Page 130 of Chaos has a Name
Oh, they knew what function she’d been going to. Chris had a symposium in California, and she’d gone with him. She’d gotten on the jet in fancy things, and had to have changed out of them.
Chris too.
They’d found mates that understood, and were decent human beings.
Ethan was beyond proud.
He was grateful.
“Elizabeth is special,” Callen stated. “The minute I saw her, I knew. Timothy loved her. He loved her more than anything in the world.”
The Shaman trusted her with all of them.
Elkie patted their arms.
“Good job, boys.”
As she walked with them, Callen kept showing Ethan the things there.
From where they stood, they could see a little child wandering around, checking everything out.
She was standing in front of apples. That’s when she picked a giant one, and then she ran up to the woman that had just spoken to them.
She was adorable with her pigtails and hopeful eyes.
In her hands, she showed the older woman the giant apple.
It was good to see the woman nod, and then add it to her cart for the child.
“Her daughter ran off to escape the reservation,” Elkie admitted. “She left her child behind. Now, she’s being raised by her grandmother. This food helps. The daycare helps because it’s giving the child a head start when it comes to learning.”
Oh, they knew what that was like to be lost and behind.
Only, their mothers didn’t run off.
One let someone abuse her son, and the other died from cancer, but they understood how it felt to be alone and not having the same things other children had.
What saved them?
Each other.
Ethan glanced over at his brother.
I love you,he mouthed.
He saw it, and Callen returned it.
“I’m glad it all worked out. I’m also glad we could help a little bit,” Ethan admitted.
“A little? You’ve saved lives. Again, please have your wife come in. I would love to see her again. I want her to know weappreciate it. That night she came to help that young girl, she couldn’t stay long. I would love to spend some time with her.”
Callen and Ethan knew why she did it. She had Native children, and she wanted all children to have food. She also was making amends, in her way, for what her ancestors did to their people.
Elizabeth always used the scale of justice to balance everything in life, even when it had nothing to do with the law.
Just decency.
Many times, they told her it wasn’t her burden to carry, but Elizabeth…she had a big heart.
