The Woman Who Sold Stillness [chapter 1]
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When the clock stopped, she ran downstairs to tell her mother it needed new batteries.
Her mother told her she would get them after work.
Lilly asked her if she could stay home and not go to work, after all, it was sunday and they had planned a picnic.
Unfortunately, there was nothing the little girl could do to make her mother stay. She left for work and Lilly stayed home alone.
After 2 movies, 10 different snacks, 36 doodles, 15 cartoons and 2 naps, little 10-year-old Lilly noticed it was dark and her mother had not come back from work.
She called her cellphone and heard it ringing just outside the front door.
Lilly opened the door. Her mother was outside, standing still, like a living sculpture of a woman about to lock the door of her house. Lilly touched her mother’s leg, but she remained still.
She screamed in fear for about 5 seconds. Somehow, the screaming made her mother move again, however, she instantly dropped on the floor in pain.
Both of them started crying. Her mother told her she didn’t get to work, she couldn’t move, but she felt every second of every minute of the whole time.
I guess there was, in fact, something Lilly could do to make her mother stay.
