Ronald takes the papers from his late mother's dresser drawers. Papers that has dark and unspeakable secrets on it, but one catches his eye. He drops the papers in shock and runs to take his father to the attic, hastily explaining the contents of one of his mother's secrets. They open the attic door to find a young woman with dried blood on her eyes. They talk to her softly and take her from the attic and down the stares to the front door, with the promise of pastries and candy as soon as they got back from the doctor's. Ronald and his father had found out that the young woman was Ronald's older sister and his father's eldest child. Ronald's sister giggles as their father tells the tail of when her younger brother ran around the manner collecting all the blankets and quilts so Ronald could (in his own child like mind) build a cavern of cloud like bliss. Ronald feels embarrass, but also a calm comfort. His older sister could laugh and feel joy.
After he and his father opens the door to the courtyard, Ronald walks ahead, telling his sister about how beautiful the gardens are and how he exited he is to show her after the trip to the doctor's. But, just as he turns to face his sister, she is laying on the grass face down. He rushes to her side, along with their father. Ronald's father checks her pulse and heart as Ronald cries for her to wake up. But, it is no use. Ronald's sister was dead, just as his late mother. They had a funeral for her 5 days later, Ronald cried. He cried for his sister he had only known for 26 minutes. Her name was written in his late mother's papers and now engraved in stone,
Beatrice Drew.
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The Sorry Tale of Beatrice Drew
Ficción históricaA short story of a young woman named Beatrice Drew.
