Brass Buttons
Sonya C. Dodd
- Lucy
- dreams
- of
- finding
- love
- which
- seems
- impossible
- whilst
- living
- under
- the
- influence
- of
- her
- strict
- father.
- Then,
- one
- day,
- she
- meets
- John
- Francis
- who
- sweeps
- her
- off
- her
- feet
- and
- wins
- her
- heart.
Against
- the
- wishes
- of
- her
- father,
- Lucy
- marries
- John
- and
- she
- looks
- forward
- to
- a
- long
- and
- happy
- marriage.
- However,
- her
- idyllic
- world
- is
- turned
- upside
- down
- when
- Lucy
- discovers
- the
- true
- nature
- of
- her
- husband.
When
- John’s
- mother
- dies,
- his
- younger
- brother,
- George,
- comes
- to
- live
- with
- them
- and
- Lucy
- slowly
- begins
- to
- learn
- that
- the
- kind
- of
- love
- she
- had
- dreamt
- of
- can
- exist.
Then,
- following
- the
- outbreak
- of
- World
- War
- One,
- recruiters
- visit
- the
- town
- and
- the
- brothers
- sign
- up
- for
- service
- as
- they
- are
- swept
- along
- by
- the
- tide
- of
- patriotism.
The
- night
- before
- they
- are
- due
- to
- leave
- for
- France,
- George
- returns
- from
- training
- and
- spends
- a
- night
- of
- passion
- with
- Lucy.
- As
- she
- watches
- him
- leave
- the
- following
- morning,
- she
- is
- unaware
- of
- just
- how
- much
- her
- life
- will
- change
- over
- the
- coming
- months.
Lucy
- discovers
- she
- is
- carrying
- George’s
- child,
- whilst
- waiting
- week
- after
- week
- for
- their
- letters
- to
- arrive
- from
- the
- frontline.
- Will
- both
- brothers
- return?
- Who
- will
- take
- up
- the
- role
- of
- father
- to
- her
- child?
- These
- are
- just
- some
- of
- the
- questions
- which
- torment
- Lucy’s
- mind
- as
- she
- waits
- for
- them.
Finally
- one
- brother
- returns
- home;
- but
- is
- it
- the
- brother
- who
- Lucy
- longed for?
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