《Sleep now in the fire》Chapter 23. Wish upon a star
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Chapter 23. Wish upon a star
Finn and Bish made plans to catch the same train back
to London. They stood in the carriage windows waving
until steam clouds blocked the view of the platform
as the train pulled away.
Bish lifted a bag onto the overhead rack and sat across
from Finn. "What are your intentions with Vie?''
Finn put a bag under his seat and sat down.
"Vie is the one with all the intentions Bish, ask her."
Bish laughed and looked out the window.
"I love my cousin, she means more to me than anyone
else in the world. Promise me you'll look after her
when I'm gone.''
"What are you talking about Bish?"
"I've had the same dream a few times now Finn. I've seen
what's going to happen, as clear as I'm sitting here next to
you. We're off to the Great War, and I'm not coming back."
For a moment Finn was lost for words.
''If you're that certain Bish - don't go. Get off the train at
St.Erth and sit the War out, become a conscientious
objector." Bish slowly shook his head. "There's no
escaping your fate Finn."
Finn wondered what was there to be gained in believing
in such a stupid idea.
"Do you remember those two brothers from school who
lived at the end of Swan Rd?"
Finn was glad for a change in the subject. "If they're on the
train we should all sit together."
''Unlikely." Bish said.
"They're both dead. Killed in separate actions in the first
few weeks of the War. I wonder if they thought they were
coming back."
Fate can go and fuck itself thought Finn.
*
After the train was out of sight, Bish's sisters walked
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into town. Nain Joan and Vie walked back up the hill
together.
"You didn't want to go with the girls?" Nain Joan asked.
"To be truthful I find their company to be p-painfully dull.
They're a coven of dowagers in waiting."
Nain Joan laughed. "There's always room at our house
for you Vie. I could use some help in the garden."
Vie smiled. "Thank you Nain Joan. Do you think F-Finn's
Father would mind if I visited."
"He would be very pleased to meet you Vie."
Nain Joan saw that Vie was carrying something that
she clasped in both hands close to her chest.
"What have you got there?"
Vie opened her palms and Nain Joan saw that she
was holding the glass marble.
"Finn gave it to me. It's beautiful don't you think."
"It is." Nain Joan said.
"Its meant to keep you safe and bring you luck.
Finn said that if I looked through it I might even
see the future."
Vie held it to her chest again.
"The strangest thing happened. Last night when I
was lying in bed I looked through it and I thought
I saw a falling star."
Nain Joan saw the innocent longing on Vie's face.
"I made a wish on it. Does that sound silly?"
''It's not silly at all Vie." Nain Joan said. "I think that
falling star has a wish set aside - just for you."
*
This is Book One in a series. Any feedback or ideas
you care to share would be appreciated.
Book 1. Sleep now in the fire The near past
Book 2. Wake now in the fire The near past to the present
Book 3. Walk now in the fire The present
Book 4. Rage now in the fire The present to an off world future.
Thank you for reading what I have written so far.
Greetings from an Australia
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