Addergoole: Livi: Walking to Breakfast

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Ursula smiled, still looking tired and a little like she’d really appreciate some way to turn back time. “That sounds like a fabulous idea. Maybe after I have something to eat I’ll feel more human.”

Livi breathed a silent sigh of relief as she brushed her hair one last time. For the first time her older sister had listened to her and they were, she hoped, beginning to find a way to work with their oddities together. As dropped her brush on the bed their eyes met, so Livi could see the chastisement within Ursula’s eyes, as Ursula had always been the tidier of the two of them.

“My room, my rules,” Livi said, smiling. “If I want to leave my brush on the bed I’ll leave my brush in the bed.”

“Sorry.” Ursula shrugged. “Not sharing a room is going to take some getting used to.”

“I missed you last night. It would have been nice to have someone to talk to about…” Livi gestured with one hand, encompassing the school with it. “Addergoole is not what I was expecting.”

Nodding, Ursula sighed. “Dad obviously sent us here for a reason, but I have no idea what the reason was.”

One thing the two of them never spoke about was their mother, but Livi was certain that their dad knew as little about Addergoole as they did. “I think we’re here because of Mum. The way we ended up here just makes me think that Dad did tell us what he knew and he was given as little information as possible.”

“Why would Mum have us sent to an American boarding school?”

“It could be more than just an American boarding school. We both know there’s something more to Luke than he was letting on.”

With one hand Ursula opened Livi’s bedroom door, using the other to brush her hair off her face. “You could be right.” Ursula growled. “I hate it when she gets involved with our lives.”

Livi stepped past Ursula. “She is one of our parents. She does have the right to get involved.”

“She gave up that right when she walked away.”

“We don’t know why she walked away. Dad would never talk about it and the only contact we have with Mum is through Dad. She might not have wanted to but had no choice.”

“Olivia, if she’d wanted us she would have fought for us. Talking Dad into sending us to this place is just another mark against her, because if she thinks she’s going to have more involvement with us now she’s mistaken.”

Biting hard on her lip, Livi stopped herself from saying anything more. Ursula was angry enough and the last thing Livi wanted was to have an argument with her sister in a strange place. Sighing, she nodded, agreeing with Ursula outwardly, even though Livi was certain that she would give their Mum a chance if she wanted to have a place in their lives. If Ursula didn’t want that it was Ursula’s choice and Livi could understand Ursula’s anger.

Mirrored from K. A. Jones Writing.