Sherry and you eat in silence. Once you both finished your food you pick her bowl and your cup
up and take it to the sink. Sherry stands up and cleans her hands in the sink as you clean the
table. You give her a hand cloth to dry her hands off. Then you hear your mother's voice say,
"Sherry, where are you?" "At the table, aunt Fount!" Sherry wasn't able to say your mother's
name correctly, she always messed up at the end. So she ended up calling her Fount. You see
your mother peek her head from the doorway. "Sherry, I finished sewing up your teddy bear."
Your mother holds the bear in both of her heads to Sherry. "Thank you aunt Fount." "Your
welcome dear."
Sherry picks up the bear, the giraffe and her doll. Then walks out of the room. Your mother
looks over at you. "Serran, are you feeling okay? You look pale." "Um, yeah just a little dizzy
every once in a while." "Okay then, if it grows tell me please." "...okay, oh but um I wanted to tell you something." Your mother tilts her head so that her ear is facing you. "I'm all ears, you can
tell me anything. I'm your mother after all I should listen to you." "...Well I was packing as you
told me, and I found a cupboard like thing beside my bed." "Okay, go on honey." Your mother
looks worried as she holds your hands in hers. "And I found things that seem to be from a girl or
woman named Elbridge Atherton Weinstein. There was a music box, papers, pictures and
more." You look up at your mother , who wears an expression that seems to be of worry and
surprise. "A-and in some of the pictures there seems to be my step siblings and you, and-"
"Serran, was your stepfather in some of them?" "...y-yes, but only in a few, he was only with the
woman and my step siblings." Your mother tightens her lips and furrows her brows in anger.
"Wait...so is the woman my aunt? Is she your sister?" "What color was her hair, her eyes? Did
she have dimples?" "Um her hair was a kind of reddish brown, her eyes are blue. Umm she has
dimples, but one is bigger than the other." "...then yes, she is your aunt...can I see these
things?" "...I have them in a box in my room." "Okay, please bring the box downstairs, I have to
get your siblings." She hurries away to find your siblings. You leave the plates in the sink and go
to retrieve the box. When your at the top of the stairs you see all of your siblings that were up
there going down. Everett pulls you aside and says "We have to go downstairs." "Mom told me
to bring something." "...okay then." He releases your sleeve and goes downstairs. You go to
your room and pick up the box. You take it downstairs and go into the living room. Where
everyone is at, you place it on the coffee table. Your mother looks up and motions you to sit on
her right. You sit down and she opens the box. She takes everything out of it. Then she sits
back and says, "These are my sister's belongings, and I want some of you to help me sort some
of these out. They probably contain information on you all, and her marriage."
Then Eadgyth stands up and says, "If these are our mothers then shouldn't they be given to us
and not your son" she looks at you "or you?" Your mother lays her hands on the table. "I am
your mother's sister and he is my son." Eadgyth steps back then sits down in defeat. Your
mother crosses her legs and places her hands on her knees. "Now, we have to look through
these. But you cannot touch her diary, since you are probably too young to process
some...things." Silence. Everyone has a silent agreement to your mother's words. "Okay now,
Maya please bring a cleaning cloth. Lucien, bring some paper clips. Serran, please take the box
back." "Okay mother." Your siblings and you say in union. You pick up the box and take it to
your room. By then they did what they were told. Your mother nods her head, "Thank you. So,
those who want to pack more your welcome to go pack more. Can someone take Sherry to play
in the backyard?" Lorely lifts her hand in the air and says "I will!" Your mother nods in
agreement "Also only Lucien, Min and Everett can go through the papers." No one dares to
argue, now that these rules have been laid. " Maya, can you go open up and open up the rest of
your siblings room? They're coming back." "Okay, where are their keys?" "In the third cabinet in
the left hall." Maya gets up and goes to the left hall. She comes out of the hall not long after.
She jingles the keys in her hand, meaning 'These?' Your mother responds with a smile. Maya
walks up the stairs to open four doors, the doors of some of your older siblings. Although two of
them aren't by blood, and one is a step sibling. You turn back around and see Lucien, Min and
Everett going through the papers. Your mother is reading the book. Everyone is silent. The only
noise is the ruffling of the paper.