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The Letter ch. 4
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The Letter
Chapter 4
“Where’s Em?” Kit asked as she set the food that she had brought over and saw Lyss putting up streamers outside by the pool.
“She opened her letter from Trish and went up to the attic.”
“What was in it?”
“I don’t know. I never read them and she asked last year to read them by herself.”
“Think I should go check on her?”
“You know…I need to go. Thanks Kit. She’s probably not ready to talk yet about what’s in it but I need to let her know that it’s going to be ok. Can you let Lyss know that she’s put enough decorations up?”
“Sure. Let me take some of these plates and cups out there too.” Kit picked up a stack of dishes and walked outside. I stood just watching. As soon as Lyss saw her, she stopped what she was doing and ran over to Kit. Kit barely had time to set the dishes down before she was being engulfed in a hug. She sat down and pulled Lyss into her lap. Lyss’ head automatically went to Kit’s shoulder and Kit rubbed her hands through her hair. Lyss loved that. It always made her smile. I took one last look at them as I walked up the stairs to the attic.
When we bought the house, Trisha had been impressed with the garden area and had big plans for all the work she was going to do out there. She did set up an herb garden and weeded out most of the overgrown things. So many weekends found us at the garden store buying new plants and vegetables for her to grow. It was her oasis. She had studio space that she rented. One day, she walked upstairs to the attic and was quickly enthralled not only by the space that it offered but also by the light that it received. I was sitting downstairs going through some work when she yelled for me. I thought that she had hurt herself and jumped up and ran up the stairs. I hadn’t expected to see her standing there just looking around. She explained what she saw to me and within minutes, based on her description, I saw it too. Within days, we had a contractor over and two months later, the renovations were done. Our attic, which had never really been used to store things anyway, was transformed into a workable room. She moved all her things out of her rented space and took to spending hours in the attic working. When I came home from work, I would check the garden first and if she wasn’t there, I would walk upstairs to our room to change and then venture to her studio. When working on a piece, she wouldn’t even know that I was standing there and I would stand there and admire her. She was so beautiful but that beauty was only magnified by how kind she was.
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I really don’t know what to say. This is so beautiful.
This is a lovely story…thank you.
Wow, as I’m reading about the kind of person Trish was, I’m thinking that it sounds totally like Tina. So, if Bette was to meet Tina now, she should be very drawn to her because those were the same things she loved about Trish. Will Em recognize these qualities in Tina for Bette…this is the question??? NAG, I’m running out of words for your writing, it is simply superb!
Interesting story. So sad that the girls and Bette lost a very special person. Can’t wait to see if Tina shows up in the story somewhere.
This was so beautiful. When Bette was tinking about Trisha, Sounded so much like Tina. The Mother hen of the gang. thanks
Simply wonderful – your description of what it meant to Bette to have her daughter give her this gift was so so so beautiful. this story about a mother’s love is blowing me away.
Astounding – you really do get better and better – what a wonderful gift to this site. TY.
just finished reading all of these chapters… (At work no less)… this is some story… i could feel the love bette had for trish and the girls… and they will be alright… so glad jodie is gone… but i have a feeling we are going to meet tina real soon… mayber she has a daughter (angie) at camp.. and they all meet when dropping off the girls…love this story… babe you have another winner here… PPS
Love the background story of how things came to be… love how this is unfolding! :)PPS
NAG, I’m with Christy, I don’t know what to say. This is shaping up to be such a truly beautiful story. This is as much about the life and loves of Bette as it is about the msturing and understanding of Emma. It seems as though she will turn out to be a lot like her mother. Which also means if she is to meet Tina they will probably have a very loving relationship and really like each other a lot, which will be great for Bette and everyone involved. Great story. PPS
sorry I have not commented before, I just could not stop reading this! I really do love the way you write and I am so intrigued by the journey you are taking us on. I trust your methods implicitly and will try to wait patiently for the next chapter ;)