Creature of the Night
“My good mood left me the minute I seen her. You couldn't move in the kitchen for plastic bags. Every one of those cost her fifteen cents out of her dole. We'd only been in the house for two weeks and she already had ten million of them stuffed in under the sink. It was the same in the flat in Dublin. Fluke used to say if my ma ever bought a proper shopping bag we could all go and live in Ballsbridge.
I pushed past her, dragging my bike through her shopping because I couldn't be bothered to go t...hrough and open the front door for it. She came after me.
'I got your bike lock,' she said. 'And your charger for the iPod.' I came back. She started looking in the bags.
Dennis was sitting on the floor, trying to make the dog eat an onion.
'I got you a T-shirt as well,' she said, pulling it out and handing it to me. 'In Moore Street.' I couldn't believe it. She still thought I was into Lara Croft. I chucked it behind me on to the stairs. The bike lock was useless as well. It was one of those ones with a code number.MoreLess
I pushed past her, dragging my bike through her shopping because I couldn't be bothered to go t...hrough and open the front door for it. She came after me.
'I got your bike lock,' she said. 'And your charger for the iPod.' I came back. She started looking in the bags.
Dennis was sitting on the floor, trying to make the dog eat an onion.
'I got you a T-shirt as well,' she said, pulling it out and handing it to me. 'In Moore Street.' I couldn't believe it. She still thought I was into Lara Croft. I chucked it behind me on to the stairs. The bike lock was useless as well. It was one of those ones with a code number.MoreLess
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