Finding Family

Elisabeth Barnes – Betty, to friends and Family – grew up with a single mom in the middle of Brooklyn. She was something fierce. Raising Elisabeth on her own, until she got remarried when Betty was 18.Every night, as Becca tucked her in, she would ask for another story.“Tell me about uncle Bucky, momma” she said, reaching out her little hands.“Ah, your uncle Bucky” Becca would smile, sit herself down on the side of her bed, and take a deep breath before launching off into a story about James Buchanan Barnes, American Hero.“He fought alongside Captain America” she would say, “Of course, we knew him as little Stevie Rogers.”She would show her daughter pictures, and letters.“They don’t know I have this” she would whisper secretly, “Stevie gave it to me before he left, told me to keep it safe for when he comes back.”“But, he didn’t come back” Betty said, wide eyes looking at the suitcase with the man’s initials embossed on it.“He didn’t” she would smile, “But your uncle Bucky had his back, so maybe he still will.”She never actually expected for her Uncle Bucky to come back as well.