Hidden Contract

A’s

streamed through the lace

e cozy

shoulders hunched and my ey

s came back with the cops

ds, the weight of her mistak

y bu

se for them before the end

enveloping

ualty, I preferred the solace

ide

ve issue. I didn't realise h

in and broke the silence

o

ome, how were th

new,” she said as she put th

el

enough sal

customers don't always A-li

g about business, but we k

anging h

rly, love, are you not

en a look at me since she wa

ed from the sh

get her to stop and rest but

y not with what

Nana,” I said in between t

to take a

with a mixture of concer

ething was wrong. There is

he knows m

th age and wisdom, reflected

mforting hand on my tremblin

sweet?" Her voice was like

to myd

ds tumbling out in a rush of

mething... somethi

s but, if I didn't tell her th

shou

t happened ho

hey took Mr. Collins's diam

gh my

ve ones, you

s N

, did they hurt you?” she a

ver m

trying to wipe the

to experience such an awfu

maining in the war

ncluding Christy; if not, I

m

es as she spoke, my voic

andma. I can't... I can't af

one d

r’s face showed how heart

d shame that threa

I was stronger than I reco

tacles. But I wasn't fee

, she holds my hands in h

ssu

," she said, her voice

ake them. What's important

t that you

ting my grandmother's wi

eci

How can I make things right

h to get back his di

yes twinkling with a hint of

Let it all out, my dear. There

ghing as tears still

to find humor in every si

This is

e something ou

xpensive, where am I going t

ed

ng me up, but that doesn't

ed

ff, he will literally butch

savings?” she

s there another I don't know

er as seriously as I am tak

e I don't know of, the

then this isn't an iss

ave till the end of the mon

unpack h

s isn't some money you coul

time i

the diamonds anyway” She

d on the diamond is

worth of diamonds Nana,” I t

with her hands ov