Sunrise ~A Clawen FanFiction~

4) The three of us

Maisie was standing in front of them holding an old book in her hands.
She had to smile seeing their embarrassed faces.
"Do you have something to show us?" Claire asked kindly.
She did some more steps sitting between them and opened the old book.
"Is that your secret diary?" Claire asked putting her right hand on her Maisie's shoulder.
"No, it's my grandfather's photo album" she paused for a moment and then added "I've never been allowed to see it"
"I'm sure that your grandfather would be happy to see that you're carrying it" Owen said smiling.
She smiled back and put her head on his shoulder.
Owen closed his eyes for a moment.
Maisie returned to the old photo album.
"He never wanted to show me a picture of my mother and now it's not difficult to guess why" her voice invoked a hearth breaking sense of melancholy.
"When I asked him if I looked like her, he always told me that I could be her own reflection"
Owen and Claire were listening without saying a word.
"I can say that I know her more than I thought" then she looked up at them "Have you always lived here?" she asked then with a curious voice.
"Well..." Owen didn't know what to say.
"We got lost along the way... but now we're back to make a new life, with you" Claire replied smiling.
The little girl smiled back "I'm hungry" she added then laughing.