With the letter back in the envelope, she wondered if maybe holding it a day would allow her time to conjure up a good excuse.
Her navy-blue, plaid skirt was caked with mud and her knee highs were splotched with blood. Upstairs, Marci heard a series of exasperated sighs and rolled her eyes.
Once again, her mother was having a fit.
First, she heard the familiar scuff of shoes and recognized the foot patterns of Silvia Aurora Herrero, just before she walked into the kitchen. Marci’s face lit up
Silvia took one look at the young girl and her eyes widened. “Santa Maria!” She wrapped her arms around Marci, embracing her as if she had been the one that gave birth to her. As she stood back, her eyes roamed the length of her and her expression …show more content…
The pilot pushed the throttles forward to the stops and the plane speeded up. The jet engines roared as he tweaked the throttles until the “max continuous thrust” light illuminated. Then, the sound dulled to a constant hum and finally, the squealing pitch of the engines. And the ground fell away beneath them as they left the runway.
Marci glanced out of the window, to the rainy streets below. The entire city looked like some sixties abstract impressionist street scene. A cityscape painting created with a palette knife with sweeping areas of flat color that brought the dreariness out and created the rain effects of the objects de couleur. The plane took a sharp turn, out over the San Francisco Bay and circled as they gained altitude. The clouds became a layer of light gray cotton candy as the plane leveled itself.
The German flight attendant laid out a fruit and vegetable tray on the table before them, and returned with a cheese and cracker platter, with smoked salmon. And then, a smaller platter with two sandwiches. As she reached for a roast beef sandwich, she gave the flight attendant a flirty smile and
Her navy-blue, plaid skirt was caked with mud and her knee highs were splotched with blood. Upstairs, Marci heard a series of exasperated sighs and rolled her eyes.
Once again, her mother was having a fit.
First, she heard the familiar scuff of shoes and recognized the foot patterns of Silvia Aurora Herrero, just before she walked into the kitchen. Marci’s face lit up
Silvia took one look at the young girl and her eyes widened. “Santa Maria!” She wrapped her arms around Marci, embracing her as if she had been the one that gave birth to her. As she stood back, her eyes roamed the length of her and her expression …show more content…
The pilot pushed the throttles forward to the stops and the plane speeded up. The jet engines roared as he tweaked the throttles until the “max continuous thrust” light illuminated. Then, the sound dulled to a constant hum and finally, the squealing pitch of the engines. And the ground fell away beneath them as they left the runway.
Marci glanced out of the window, to the rainy streets below. The entire city looked like some sixties abstract impressionist street scene. A cityscape painting created with a palette knife with sweeping areas of flat color that brought the dreariness out and created the rain effects of the objects de couleur. The plane took a sharp turn, out over the San Francisco Bay and circled as they gained altitude. The clouds became a layer of light gray cotton candy as the plane leveled itself.
The German flight attendant laid out a fruit and vegetable tray on the table before them, and returned with a cheese and cracker platter, with smoked salmon. And then, a smaller platter with two sandwiches. As she reached for a roast beef sandwich, she gave the flight attendant a flirty smile and