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darkness and toward the door. few minutes.
She looked to be out of breath, "Mom-Mom, can I please
but she was smiling and her help you?" I finally blurted.
chocolate eyes were intently "Why, help me do what?"
fixed on me. Her hair was she replied, looking far off
almost entirely black, except for toward the distant skyscrapersof
a white patch on each side of her Detroit, just poking their tops up
head, just above her ears. It was slightly above the industrial park
pulled down into a loose bun, buildings.
resting on the nape of her neck. "I mean, are you okay? You
The skin on her stopped calling us.
raised cheekbones " •• .1 still could see Can't I help you find
was taut and a another place to live,
faint pink. Her nothing but ugH- closer to us maybe?
petite frame
You shouldn't have to
carried a plump
ness. I was cold live alone, especially
body, but she had after-." I stopped.
a surprisingly
and wet and "I think I live just
elegant poise, her
small shoulders b . fine. I'm suited here,"
egan to question shesaid, still looking
leaning forward whether I should ahead.
only slightly. She have come at "Well, you're in no
a II."
was carrying two shape to handle a
lavender bath household all by your-
towels, one in each self. And why did you
hand. stop calling us?"
"There you go, Brenda's "Oh, look look!" shesaid as
boy," Mom-Mom Sylvie said to shetapped my shoulder, her
me, still smiling as she handed me head still tilted away. "Look at
one of the soft towels. I watched
her as she stepped out beside that."
me and closed the door behind Confused at the abrupt
her. She placed her towel below
her on one of the steps then sat change of topic, I did as my
down, her bones cracking every grandmother said and raised my
now and then. I placed my towel neck to look in the direction her
on the same step and sat down eyes were fixed. I couldn't see
beSide her as I adjusted the anything but gray sky and gray
umbrella so we both fit under it. buildings.
"I don't see anything, Mom-
Mom."
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