Chapter 28: HeartbreakRuth brought her breakfast the next morning and placed it on the parlor table. “Miz Gordon, that chile is outside waiting for y'all. Do y'all want to see her early?”
“Aye, it would be nice.” LouElla poured the honey over the pancakes and started chewing. Ruth almost said something, but changed her mind. She opened the door for Mina.
Mina entered almost on Ruth's vanishing heels, her brown eyes glowing, her pink cheeks scrubbed clean, and the oversized blue dress smelling faintly of lavender and mothballs. “Rity said I may go if you really want me. Miss Marie doesn't have any fittings for me 'cause she's working on Rity's clothes. Rity won't be back until almost suppertime. After that I have to do lesson, but we have all day!”
She stopped, slightly abashed at her bo
