Bring Him Home : A Novel (2021) by Trope Nicole

Author:Trope, Nicole [Trope, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

‘I understand,’ she says. ‘There was a fight.’

I nod.

I sign, ‘Scared.’

‘Who was scared? You?’

I nod.

‘Was your mum scared?’

I nod.

‘Did your dad make you scared?’

I look at her. I write:

There was

‘There was what? A fight?’

I shake my head.

‘There was a knife?’

I shake my head.

‘There was… I don’t know… There was someone? I can’t guess, Theo.’

I nod my head and nod my head. There was someone. There was.

‘Someone? Who?’ she asks and she sits closer and looks down at the paper so she can see the someone.

I write down something. I write down a name, a name I think is right.

‘Who’s that?’ she asks.

I tap the name with my pencil. I don’t know how to spell it. I make a sign, a sign that tells her who it is.

‘It looks like…’ she says. ‘Do it again?’

I make the sign again.

‘But that’s… Oh, oh no.’ Her mouth falls open. I think about my pictures. An open mouth means surprise. I don’t like surprises but some people do. I don’t think Rose likes this surprise.

She tells me a name. It is the right name and I nod my head. Now she knows. Now she will be help. Rose will be help. Rose knows who there was. Rose knows who was there.

‘Is that who scared you?’ she asks.

I nod.

‘Is that who hurt your dad?’

I nod.

‘Oh Lord, oh Mary, what on earth am I going to do now?’ she says. She’s talking to Mary again. Who’s Mary? ‘How am I going to keep him safe? How will I get him back to his parents?’

I go back to the floor while Rose talks to Mary and ‘the lord’. I don’t know if they are help. I don’t know if Rose is help. I line up the spoons, I line up the forks, I line up the knives and the rain makes all the other sounds go away.

I am in my bubble with Rose. Rose can help. I listen to the rain and wait. I wait for Rose to help.

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