A Bridge of Years
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Billy walked toward the farm until the common buildings loomed ahead of him and he distinguished two figures at the main gate. Now he hurried forward, recognizing the bearded man: Nathan, his father; and the woman beside him was Maria, his mother, who had died of cancer a month after Billy was born; he recognized her from her photographs.
He stood before Nathan, who was as tall as Billy remembered him. Billy said, “What is this place?” And Nathan answered, “This is where we begin again.” Then he opened his arms and Billy ran forward.
Nathan and Maria took him home. Their touch pulled memory out of him like a throbbing tooth until there was only the fact of the sky, the water, the heat.
“Saw an Infantry patrol this morning,” Nathan remarked, “but it passed well to the south.”
“That’s good,” Billy’s mother said.
Billy took her hand and tugged her toward home.
“I’m tired,” he said. The sun was hot and made him tired and he felt like he’d walked a very long way.
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