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"Mlle. Prouvaire?"

I stayed silent and continued to sit on the edge of the Populaire's roof, overlooking the beautiful French city I now live in alone. I could almost laugh, for although it was a marvelous city, all I could see of it was black and white, the dullness of it all, the dull state of mind I was in reflecting itself onto everything my eyes landed upon. Whoever is calling out my name may come closer if they wish to hear from me, for I will not respond so long as they act distant, afraid of how I will treat them because of my mother's death. "Mademoiselles Prouvaire, what are you doing up here? You'll catch a cold!"

I shrugged my shoulders. There is not anyone left to care whether or not I catch a cold, no one left to cure any ailments I may succumb to. Why should I bother? …show more content…

I glanced over my shoulder to gaze upon Monsieur Jean (John) Pontmercy. He was the one who hired my mother and me, even paying for our plane ticket to France. He's also the man that's been teaching me to speak in french.

"Comment allez-vous?" Jean asked, a playful smile tugging his lips, brightening his troubled, sympathetic eyes. The sight of this kind man's eyes made the smallest of smiles turn up on my face and I began to feel that lump in my throat. I reminded myself not to think of her to prevent myself from crying those useless tears. Tears won't bring her back.

"As well as I can be," I replied, then corrected myself by repeating it in french. "Aussi bien que je peux

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