It's the
How was your Monday?
Mine was a real surprise!
TERRIBLE.
Now isn't that such a surprise?
Here's part of my latest chapter.
"Chapter 13- Be my escape
I
can't believe it.
I'm
watching my sister's memorial service, and I realise how much I miss
her. Her smile, her laugh, just her. But
now she's gone. Dad is speaking gravely into the microphone. Lindsee
looks pale, Leo has lost weight, Lynn is staring at the ribbons and
flowers on Wil and my old chairs like it's the most interesting thing
in the world.
Written
on the projected screen is :
Charlotta
and Wilma
1998-
2012 1998- 2010
You
will be missed
I
want to laugh, but my eyes are stuck on the screen. Somehow the two
connect and my mouth opens and closes like a goldfish.
"It
was two years ago that we lost one of our twin girls to cancer. They
were Leah's fourth pregnancy." His carrot head made everything
about him seem slightly comical.
"Charlie
was my little girl. When I had I fight, she was there. She was
amazing, an amazing child...." His eyes filled with tears and he
stepped off the podium.
Mum
nodded at him and stepped onto the podium. She's stifling a smile.
She knows that I'm alive. She's enjoying this. She's
dressed in a tight polka-dot silk shirt that outlines her muffin top.
Her navy blue skirt is tight on her hips and she quells another
smile. Professionally she changed her face to a somber expression. "I
can't even imagine life without my girls. They are so important to
me..." Distractedly ,as a servant handed me a sandwich, my teeth
clamped over it, letting the nutrients sink in into my mouth and
down, down into my growing stomach. I had been comfort eating. I
glanced at Lindsee. She was wearing a black maternity dress, only
giving us a sneak- peak of he baby bump. He hat was tilted and her
face went very red for a second. Then her face went pale. She gave
Leo (in too tight morning dress- totally un-suitable) a little kiss and
a whisper in his ear. He got up and picked her up. He took her to the
limo. The camera focused on them. The commentator's voice was
exactly like he was talking for a tennis match. "And that's
Diana, known as Lindsee, with her boyfriend Leo..."
A
shot of realization shimmied down my spine. She was in labour!
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Mwah, Hannah
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