NovelEnglish“What’s up, doc?” she asked in English settling on my Lap.
“Oh, I have this bratty kid,” I laughed shakily in our private language. “She keeps dipping out on me, but other than that, not much.” “Well, best I can tell you,” she said, “is like mother, Like daughter.” I met the teasing glint in her eye and relaxed some.
“If you weren’t armed like an army tank, I’m spank your butt,” I threatened with a smile, poking her in the ribs
She Laughed and then rolled her eyes Looking at Damien. He was staring openly at us.
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Can I help you?” she asked exasperated.
“You are both speaking in your mother’s first language and we don’t understand you,” Damien patiently explained.
“Daddy,” Hannah sighed, “it wasn’t anything top secret. I just like to speak English with Mama. It isn’t like I could speak it with anyone else.”
“I don’t like it when I can’t understand you. Speak in our Language around us. You may speak English when you are alone with your mother,” he said with authority.
Hannah grinned and Looked at me. “So now Daddy decides to put his foot down and begin raising me.”
The men went to the sorting room and I went with Hannah back to our rooms. We sat and talked, but the confined space started to make her anxious. We walked in the caves and eventually found a nice place to sit.
We talked about Earth and we talked about here. Neither of us really knew what it would be Like growing up the way Hannah was going to do. She had opinions and I made suppositions. It wasn’t really the subject matter that was important, though.
I ate Lunch with the men. Hannah sat with us and picked at her food. It madefeel guilty.
“Hannah,” I whispered, “you shouldn’t starve yourself when you are upset.”
She grunted a short Laugh.
“I prefer my meat raw,” she said simply.
“Cooked just isn’t appealing. I caught several gapu this morning and ate them. Also, I don’t think I need a midday meal. The other girls I met in the mountains never took one. They only ate in the morning and at the end of the day.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI shook my head. “There is just so much I don’t know about you,” I told her sadly.
“One day I’ll cback and share it all with you, Mama,” Hannah said decidedly. “I promise one day I’ll be strong enough to get you back.”
The next days passed in a rush. Hannah spent all her twith me. She only left once a day to go and hunt. We were as close as any mother and daughter could be for the twe had.
Nu-reeh cat the end of the fifth day to our quarters. Hannah had packed a bag to take with her. Inside were several blankets I had knitted. I had also stitched her nin English into a piece of my ornamentation. I had nothing else to offer her.
There was no preamble and Nu-reeh just told her simply to leave. If she cback the women would attack her for being near their men. Nu-reeh warned her to get far away before the morning sun broke
the sky.
I dropped to my knees and hugged Hannah tight.
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