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Was that the answer? She couldn't, wouldn't...
6:44 AM, Friday, January 22, 2010
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Was
that the answer? She couldn't, wouldn't believe it herselfShe
looked at her red-faced daughter with loathingElla had ruined
everythingCouldn't she have left me alone at least long enough to
eat my breakfast? Ella had the ginger-colored curly hair of her
father, Frank KennedyIt stuck out around her tear-blotched face like
rusted coils of wire, always escaping from the tight braids Prissy
plaited, no matter how much she slicked it down with waterElla's
body was like wire, too, skinny and angularShe was older than
Susie,
almost seven compared to Susie's six and a half, but Susie was half a
head taller chanel wholesale purse already and so much heftier that she could bully Ella with
impunityNo wonder Ella wants Rhett to come, Scarlett thoughtHe
really cares for her, and I don'tShe gets on my nerves just like
Frank did, and no matter how hard I try I just can't love her"When's
Uncle Rhett coming, Mother?" Ella asked againScarlett pushed her
chair away from the table and stood up"That's grown-ups' business,"
she said"I'm going to see to ? Mammy She couldn't bear to think
about Rhett now, she'd think about all that later, when she wasn't so
upsetIt was more important-much more-to coax Mammy into
swallowing
her broth* * * "Just one more chanel watches little spoonful, Mammy darling, it'll
make me happy The old woman turned her head away from the
spoon"I know," said Scarlett, "I knowGo to sleep,
then, I won't pester you any more She looked down at the almost
full
bowlMammy was eating less and less every day
Mammy called weakly"I'm here, Mammy," Scarlett repliedIt
always
hurt when Mammy didn't know her, when she thought the hands that
tended
her so lovingly were the hands of Scarlett's motherI shouldn't let
it bother me, Scarlett told herself every timeIt was always Mother
who took care of the sick, not meMother was kind to everyone, she
was an angel, dolce
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