First the women removed her clothes, and Gervase Odara took them outside to wash. Water was warmed over the fire inside. She and Elda Kendric went on working in silence.
The old woman would look at Mama, but Mama never once raised her head from what she was doing or said a word to anyone. When Gervase Odara came back inside, she helped Mama. Mama turned slightly, and I felt her looking for me. I bowed my head, pulling my knees tight against my chest, wishing myself smaller or invisible. She was like a trapped and wounded animal. Some of the clan was yet to be gathered, for which I was thankful. Had they been, I would have run into the lot of them staring and whispering.
I looked for Papa and found him chopping down a cedar some distance away. I stood behind a tree watching him for a long while. It struck me how long it had been since I heard him laugh. His countenance was grim as he worked. He paused once and wiped the sweat from his brow.
Turning, he looked straight at me. Papa lifted his ax again and made another deep notch in the tree. A tin cup of salt sat on the windowsill, tiny white granules blowing onto the floor like sand.
Mama was kneading bread dough as I came in. Her long white hair was cut off and coiled neatly on the table to be braided into the mourning jewelry. Perhaps Mama would add a white braid to the red-gold one she wore. Her mouth was closed, her lips silenced forever. A second white strip of cloth had been tied around her ankles, a third around her knees. Her hands, so thin and worn with calluses, lay one over the other on her chest. Two shiny copper pennies lay upon her eyelids.
Yer Aunt Winnie will carry the tray with the bread and the mazer of elderberry wine. Who is the sin eater? Who would come take my sins away? The next day was no better as I watched everyone gather. Three uncles and their wives and Aunt Winnie and her husband had arrived. The cousins wanted to play, but I had no heart for it. I hid myself in the shadows of the house and kept vigil over Granny. Leastwise, not until I met my maker.
A Gorawen comes and a Gorawen goes. And they all brought something to share with the others be it whiskey, sweet potatoes for roasting, corn cakes, molasses sweet bread, or salted pork for the stew pot burbling over the fire. I put my head on my arms, refusing to look at her or answer. My granny lay dead, dressed in her finest clothes, ready for burial, but people talked and walked and ate as always.
Thinking back, I figure she knew. Leastwise, I think she prayed for the end to come like it did, with me somewheres else. Instead of saying she was dying, she sent me chasing after spring beauties and departed this life while I was gone.
Only Iwan seemed to understand my hurt. He just took my hand and held it, stroking it in silence. After a while, he got up and left again. The Kai family came the second day. I could hear the father, Brogan Kai, outside, his voice deep and commanding. The mother, Iona, and her children came in to pay their respects to Mama and my other relatives. He was the same age as Iwan, near fifteen, but seemed even older with his quiet demeanor and grim countenance. His mother had brought corn cakes and some jars of watermelon pickles to share.
She gave them to one of my aunts and sat for a few minutes with Mama, speaking quietly to her. As the sun went down, people spoke more and more quietly until no one spoke at all. I felt the difference in the house. The quiet apprehension had given way to a darkness heavier to bear. I could feel it gathering and closing in around us like the night, tighter and tighter as the day died. Gervase Odara came to me and hunkered down, taking my hands firmly in hers.
Do not look at the sin eater. Do you understand me, child? He has taken all manner of terrible things unto himself. I looked up at Mama. She stood in the lamplight, her face strained, her eyes closed. She would not look at me even then. Gervase Odara took my chin and tipped my face so I had to look her in the eyes again. What good would it do now, I wanted to say. Granny is already gone.
It was cold flesh that remained, not the part of her that mattered. All anyone had to do was look at her to know her soul had departed. How could anyone come now and make things right? It was done. She was gone. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this christian fiction, fiction story are Cadi Forbes,.
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