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The Six Segment Story Stack to Start Twenty-Sixteen
- By Jessica Holt
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- 25 Feb, 2016
You’ve made it to the final segment of the six segment story stack to start twenty-sixteen. Thanks for reading!
Unquestionably Questionable, Week 5
Copyright © 2016 by Jessica Holt
Polly Priestly awoke to a most mystifying murmuring. The sound sounded as though it was coming from the couch where Caroline quietly slept.
It sounded like a sound that Heaven had all but forgotten. If Polly's ears weren't deceiving her, what she heard were the sweet murmurings of a pint-sized person.
Has someone come for Caroline? she wondered as she walked down the hall. She almost hoped it wasn't true, that this little child she had grown to love could be leaving.
When she reached the living room she was astonished at the amazing sight before her. Caroline was crouched on the couch, watching out the window, singing the simple song that Polly sang to her every evening.
Polly practically passed out at what was taking place before her.
Suddenly, Caroline spun around to face Polly. Her baby blues locked with Polly's light lavenders. The lips that had never curled up, down, or otherwise began to creep upward.
The voice box that had never voiced a voice started to speak.
"My mama calls me Lyric Littleton. She's in heaven with my sisters. Not this Heaven; the spirit one. She said I could come live with you. You can call me Caroline. She thinks it's pretty too."
With that, Lyric fell into Polly's outstretched arms and an everlasting love leapt into their souls and bonded them both forever.
And that’s how Caroline Lyric Littleton became the only child to ever inhabit Heaven.
It sounded like a sound that Heaven had all but forgotten. If Polly's ears weren't deceiving her, what she heard were the sweet murmurings of a pint-sized person.
Has someone come for Caroline? she wondered as she walked down the hall. She almost hoped it wasn't true, that this little child she had grown to love could be leaving.
When she reached the living room she was astonished at the amazing sight before her. Caroline was crouched on the couch, watching out the window, singing the simple song that Polly sang to her every evening.
Polly practically passed out at what was taking place before her.
Suddenly, Caroline spun around to face Polly. Her baby blues locked with Polly's light lavenders. The lips that had never curled up, down, or otherwise began to creep upward.
The voice box that had never voiced a voice started to speak.
"My mama calls me Lyric Littleton. She's in heaven with my sisters. Not this Heaven; the spirit one. She said I could come live with you. You can call me Caroline. She thinks it's pretty too."
With that, Lyric fell into Polly's outstretched arms and an everlasting love leapt into their souls and bonded them both forever.
And that’s how Caroline Lyric Littleton became the only child to ever inhabit Heaven.
Caroline reached adulthood, as all children should. She made it her mission to make Hale a little less hellish. After seven years of hard work, residents of Hale were self-sufficient. Families became fuller, with fathers sticking around. Unemployment became nonexistent. Buildings were brought down and houses were built in their place. Cars became common. Businesses were booming in the place where prison was once preferred.
Lucy Littleton watched with wonder at all of Caroline’s accomplishments.
And she waited…patiently, peacefully, and proudly… to one day, once Lyric’s life had been lived, have the littlest Littleton reunited with her in Heaven.
And she waited…patiently, peacefully, and proudly… to one day, once Lyric’s life had been lived, have the littlest Littleton reunited with her in Heaven.
