Black Juice
“It took three ‘Hellos?’ before I even knew my mother was on the line.
‘Just quietly overnight, it was. No alarm. The manager said she looked very peaceful; must’ve just gone quietly, no pain.’ Mum started telling me the funeral arrangements. I turned away from my project on the kitchen table and scribbled on the wall with near-dry marker.
‘All the way out to Greville?’ I said dismayed.
‘It’s what she wanted, Daphne. She arranged it all herself and it’s paid for and done.’ ‘But Greville? There’s... nothing there! It’s a ghost town, a filthy wasteland—’ ‘It’s the town of your Gran’s childhood, Daph, and she always meant to be buried there.’ ‘And so far…’ Distance meant fuel; it meant money, which I didn’t have … ‘So I’ve organised a priest, and for that neighbour lady, Irini, to go out there with the body, and for the council to open the church, and for the hearse, and burial in the graveyard there. As I said, your Gran set it all up—all they needed was details of the date and time.’ And you did all this before you called me—but I didn’t say that.MoreLess
‘Just quietly overnight, it was. No alarm. The manager said she looked very peaceful; must’ve just gone quietly, no pain.’ Mum started telling me the funeral arrangements. I turned away from my project on the kitchen table and scribbled on the wall with near-dry marker.
‘All the way out to Greville?’ I said dismayed.
‘It’s what she wanted, Daphne. She arranged it all herself and it’s paid for and done.’ ‘But Greville? There’s... nothing there! It’s a ghost town, a filthy wasteland—’ ‘It’s the town of your Gran’s childhood, Daph, and she always meant to be buried there.’ ‘And so far…’ Distance meant fuel; it meant money, which I didn’t have … ‘So I’ve organised a priest, and for that neighbour lady, Irini, to go out there with the body, and for the council to open the church, and for the hearse, and burial in the graveyard there. As I said, your Gran set it all up—all they needed was details of the date and time.’ And you did all this before you called me—but I didn’t say that.MoreLess
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