Wordsmiths Unlimited: Wanting to swim away.

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Lacy was sitting on the back porch. She had a big pile of green beans. Granny said to snap the ends off of them and throw them in a big pot. She said they were having some company. As she sat there snapping the beans she looked out at the water. The sky was cloudy and glowing. There was a small boat that had floated up. If she didn’t have to do these beans she would go jump into the water and swim over and get that boat. Maybe after she was done. It was still pretty hot. It would feel good to jump in that water.

Granny came out and sat down in her old worn rocker. “Lacy, I have to tell you something. Something important.”

Lacy looked at Granny. She looked worried. She was wringing her apron with her hands. She had lived with Granny most of her 16 years. Granny never talked about her mother, just that she left her with her grandmother when she was a baby.

“What is it Granny?” she asked. “Well the company that is coming is your mother. You go inside and pack your clothes. She wants to take you to live with her. We will explain it to you when she gets here.” Granny got up and went back inside. Lacy sat there stunned.

Her mother…after all these years. Never calling, never writing, never knowing if she was alive or dead! Now she wanted her to live with her!

Lacy got up and went into the house. Tears started to well up in her eyes.

She didn’t want to leave. She didn’t want to live with a stranger!

Granny was sitting at the table. “There is one more thing. You have a sister. Your mother took her and I kept you. She could not afford two so I raised you. Your sister is your twin.”

Lacy was stunned. How could this be? She had a sister and she was a twin.

She went upstairs. She brushed her long blond hair. She pulled on her favorite jeans and put on her t-shirt. She looked out the window. The boat was still there. Should she go out and jump into the water and swim over to the boat and paddle off so she never has to meet these people.

Part of her wanted to see the sister she didn’t know she had. 

She heard a car drive up to the house. Car doors opened and shut. She ran over to look outside. A woman and a girl were arguing. The girl looked just like her. The woman opened the trunk and pulled out 2 suitcases. 

 “You have to stay here for a little while. He is old. When he dies I will get all of his money. Then I will come get you both.” She got back in the car and drove off, leaving the girl standing there with her suitcases.

It dawned on her…..she didn’t have to go anywhere. She went outside.