Just My Luck by Andrea Bramhall

Author:Andrea Bramhall [Bramhall, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ylva Publishing
Published: 2016-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

ABI

“Rosie, have we got the grapes?”

“Check.”

“Sudoku puzzle book?”

“Check.”

“Box of chocolates?”

“Check.”

“Get-well-soon card?”

“Check.”

“So we’re good to go?”

“You need shoes, Mum.”

I look down at my own bare feet and mentally hold back the curse I know Rosie would mimic. I take a deep breath and try to focus. I know that Genna’s okay. I know she isn’t seriously hurt. I know she is going to be fine. But I need to see it for myself. I need to see that she’s still in one piece and that a sprained ankle doesn’t mean she is at death’s door. I know, I know. I’m being ridiculous. I know. My head knows this. Intellectually, I know this. Emotionally? I’m a fucking wreck. It’s a sprained ankle. A few torn ligaments. We are not talking amputation here.

Shoes located, and we head for the car. My hands shake when I try to open the door. It’s a good job that there’s pretty much no traffic on the streets of Greater Manchester, because I’m driving on autopilot. Anything could happen, and I wouldn’t know. Rosie jumps out of the car and knocks on the door while I’m still fighting hyperventilation. But it’s Genna who opens the door and stands there, the strapping on her ankle visible where her jeans are rolled up. She’s gripping a crutch under each arm. She grins at Rosie as she holds out her handmade card. It has rainbows on it and a butterfly with a plaster on its wing. The G in get well is backwards, and the edges on the card are more than a little dog-eared, but Genna looks at it and handles it as if it were the most precious thing she’s ever been given. I can’t stop myself from smiling when she looks at me. I don’t remember getting out of the car or walking to the house, but I must have because the next thing I know, she’s hobbling out of the way so that we can go inside.

“Go and sit down before you fall and do the other ankle in.” She rolls her eyes at me but goes into the front room, and I close the door behind us. I watch her manoeuvre around as Rosie skips along beside her, holding one of her crutches instead of her hand like normal. She puts Rosie’s card on the mantelshelf and sits down. She hoists her bandaged leg onto a small table and stretches to put a bag of frozen peas over it.

“I’ll do it.” Rosie seizes the bag and places it gently over Genna’s foot. “I want to be a nurse when I grow up.”

Genna smiles. “I think you’ll be brilliant at it.”

“Or a pirate.”

“Another perfect choice for you, Rosie.”

“I got you presents.”

“You did?”

Rosie takes the bag from me and drops it on Genna’s lap. “Grapes, puzzles, and chocolates. All for you.”

“Thanks very much.”

“Can I have some grapes?”

I shake my head as Genna opens the bag and gives her a small bunch. “I’ll go and wash them all for you.

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