Lacey and the African Grandmothers by Sue Farrell Holler

Author:Sue Farrell Holler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, JUV000000, JUV039000
Publisher: Second Story Press
Published: 2010-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Kahasi’s Big Surprise

I was starting to get worried about Mum. She seemed to be getting sicker and sicker, and she wouldn’t let us tell Dad when he phoned. Most days, she was lying on the sofa watching soap operas or snoozing when I got home from Sequoia. When she was awake, she seemed to have a lot of pain in the middle of her back. Angel had started taking the early bus home at two o’clock so she could practice her nursing on Mum. She would rub her back and help her get washed and dressed. Auntie Michelle would bring my youngest brothers, Davis and Colton, back from her place where they spent most of the day playing with their cousins. My other brothers came home on the later school bus with me.

I was spending so much time looking after Kayden that I was starting to think I was her mother, not her auntie. This was a bad thing because I didn’t want to be anybody’s mother. I liked it better when Angel had time to be the mother, and I had time to spend with Kahasi. I missed being able to visit her every day and having time to sew.

Dad and my oldest brother, Liland, were usually the cooks at our house, but when they were on the road with the band, it was mostly my job. I liked cooking when I helped Dad and when I helped Lila at Sequoia, but it wasn’t much fun being stuck in the kitchen by myself. Usually I made spaghetti or scrambled eggs, because those were the things I could make best. Tonight, though, I was going to make fry-bread tacos because I thought they might make Mum feel better. I had asked Kahasi to come over so she could tell me how to do it.

Thinking of my grandmother coming to visit made me happy. I missed my dad less when I could spend time with her. I hadn’t seen her for a few days, because I had been so busy with school and Kayden and cooking. Soon our quiet times together would be over. Already cardboard boxes were appearing at Kahasi’s house. She was going to stay with Uncle Douglas and Auntie Michelle.

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