"There she is," said one teacher to another.
"She's the one with that curl that gets in her eyes."
Miss Another says, "Her mother needs to pin that, so it doesn't flop!"
"Yes, but I heard she can barely get herself out of bed nowadays."
"Well, it's understandable after what she's gone through."
"True. Crazy how she told everyone he'd died from an airborne illness."
"Yes, but it was clear that there were rope burns around his neck"
"They had an autopsy done because he was found at home, as law requires"
Only minutes before, the little girl with the curl had a fit of crying...
so much so that her friends ran to get adult attention.
And all they had asked her (before she seemingly fell apart)
Was if she wanted to play jump-rope with them...
About the Creator
Shirley Belk
Mother, Nana, Sister, Cousin, & Aunt who recently retired. RN (Nursing Instructor) who loves to write stories to heal herself and reflect on all the silver linings she has been blessed with :)
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