Nine- Ally

As I sat in Lesley’s house drinking tea with him, I realized that his face struck an odd memory in my mind. I was so sure that I knew that face from…

“Did you used to eat banana peals?” I asked, very unlike myself to ask such a bold question to a total stranger.

Caleb chocked on his cookie but Lesley grinned. He turned to me and said, “ I used to pretend to, yes. When you were very small to get you to eat ‘em bananas. Child you used to hate those things until I told you that the skin tasted amazing and that the only was you could have some was-”

“-was to eat the inside first! But you never let me have the peel because I was too young.”  I blurted out.

Cale coughed a little but smiled at me with the most proud expression. I’m guessing that he was happy I was remembering something new everyday.

“So, you do remember me then Ally? Big o’l Less” asked Lesley with a proud voice.

I grinned at him, “Of course. Who else took Caleb and I to MC Donald’s every Wednesday until we were five.”

We had no problem getting across the border because Less worked there and his authority was never questioned. What he let slide stayed that way. Nobody did a thing to stop him because they didn’t need to know.

We were in Canada now and I was home after what felt like I would never return home again.