as horseback riding lessons dear. Well I guess that doesn’t make sense does it. Just know you are safe, even though this is extremely dangerous!” “Gran mere, you know that doesn’t make any sense at alllllllll!” Elizabeth and Sophie are pulled into the third window which is brightly glowing green! Even Eliza admits to herself that it is getting a bit scary! “Sophie, I must confess… I have been here for some time now, and I still get scared of the unknown. It isn’t about not being afraid, but it is about learning to goooooooo with the changes, because change is inevitableeeeeeee!” Gwendolyn pulls her knees in closer to her body in an attempt to hide from whatever is coming into the cave. Eliza and Sophie sound like rattling thunder as they pop into the cave and fall to the ground! The ground and dust are like the feathers that appeared in Sophie’s room! She violently coughs and it echoes through the cave and Gwenny shakes from fear because of what she hears, and tightly shuts her eyes! The box hits the ground and bangs and bounces right in front of Gwendolyn!The cave is rather dim so they cannot see clearly yet! Sophie shakes the dust off of her face and feels a bit dizzy! She crawls and whispers, “Gran mere, where are you?” Sophie feels her way around this huge cave, and finally sees the box turned over! “Oh no!” She rushes over to get the box, but then hesitates because she is startled by a strange silhouette in the corner. Sophie tries to pull her racing thoughts together and reasons, “Maybe it is gran mere…” Sophie slowly reaches out her hand to touch this unknown person. To be continued… |
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