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Enlightened Time
Falling Snow, Falling Seconds
Bridget hated it here and nothing was going to change that. Her mother had explained it all to her and it’s not as if she didn’t understand. Of course, they had to go where Daddy got work. Isn’t that why Bridget had had to start over in six different schools in five years? They always acted as if it was such a sacrifice they were making for her but no one ever asked if she wanted to move again.
And for sure no one had asked her if she wanted to live here.
What’s so bad about this place? Her mother sounded more and more like Mitzy used to sound.
What isn’t so bad about this place! Thinking about Mitzy always made Bridget itchy and sad.
The park was her only salvation. Back before they’d moved here Bridget had had miles of open meadow just at the end of the street where she could walk and not think. Here she had to make do with a few wooded hills and a pond but at least out here she could usually be left alone to not think in peace.
“Hey, kid. What are you doing out here? It’s freezing!”
Scratch that left alone bit. She stared straight ahead willing herself into invisibility.
“You’re gonna get sick sitting out here in the snow, you know.”
