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    Time Changes Everything
    Time Changes Everything
    Time Changes Everything
    Ebook54 pages44 minutes

    Time Changes Everything

    By Sharon Iggulden

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    Ruth and her daughter Sarah, reconnect after years of being distant. Sarah is a workaholic and resents any disruption to her routine. Ruth, a widow, tricks her daughter into taking a whirlwind trip with her to some favorite places. Sarah discovers that Ruth is funny, irreverent and tremendous fun. Sarah slowly realizes that she and her mother have a bond she never imagined.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSharon Iggulden
    Release dateJan 4, 2014
    ISBN9781311949554
    Time Changes Everything
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    Sharon Iggulden

    Sharon has written several novella/short stories including: Dashboard Jesus, The French Tour Guide, Run Hard, Tick-Tock, Time Changes Everything, Symmetry and A Lucky Day. Sharon has also written several novels including the Christian Scott-Sarah Hunter series: Wire Mother, A Better Tragedy and The Lyrics Will Make You Cry, as well as the stand alone novel A Pale Horse. Sharon lives in Elma, New York and may be reached at sharoniggulden@yahoo.com

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      Time Changes Everything - Sharon Iggulden

      TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING

      By

      Sharon Iggulden

      Smashwords Edtion

      Copyright © 2014 by Sharon Iggulden

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Cover image by Rostislav Kralik at Publicdomaninpictures.net and cover design by Rita Toews

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Time Changes Everything

      Time Changes Everything

      Time changes everything.

      It begins to disappear.

      Speeding up beyond comprehension

      Like the drum major in a silent movie.

      Floating by without effort

      It starts as a lazy river

      And ends up breaking the sound barrier.

      The old woman, Ruth, stood in the rain, barely hidden by the trees, as she curiously peered at the traffic whirling past just a few feet away. She wore only a nightgown, robe and fuzzy pink slippers. The robe was short sleeve, with a peter pan collar, pink and white print, with snaps down the front. The white night gown hung below the robe, giving her the look of an odd ground level apparition, glowing in the dark.

      Ma, what are you doing out here? came the impatient question.

      Ruth turned her face to the rain, a heart breaking hunger etched on her face. I just wanted to feel the rain on my face again.

      Let’s get you inside before you get pneumonia.

      It’s summer Sarah. It’s a warm rain. She smiled angelically. Your father and I would walk in the summer rain. We loved the warm soft drops. They felt like silk.

      You don’t even like silk against your skin, she corrected. You always said it felt creepy and made you shudder.

      Ruth sighed deeply and stared at her daughter. Ok, then, smooth. The drops feel smooth. She smiled conspiratorially. Your father and I even made love in the rain. It was liberating.

      Ma! replied Sarah sharply. I can’t have this conversation with you.

      Oh, Sarah, you’re such a prude sometimes. She faced the rain again and inhaled noisily. It feels so wonderful. So alive. So, so, so nourishing.

      I just can’t think about, talk to you about, you and daddy, you know. Oh, God.

      How do you think you got here? she grinned wickedly. Immaculate conception?

      Let’s get inside. People are staring.

      Ruth gave her daughter a dismissive wave. They won’t remember what we look like two feet down the road. Why are you here anyway?

      Sarah frowned. Mrs. Jones called me. She saw you out here.

      That poor old thing is such a noisy biddy. She sighed loudly again. I suppose she doesn’t have much else in her life besides staring out as the world goes by.

      She’s younger than you are, ma.

      Not in her head, Sarah. I think she was old when she was twenty. No love making in the rain for her.

      Ma!

      Ok, ok, I’ll go in as soon as I find Fluffy.

      Sarah looked at her mother in horrified disbelief. Ma, Fluffy is dead, she said in a soft frightened whisper.

      I know that, Sarah, replied Ruth impatiently. That was Fluffy one. I’m talking about Fluffy two, Ruth looked down and shook her head. "Not very creative in the name department am I? At any rate, she showed up at the back door a couple of days ago. You know how cats are. You don’t pick them, they pick

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