ApostolicGirl7

A family separated long ago, then reunites after many years.  A mother leaving her husband and child and taking her daughter to a better place in the city instead of out west. She was looking for something better but could not take her Native son, for she feared he would be killed. The mother had to keep her daughter's identity a secret because she knew if the people knew what her daughter was, then they would look down on her or possibly kill her. But her daughter looked more white than Indian, but the mother did not want to risk it.  The Father was the Native who married a white woman and they had son and daughter. Now the son and daughter are grown and the daughter has three girls now, the girl's father Kicking Horse was killed long ago on the farm,  some men ambushed him in the barn and killed him, now the girls brother is learning the warrior way.

THE HALF-BREED

 Then Black Elk started to wake up, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Gloria. He smiled and then she smiled.


"I brought you some food to eat, I thought you might be hungry," said Gloria.


"It's good to see you again, after all these years," said Gloria.


"Yes dad would always tell me I had a big sister, what happened? Why did you leave, dad told me what happened when I got older," said Black Elk.


"I didn't want to leave, I had no choice, mom was forcing me to leave you and dad. So we left, I felt like a piece was missing from my heart," said Gloria.


"Did she love me? if she loved me, she wouldn't have left," angered Black Elk.


       "Brother she loved you very much, she talked about you all the time, she said she wished she could have taken you with us, but she was afraid to, because of what people would do to you, it was hard for me to not tell people that I was a half-breed. It was hard for both of us, if the people knew we were half-breeds they would have hurt us, or killed us, or threw us in jail. So she played it safe. But she really did love you, she talked about you all the time, and she would cry at night," said Gloria.


"So where is she, is she here?" asked Black Elk.


"No, she died, she got really sick suddenly and died in her sleep," said Gloria.


"Yes he does, I wrote it the day it happened, he didn't tell you? I thought he did," said Gloria.


"Well eat up and get some rest you will need more rest," said Gloria.


"Your welcome brother," said Gloria and closed the door from behind her.


"Yes, and we talked, and I told him about mom and us. I know you're not supposed to talk about the dead, but he needed to know," said Gloria.


"Good, I'm glad you guys talked, well it's late, we better be getting to bed now," said Luther.


Chapter 3