Old Pictures
Autor: Luidgi | Publicado: 2014-04-21T08:33:00-07:00



The Picture F



&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - What
are this pictures, mom ? - &nbsp;asked
Clarice, with five pictures in her left hand. In the right hand was the glass
of milk.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
Pictures ? Where, honey ? -&nbsp; asked Lisa,
while tried find the food of Minie, the cat.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
This pictures. They have a small letter in corner: b, c, d, e, …!

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
What pictures ?! - &nbsp;thought Lisa. She
went until the bedroom of Clarice. The bedroom was empty. “ Where this child is
hidden ?” Lisa grumbled, without patience.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Clarice
! Where are you ? -&nbsp; cried out Lisa.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->“Here,
mom !” -&nbsp; said Clarice, entering in her
bedroom.

The milk had done a white mustache in her red
slips and Lisa had to contain a large smile. Clarice had the eyes like his
father, Rick. “-But” - thought Lisa – “ the mouth and the nose are mine !”

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-
<!--[endif]-->This
pictures, mom! - &nbsp;said Clarice almost
pouring the milk.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Ah,&nbsp; this pictures!. Well, they are old pictures, Clarice.
When your father and I were in high school. They are pictures from school
theater. Where you found this pictures? 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->Where
is teddy-daddy ?&nbsp; And you, mom ?

“Teddy-daddy” was how Rick taught Clarice when
she was a baby. Although she was eleven now, the nickname was still used.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->Humm
… let me see … your father is on the stage. Here and here.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->You
are the Queen ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- 
<!--[endif]-->No.
The Queen is Elizabeth. I am this woman crying. Here.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - <!--[endif]-->Why
are you crying ? What did you do wrong ?

Lisa took the picture. Many years had passed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->I
don’t remember, Clarice. I remember that this pictures are from rehearsal.
Lancy had a new camara and took this pictures.

Lisa left the bedroom. Clarice followed her.
She would want know more.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->Who
is the King ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->Niles,
my darling. Mom has to go to the market. We don’t have many things to make the
lunch.

Clarice was interested&nbsp; in the pictures. It seemed that she had not
heard the mother.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->What
the Queen is giving to you ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->I
don’t know, honey ! said Lisa, tooking the picture. It had the letter C in
corner.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->It
was a bag of gold coins. Do you want to go to the market with mom ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->Wow,
a bag of gold coins ! The eyes of Clarice were fixed on the picture. They were
shining. After a soon moment, she looked to the next picture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->And
here, mom: why teddy-daddy is sad ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Darling,
I don’t remember, ok ?&nbsp; Why you don’t
help your mother to find the keys of our car, darling ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Why
the King and the Queen are discussing ? Are you and teddy-daddy sleeping on the
bed ?

Lisa stopped. The picture F ! How
many times she asked Rick to throw out this picture ? It &nbsp;brought many memories. Some good. Others, not
so much. On the bed, it was not Rick. It was Tamir. In that scene, on the bed,
the partner was Tamir. Lisa remembered the strong emotion that she was feeling
in that moment. She was in love whith him. Tamir, of course, didn’t know that.
She was teen and that was the first time that she was on a bed whith someone.
And this someone was Tamir !

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Mom
? Are you Ok ? - asked Clarice.

But Lisa was in the past. It is evident that
Rick didn’t know. Nobody knew it. They, Lisa and Rick, began dating after this.
Lisa could almost hear Niles and Elizabeth discussing. They passed all
rehearsal discussing. &nbsp;And Lancy was
there to take that picture.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Mom
? - Clarice insisted.

Lisa was remembered the bad part now. &nbsp;Lancy always put the letters in the corners to
show the sequence that the photos had been taken. And that photo was the letter
F.&nbsp; The last. The last picture of Tamir,
Elizabeth and Niles. A few days before the premiere of the play, the school bus
crashed in the intersection. A terrible accident. Tamir, Elizabeth, Niles and
Norah had died. The play was never presented.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->Are
you crying, Mom ?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
<!--[endif]-->No,
darling. No!! Keep these photos and let to the market. Now! Soon, the daddy
arrives and the food will not be ready! Let’s go!

Clarice went to keep the pictures. Lisa saw
where Clarice kept the pictures. Today the picture F would go to the garbage.


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