Gone For Good
Her hands were cut and bleeding from the fishing nets, but at least she had food and lodging and could earn a meager wage.
Five years slipped away without mercy.
The once confident and ambitious woman had been completely eroded by the sea winds.
Her skin had darkened, her eyes were dull, and she constantly carried the lingering stench of fish.
On a rare day docked for supplies, Susie clutched the few wrinkled dollars she had saved, intending to buy a pack of cigarettes.
As she passed a street corner, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in her line of sight.
It was me.
I held a four-year-old girl’s hand in my left hand, while a blonde, blue-eyed woman was by my right.