Forgive And Forget
“I don’t want you to see me in here.’ Polly had gone up the hill to the prison to visit her father, but when she saw him she wished she hadn’t come. He shuffled into the room where prisoners met their visitors, his shoulders hunched, his hair long and unkempt and suddenly grey. His face was gaunt and yellow.
She swallowed. ‘Course I’ll keep coming, Dad. You can’t stop me.’ He smiled weakly. ‘Aye, but I can refuse to see you.’ ‘Aw, Dad, don’t do that. Please.’ There was silence between them until... he asked, ‘How’s everyone?’ ‘Fine,’ Polly said brightly. ‘And Michael’s growing every day. I wish you could see him. He’s a lovely little chap and Violet’s doing a grand job.’ She forbore to add ‘now’. The time immediately after the child’s birth, when Violet might have rejected the little mite had it not been for Polly, would remain a secret between the two sisters.
‘And guess what, Dad?’ She knew she was chattering, out of nerves, she supposed.MoreLess
She swallowed. ‘Course I’ll keep coming, Dad. You can’t stop me.’ He smiled weakly. ‘Aye, but I can refuse to see you.’ ‘Aw, Dad, don’t do that. Please.’ There was silence between them until... he asked, ‘How’s everyone?’ ‘Fine,’ Polly said brightly. ‘And Michael’s growing every day. I wish you could see him. He’s a lovely little chap and Violet’s doing a grand job.’ She forbore to add ‘now’. The time immediately after the child’s birth, when Violet might have rejected the little mite had it not been for Polly, would remain a secret between the two sisters.
‘And guess what, Dad?’ She knew she was chattering, out of nerves, she supposed.MoreLess
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