by maddie rose

Created on: August 18, 2008   Last Updated: September 01, 2008

She Remembers

Yes, she remembers, and it is the smell of the harbor keeping her coming to the same bench almost every morning at the same time. People may think the pier may have a quite a fishy smell at the end of the town's long pier, but she loves it, the smell, the pier. The anglers keeps their bait in the water, with anticipation of the surprise they will pull out of the dark water. She understands, she fishes here when she can, when she cannot, then she enjoys the smell of the water, the fish and the beauty from her side of the water. She can sit there all morning. People come and go, jog or power walk pass her without her noticing.

Once in a while, she catches a glimpse of a small child, who will welcome her, with a Fairhope' shirt on. The little one may ask, "Where are you from?" She smiles and says, "I live here, where are you from sweetie?" There is usually an answer of Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio almost anywhere else. She is never surprised at the answer back; she knows she lives at a place where people from all over the country would like to visit. She understands why, yes, she understands, she thinks to herself as she stares at the water and the RSA towers.

Someone yells for help, "I have a red, does someone have a net?!" Excitement surrounds her, crowds gather but her mind is at the towers, memories have overtaken her to a time, though they are neiher lost or not forgotten to her.

She remembers:

"What is it? What happened?" Mary asks. Her husband said, "It will be ok. We can start all over." Mary is anxious, no patience for her through the years. "Ben, tell me what is it?"

Ben seeing the worry in Mary's face realizes there is nothing he can do to let her down easy. He wants to, it is his job to make his wife comfortable and provide for her and fixing the problems of life. Ben takes a deep breath and sits down on the couch.

Mary takes the position beside him, insisting, "What is wrong?" Ben holds her hands and tells her the story he has hoped to hide from her.

"Phone-El is merging in December, you know that?" "Well, of course, I do. You have worked for months on the project with your team to join the sixteen states so your company can do this. I do not understand," Mary waits, there must be more.

"The merger will happen. There is a rule for this to take place. There must be six thousand people to leave, or it will not happen. Phone-El will not let the merger be neglected. These people will have to go before Christmas."

Mary stared at him quietly for

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