Candace by Maggie Wells

Author:Maggie Wells
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2015-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Back at home, Candace checked in with her posse.

Candy: Anybody check out this Lamaze thing?

Aleecia: Kyle and me go every Saturday.

Candy: So what’s the deal?

Shawna: Something about natural childbirth. You can google it.

Izzy: So if we just do this breathing thing, the baby pops out? Just like that?

Jasmine: I guess, right?

“Mommy, I don’t feel good,” Candace said one morning at breakfast. At least now, she was allowed to eat a real breakfast—eggs, toast, cereal, whatever she wanted—as long as it was organic and healthy for the baby.

“In what way?” Mommy asked. “You haven’t had morning sickness in quite a while, are you feeling nauseous?”

“No. When I walk, or ride on the T, my insides feel heavy and it hurts when they bounce.”

Mommy thought for a minute. “Hmm, I don’t remember feeling that when I was pregnant. Why don’t we make an appointment with Dr. Bird? She’ll probably want to do another ultrasound.”

Candace perked up. She was dying to see Squirt again! Maybe this time she would see his nose and his fingers and toes and maybe his penis! “Can we go today?”

“Don’t be silly. We’ll be lucky if we can get an appointment this week,” Mommy said. “How are you doing on the paper?”

Daddy had enrolled Candace in two classes through the Harvard extension program. Daddy chose The Ancient Greek Hero to make sure she was keeping her mind active and engaged. Those were his words. Candace selected Existentialism: Existence and Anxiety because it sounded funny.

“I’m halfway through The Iliad. I keep falling asleep,” Candace said.

“It’s important that you demonstrate to Princeton that you’ve made good use of this gap year. You don’t want them to rescind the offer, now do you?”

“They can do that?”

“You bet they can,” Mommy said. “If word ever gets out that you got yourself pregnant and wasted a year, you might find it hard to get accepted into any school, including UMass.”

Candace was pretty sure that Mommy was lying. She knew Mommy was worried that she would lose her ambition and would never leave home. Kids were doing that, these days, she thought—living at home into their 30s. That wasn’t an option here. She knew Mommy and Daddy had other plans for their golden years.

“Get your fanny upstairs and finish that book.” Candace heard an edge in Mommy’s voice and didn’t argue.

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