“This place will never do,” Aaron shook his head.
“It’ll have to,” Ella tucked the edges of frustration back into the crevices that practice had made almost foolproof. Almost. One could not get complacent.
She’d seen what happened when one did, and the cost was never worth the temptation of release.
“We’ll make it work,” she added before Aaron could add argument to what they both knew will have to be managed anyway.
The steep plot of thicket-covered land was all they had. A measly inheritance, perhaps, but better than the debtor’s jail … and the ways one had to pay debts with one’s body. Piecemeal. By the hour. By the man. They could neither of them survive it again.
“It is a long way down,” Aaron acquiesced. “The stairs are rotted.”
“A longer way up for those who do not know the path,” Ella smiled. “We’ll do fine.”
For Crispina‘s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
I like Ella. She’s definitely the one with the head on her shoulders…
And I just found me a matchy-matchy so… looks like I’m going to have to try to write something!
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Ah! Yes, she sure is that! And … I can’t wait to see what you come up with! 🙂
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Trying to think up something…
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Me patient. Me sure you gonna do splendid. 🙂
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Me gots two pics… things are a-swirling
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OOOOOOOOOOOOh swirling! 🙂
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Had to drive my son’s friend home – before 9:30 curfew! Now… I’ll revisit what’s swirling…
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Whew! We don’t want you out after curfew!! Not with those halos swirling about lamps in your environs … Not all are as harmless as Mr. B’s ….
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No, no, no… we don’t want the fine! Never mind Mr. B… 😉
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Just decided. I’m piggy-backing onto yours!
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Ah!!!! Now I REALLY can’t wait! 🙂
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G’head. It’s up 😉
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Oh! Me go see!
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Woot!
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🙂
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I love this for many many reasons. But one is for the way that as a species we have persevered and overcome multiple “steep sides” to survive
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Indeed and exactly! Yes to survival and ingenuity and making do and adapting and finding ways to make a home, someplace, against many odds. Love it that you ‘got’ this!
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I got it. I think our vibes travel along the same line
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Me think so, too! 🙂
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🙂
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