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Ivy Frank Monologue

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She has been through so much. She saw the Second World War and watched as her mother waves tearfully goodbye to her father, while holding her six-month-old younger sister, Adeline Hazel. She sat on the living-room floor, playing with her younger sister—now five years old—and listened as her mother answered the door and a soldier told her how brave her husband was and how his sacrifice was appreciated. She saw the hesitant cheering of her neighbours after the war was finally declared over. She felt love and heartbreak. She went to her father’s funeral at the age of ten and her mother’s funeral at the age of thirty-one. She was married at twenty-two and was the maid of honour at her sister’s wedding at the age of twenty-eight. She gave birth …show more content…

Brynn nods.
“Well, when I was about your age, I ran away from home. I didn’t want to become a star or anythin’, but I couldn’t stay at home anymore. My dad had died in World War II, and I couldn’t be at home or around my family without being reminded of him. As I travelled across Canada, I learned that I couldn’t escape my dad, because he was a part of me. Cheesy, I know, but true. So, I turned around and went home.”
Brynn sniffles and says, “But you didn’t make it?”
Ivy replies, “I wanted to forget my father, but in the end I realized I didn’t need to forget, only forgive. I hated myself for letting him leave. When I learned it wasn’t my fault, it didn’t hurt anymore. It took time, of course, but eventually the hurt faded. Your …show more content…

“My dad died of cancer, and I guess I blamed myself for not being there enough. So, I decided getting away would fix everything, but even though I’m gone, everything reminds me of him.” She wipes a tear from her eyes and sniffles, “I’m sorry, but I should go home.”
Ivy smiles and nods. “You should.”
Brynn tells Ivy her address, and she drives her home.
When they arrive, Brynn digs around in her bag and Ivy says, “It’s on the house.”
Brynn shakes her head. “Are you sure? I don’t think that’s very fair.”
Ivy smiles and makes a shooing motion at Brynn. Brynn smiles back, takes her seatbelt off, opens the door, and, just before shutting it, whispers, “Thank you.” Then she shuts the door and runs inside.
Brynn goes inside and her mother squeezes her in a hug, exclaiming, “Where have you been?”
“I’m sorry, Mom,” Brynn says, hugging her mother back, “but I met this woman who was so kind.” Brynn drifts over to the window and Ivy smiles up at her—her experienced eye twinkling. Brynn turns to her mom and exclaims, “Mom! Come see! She’s still here!”
Brynn’s mom walks over and looks out the window. “Brynn, honey, there’s no one

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