Friday Snippet – Faith

Friday Snippet this week is from my second novella staring Faith. Please be warned this is first draft so VERY rough. Enjoy!

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‘This does not belong to me, but I feel it belongs to you.’ The woman stretched out a hand and placed the pendant in Faith’s. It was a tear drop shaped gemstone, polished to a high shine. Layers of white and grey glimmered in the sun with flecks of gold and green. The stone was carved with the same four pointed star as the wooden disk hung from a silver chain.

‘This isn’t mine,’ Faith said, holding her hand out to the woman. Although the stone was beautiful, Faith couldn’t claim it for her own.

‘It is now,’ the gypsy replied with a smile. What kind of trick is this? Faith thought.

‘I can’t afford it,’ Faith replied.

‘It is not a thing that should be bought or bartered with. It is a gift but not from me. I found the pendant on my travels and I knew it was meant for someone else. I know it was meant for you,’ she said.

Faith stared at the gypsy, not sure what to say.

‘What’s wrong with it?’ Faith asked. The gypsy laughed then, her musical tone shook her belly.

‘It is not cursed or broken, it will not give you bad luck. It is yours,’ she said. Faith still wasn’t convinced so she pressed her coin into the gypsy’s hand before the woman could refuse.

‘This is my gift to you,’ said Faith.

‘Thank you child.’ The woman gave a small bow.

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