Patricia's story
by Torie2 

Summary: Another take on "Amazing
Grace." What would have happened if Neil and Margaret had
had children.  Disclaimer: I am not trying to infringe on
Christy and the characters. I just love the story and this
story is written for my enjoyment.

The cold November wind caused Patricia MacNeil to shiver
with cold as she and her mother, Margaret made their way
to Cutter Gap. The cove was fascinating to Patricia's
14-year-old eyes.

Margaret said that her mother lived in that cove and ran
a mission. Patricia was curious as to what her grandmother
Alice Henderson was like. She had never met her grandmother
or her father either.

Her mother said that her father was a doctor who would
be too busy to take care of a little girl. Often Patricia
wondered if her mother said that to be cruel. Her mother
had a mean streak in her that caused people not to like
her too much.

It didn't help that Patricia looked like her father
either. Her medium brown hair curled like his and when
she smiled or frowned she looked like him too.

"How far is it, Mama?" Patricia asked, running to catch
up to her mother.

Margaret had a cigarette in her mouth and was adjusting
the scarf around her head.

"Not far. We'll be there in two hours," Margaret said,
taking the cigarette out of her mouth.

"Tell me again what Grandmother's like," Patricia asked,
walking next to her mother.

"Mother. She's stubborn and obstinate. She's a Quaker,
you know," Margaret said.

"Aren't you the same way?" Patricia asked, giving a cheeky
grin at her mother.

"You bite your tongue! Mother uses all those thees' and
thous.' I used to couldn't stand it," Margaret said, her
face reddening with anger.

"Probably because you're mad at God," Patricia said
dryly. Patricia had become a Christian some weeks earlier
to her mother's anger. Margaret didn't like the fact that
God was in control of her life. Every time Patricia had
tried to talk to her mother about God Margaret rejected
him more.

Patricia pulled a flimsy scarf over her head and tried to
brave the cold on the way to the mission.