Authors: Dana Reinhardt
Tags: #General, #Science Fiction, #Juvenile Fiction, #Social Issues, #Family, #Emotions & Feelings
Odessa Again (22 page)
She opened the door.
It was Mrs. Grisham.
Even though it had only been a day since she’d seen her, and even though she’d never done it before, Odessa gave her a big hug.
“You left this behind,” Mrs. Grisham said, reaching into her coat pocket and pulling out the small glass owl. “I found it in your attic.”
“It’s not my attic anymore.”
“No, I suppose it’s not.” She stared into Odessa’s eyes. “But it was for a time.”
Mrs. Grisham stepped inside and took a look around Odessa’s new room. She walked to the center of it and stood. She tapped her foot on the floor.
Like Odessa hadn’t already tried that!
There was nothing at all magical about this new room, and that was perfectly fine by Odessa.
“You’re going to love it here,” Mrs. Grisham said, just as she had that first time she showed Odessa the attic house, although now Odessa knew that her bark wasn’t an order, it was just the voice of someone who has lived a long time and knows certain things.
“I think I will,” Odessa said. “I think I’m going to love it here.”
She took the owl from the old woman’s hand and she put it on her desk.
Her desk. Her room.
Her home.
Forever, for now.
About the Author
DANA REINHARDT
lives in San Francisco with her husband and their two daughters. She is the author of
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Harmless, How to Build a House, The Things a Brother Knows,
and
The Summer I Learned to Fly.
Visit her at
danareinhardt.net
.
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