Sister, Sister1982

Carolyne Lovejoy:
[opening lines] Family. Gone. Scattered. All of them except Sissy, my baby sister. You're older now. If you knew, what would you say? Mama, how young you were. Forgive me, and Papa too. I need you now more than ever. If you were alive. If you could hear me, you'd know what to say. But would I have dared to tell you my secret? My high school days. Things were so orderly and neat, open and clear. Now, it's such confusion and chaos. Oh, I was 17. Freida! If you ever found out! Look at us! No one has a right to be as young as we were. I'm lost. Papa, I'm lost. [Church bell ringing] Late! [She shuts the book and hurries out the door] I mustn't be late!