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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:33:55 GMT
Early evening, maybe an hour or two after dark.
The landline at the Adamson estate rings. Caller ID says private number.
@ferret2 or @larry or @matilda or NPC :)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:36:02 GMT
"I'll get it!" Matilda yells out and picks up the phone without checking the caller id.
"Hello?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:38:07 GMT
"Hello? Matilda, is that you? It's Aunty Mary. Is Daddy there?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:44:02 GMT
"Oh, hi Aunt Mary. Yes it is Matilda and no he isn't here." She seemed sad in her voice when she replied.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:59:10 GMT
"Oh, hmm. Do you know where he is? Is Tea...mummy there?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 0:01:50 GMT
"No, no one is around at the moment, Dad ran away, then Dmitry and Lili also, then I ran also. But I am back. Mom I think went out. Not sure where Lili or Dmitry are. I know Dmitry came back, haven't seen much of Lili though. Elijah I think is around somewhere."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 0:28:07 GMT
"Well, that's ok. How about you and I chat? Are you home now until school starts? "
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 0:30:10 GMT
"Okay. Yea, I am. Still not sure how that is going to work either." She sighed into the phone.
"I think I am going back to the US but I am not sure. No one tells me anything."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 0:35:52 GMT
"That's ok, sweets, no one tells me anything either. I've been away, but at least I told all the adults who mattered. But I'm back now. And trying to work out what has happened while I was gone. So, tell me, why did you run away?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 0:40:17 GMT
"Why not? It seems like adults can, so why can't I? Besides it is broken here. Plus there are babies on the way. I just seem to get forgotten or tossed aside. It is my life. Seemed easier to just go back to the orphanage and find a way across the Atlantic then stay in something that is seems broken more then fixed. I can fix animals and toys and my paintings but I can't fix people."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 1:24:24 GMT
"No one can fix people, sweets. We need to give them time to fix themselves. And, if they can't, then we need to decide if we want them broken, or not. And sometimes, it is not them that is broken, but us, and we need to fix us. That's why I went away, to fix me. Things will work out, I am sure you are not forgotten."
Mary's voice is oddly calm, but with gentle emotion, like she actually feels what she is saying personally.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 2:23:07 GMT
Matilda shrugs even if Aunt Mary can't see her. "I guess." Was her reply.
She didn't understand adults. "Anyway. I can let mom know you called and were looking for them. I need to get to bed soon."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 2:48:31 GMT
"As you wish, young one. Tell her I will call again soon, to share anything I might learn about your daddy. He is naughty for leaving you." Mary's voice is part teasing, but also very serious. "You must tell mommy that you should both visit me some night soon. I would like that."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 2:51:30 GMT
"I will Aunt Mary." She replied hanging up the phone, wondering why some night and not some day was thrown out there.
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