Alma (2003)
“Alma wrote in her awkward Hattie Scrivener hand. “I am writing to make a confession to you.”
Alma stopped to consider her words carefully. She had decided, after that day in the park with Miss Lily, that she ought to tell the truth about Hattie Scrivener.
“I am not who you think I am,” she put down. She stopped again. Maybe it isn’t such a good idea to be honest, she thought, placing her pen on the kitchen table. After all, honesty could hurt people sometimes, like when your best friend asked y...ou if you liked her new blouse and you didn’t and you wanted to tell her she looked hideous but you knew that would hurt her feelings but if you didn’t tell her the truth she’d wear the horrible blouse and people would laugh at her and it would be your fault and— Alma shook her head and picked up her fountain pen again. Such thinking was too confusing. Since Miss Lily had been so open with her about the most—or one of the most—important things in her life, her writing, then Alma couldn’t go on deceiving her.MoreLess
Alma stopped to consider her words carefully. She had decided, after that day in the park with Miss Lily, that she ought to tell the truth about Hattie Scrivener.
“I am not who you think I am,” she put down. She stopped again. Maybe it isn’t such a good idea to be honest, she thought, placing her pen on the kitchen table. After all, honesty could hurt people sometimes, like when your best friend asked y...ou if you liked her new blouse and you didn’t and you wanted to tell her she looked hideous but you knew that would hurt her feelings but if you didn’t tell her the truth she’d wear the horrible blouse and people would laugh at her and it would be your fault and— Alma shook her head and picked up her fountain pen again. Such thinking was too confusing. Since Miss Lily had been so open with her about the most—or one of the most—important things in her life, her writing, then Alma couldn’t go on deceiving her.MoreLess
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