My Sister

I couldn't believe we were having this conversation. Much less that I was listening, and that I was even beginning to think she might be right.

Heidi's ten years of slavery had been kinder to her than to most, and her last master had treated her like his granddaughter, ultimately setting her free just the week before.

In fact, he had originally bought her partly out of pity for her. About three years ago, in Adrianople, our mother and Heidi's twin sister Gelda had been sold to Quintus...

My Sister