Fractured (Dawn Barker) by Dawn Barker

Author:Dawn Barker
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780733629266
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Published: 2013-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

‘I know, but maybe we should have tried harder, seen if they could let her out for a couple of hours.’

He pictured Anna’s face, that smile as she looked at the photograph. Would she be heartbroken? He wasn’t so sure. ‘I don’t think that would have been a good idea.’

‘Why not? It’s her own child’s funeral – if they were ever going to let her out, it would be for that! I don’t know, Tony, sometimes I wonder if people are just forgetting about her.’ She turned to look at him.

He stared down at his shoes, away from her gaze. ‘Wendy, it would have just caused a lot of problems, made it hard for everyone …’

‘Everyone? Or you? It sounds like you didn’t want her there!’

‘What, I’m not allowed to try and make things a little easier for myself? After all … all this?’ He swept out his arm as if everything he’d been going through was scattered around him. His arm dropped to his side; he had no energy left to fight. ‘Maybe I didn’t, OK? Maybe I didn’t want her there. Maybe I didn’t want to have to worry about her, while everyone whispered and stared. Can’t I have a day when I don’t have to think about Anna? A day just for Jack?’

Wendy’s face burned. ‘He was her baby too. She is part of this, you can’t just forget about her.’

‘I’m not forgetting about her! But just for today, I am going to try. I’m going to go in there and get a drink and be with my friends and family and people who cared about Jack, and who care about me. You are welcome to join us, but today is about Jack, not Anna. Nobody wants to hear her name right now.’

He stood up and stamped on his cigarette, then threw open the screen door. He wrenched at the handle of the back door, and heard the satisfying metallic clash as it closed behind him. He paused for a second, waiting for Wendy to follow him, but she stayed where she was, sitting on her own with the dog.

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