Between Sisters by Kelly Cathy

Author:Kelly, Cathy [Kelly, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2015-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

Normally Cassie hated arguments, but tonight she felt as if she wanted an argument with just about everyone who lived on the street. Bring it on!

Shay came back from his mother’s at six on the nail, filthy dirty and with a Tupperware container full of scones.

‘Ma made them,’ he said, putting them down on the counter, where Cassie was angrily dishing up the Thai green curry the girls loved. With one move, Cassie shoved the container to one side and went on dishing up silently.

‘She made them for all of us,’ Shay said, determined not to have any arguments.

‘She made them for you,’ hissed Cassie. ‘And don’t think you’re going to sit and eat with us when you’re covered in muck from her garden.’

At this, Shay put the small bouquet of flowers and the bottle of Spanish red wine down on the table too. Cassie looked at them and then glared at her husband.

‘You’re gone all day, after everything I’ve said to you about your mother trying to drag you back into her life, and to make up for that, this is what I get?’ Cassie said with fury.

At the table, Lily and Beth traded silent, stunned gazes. This was a side of their mother they’d never seen before. Mum never got really angry or shouted, or if she did, it was for something rare, like that time they were late for school because they’d overslept and she’d had an important meeting that morning, which she was now going to miss because everyone was dawdling. Beth had yelled: ‘Chillax, Mum!’ and Cassie had laughed and instantly said sorry.

Mum had yelled at Lily the time she’d nearly been hit by a car because she let go of Mum’s hand and ran across the road. That had been yelling, but it was different.

‘She asked me nicely,’ said their father, sounding as if he was losing his temper too, which never happened.

‘Why can’t she ask Ruth or Miriam nicely? Better still, why can’t she pay for someone to do it or get up off her precious backside and do it herself, like Pearl does? Pearl is fifteen years older and she does her own garden!’ Cassie was roaring now. ‘I told you before, Shay: I am fed up with your mother! She needs her own life! She needs to let you go!’

‘Maybe you’re the one who needs to let go,’ said Shay quietly. ‘It’s not a battle between you and my mother. Why are you making it into one? I’m going to shower,’ he added, and left the room.

Both girls held their breath. The shouting had been terrible. Dad was easy-going, everyone said so, but what if he went mental like Mum too? Mum had been really scary.

Their plates were slammed down on the table in time with the sound of the kitchen door slamming.

‘Thanks, Mum,’ said Lily, then whispered, ‘Why are you so angry with Dad?’

Beth kicked her under the table. ‘It’s Gran,’ she whispered. ‘Say nothing.’

‘Parents fight,’ said their mother icily.

She didn’t bother putting her own plate on the table.

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