Foundling
“Don’t waste time for an old, worn out old woman like me.”
Mother reached up and squeezed the wrist holding her tight.
“There is no waste in anything I do for you—any of you.”
“Then, if this is to be the last of us together, one last ritual?”
Mother dwelt in sadness, considering the question, the implication before she answered. “One last time.”
Maid went back to her tent returning with a shimmering gold long sleeved gown covering her feet and high on her neck. The collar was rimmed a lace, a filigree design, dainty and intricate.
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