The Last Sin Eater Page #6

It is my fault she fell into the Narrows

and it is my fault she died, Cadi, not yours.

It was an accident, Mama.

It was an accident

that never would have happened

if I'd been a proper ma.

Sometimes I...

I would see the terrible grief in your eyes

and I would see you suffering.

I'm so sorry, child.

I...

I didn't know how to ease it for you.

I...

I began to think I'd lost

both my girls in the river that day.

You didn't lose me, Mama.

All I wanted

was for you to open your arms

and tell me that you still wanted me

to be your daughter.

I would have run into them.

You would? Truly, you would?

I love you, Cadi.

- I love you, Cadi.

- Love you too, Ma.

You're still my little bit of heaven.

Little bit of Heaven. Lilybet.

They do sound sort of alike, don't they?

Don't leave me, child.

Don't leave me, Cadi.

I am so sorry. I am so sorry.

And is raised

questions over the years.

Whether Lilybet was an angel or not

ain't for me to say.

Fact is, I don't rightly know what she was.

But I do know she was there that spring

when I needed her most.

I never saw her again

after that day of the New Covenant.

Thas what we came to call it.

A new beginning, it was.

But the truth is,

I suppose I didn't need her after that.

Because from that moment on

I had the Lord.

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