Tyche
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 15
Junior and Surprise eyed me up and down. Surprise saw just what she expected ... standard 10 year old ... very pretty ... for ten ... in reasonable shape ... straight is a shape ... ten year olds are ‘straight.’ At least this one is.
“You’re 10?” Junior said.
“You know that.”
“Ask me again ... about 4 years from now,” she said.
“Yup,” said Surprise. “Fourteen would be just about ripe ... er ... right.
“You know, you get the watch in two years ... want some practice?”
“Do I haveta?”
“Pretty much ... even if you turn it down, I can’t use it.”
“What about... ?”
“She abandoned us in Onerahi ... didn’t want to leave. That negated her claim.”
“Well ... what about Aunt Cyn ... it’s her watch.”
<Freely given, > said a voice in my head. <and I don’t need it.>
‘Seven?’ I thought.
<Yes.>
‘I think we’re related,’ I thought.
<Auntie Tyche, > said the voice.
‘Nuh uh,’ I thought back. ‘Half sisters.’
<What!?!>
‘This is going to be so much fun.’
<NO!>
‘Yes ... and going by birthdays, ... I’m older.’
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