A to Z of You And Me (2016)
“Bedroom door cracks open as my mum comes in.
I was awake anyway. I’m here where she left me, in bed, in my best church clothes.
It’s dark now.
She reaches down by my bedside table and squeezes the switch to turn the lamp on. She twists it quickly to the wall. Keeps it low.
The house has been silent since the last of the mourners left, and since Laura slammed her bedroom door in tears.
Mum sits on the side of the mattress, and I slide involuntarily into the dip.
She quiet...ly raises her hand and strokes my hair.
“How you doing, kiddo?”
I don’t say anything. I tighten the curl of my body around where she’s sitting, the warmth sealed between us. I know I don’t need to say anything. I know she understands.
“Brave little soldier, aren’t you?”
I look up at her from where I’m lying.MoreLess
I was awake anyway. I’m here where she left me, in bed, in my best church clothes.
It’s dark now.
She reaches down by my bedside table and squeezes the switch to turn the lamp on. She twists it quickly to the wall. Keeps it low.
The house has been silent since the last of the mourners left, and since Laura slammed her bedroom door in tears.
Mum sits on the side of the mattress, and I slide involuntarily into the dip.
She quiet...ly raises her hand and strokes my hair.
“How you doing, kiddo?”
I don’t say anything. I tighten the curl of my body around where she’s sitting, the warmth sealed between us. I know I don’t need to say anything. I know she understands.
“Brave little soldier, aren’t you?”
I look up at her from where I’m lying.MoreLess
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