2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Author:Mark Haddon [Haddon, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

And then I heard Father come up the stairs and walk into the room.

He said, ‘Christopher, what the hell are you doing?’

And I could tell that he was in the room, but his voice sounded tiny and far away, like people’s voices sometimes do when I am groaning and I don’t want them to be near me.

And he said, ‘What the fuck are you…? That’s my cupboard, Christopher. Those are … Oh shit … Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.’

Then he said nothing for a while.

Then he put his hand on my shoulder and moved me onto my side and he said, ‘Oh, Christ.’ But it didn’t hurt when he touched me, like it normally does. I could see him touching me, like I was watching a film of what was happening in the room, but I could hardly feel his hand at all. It was just like the wind blowing against me.

And then he was silent again for a while.

Then he said, ‘I’m sorry, Christopher. I’m so, so sorry.’

And then I noticed that I had been sick because I could feel something wet all over me, and I could smell it, like when someone is sick at school.

Then he said, ‘You read the letters.’

Then I could hear that he was crying because his breath sounded all bubbly and wet, like it does when someone has a cold and they have lots of snot in their nose.

Then he said, ‘I did it for your good, Christopher. Honestly I did. I never meant to lie. I just thought … I just thought it was better if you didn’t know … that … that … I didn’t mean to … I was going to show them to you when you were older.’

Then he was silent again.

Then he said, ‘It was an accident.’

Then he was silent again.

Then he said, ‘I didn’t know what to say … I was in such a mess … She left a note and … Then she rang and … I said she was in hospital because … because I didn’t know how to explain. It was so complicated. So difficult. And I … I said she was in hospital. And I know it wasn’t true. But once I’d said that … I couldn’t … I couldn’t change it. Do you understand … Christopher …? Christopher …? It just … It got out of control and I wish …’

Then he was silent for a really long time.

Then he touched me on the shoulder again and said, ‘Christopher, we have to get you cleaned up, OK?’

He shook my shoulder a little bit but I didn’t move.

And he said, ‘Christopher, I’m going to go to the bathroom and I’m going to run you a hot bath. Then I’m going to come back and take you to the bathroom, OK? Then I can put the sheets into the washing machine.’

Then I heard him get up and go to the bathroom and turn the taps on. I listened to the water running into the bath.

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