Leaves by Lucy Caldwell

Author:Lucy Caldwell [Lucy Caldwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571318971
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2014-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Clover So what did you want?

Silence.

Poppy She just wanted to see us, Clovey. She’s been tired – haven’t you, Lori? – it’s not her fault – she’s ill – she just wanted to see us. I think you’re being –

Clover You think I’m being –?

Poppy Just stop it. Let’s just be nice to each other.

Clover Right.

Good plan.

Lori Please don’t do this to me.

Clover Oh, I’m sorry.

I forgot for a second that it was poor you.

I forgot: you’re the one that swallowed a whole bottle of fucking sleeping tablets and almost died and I forgot that we had to be nice to you because of it /

Poppy / Clover!

Clover You know what, Lori? You wouldn’t’ve done what you did if you stopped to think for one second and remembered the rest of us.

What do you think it’s been like for us, then?

Poppy Shut up, Clover. Shut up, okay?

Lori I didn’t mean it like that.

Poppy It’s okay, Lori –

Clover You didn’t mean what like what, you didn’t mean the sleeping pills, was that a mistake, / because

Lori / I didn’t mean –

Clover Do you know that you pretty much broke Mum’s heart, for a start?

Do you think there’s a hope that she’ll ever be happy again?

I always used to be so proud that you were my older sister. In school and that.

I mean, yeah, of course I hated it too, sometimes – I hated you sometimes – but most of the time I was so proud of you.

Lori You’ve grown up since I’ve been away.

Clover Yeah, you reckon?

Well you’ve –

You’ve –

(Petulantly.) Grown down.

Beat.

Clover, and then Lori, unexpectedly – despite themselves – and Clover very grudgingly – start to giggle. Poppy is bemused.

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