Letters to My Yesterday by Karyn Sepulveda

Author:Karyn Sepulveda
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ventura Press

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Isla

2003

‘I’ll be back by six tonight. Is that still okay?’ Isla unpacked Matty’s water bottle and placed his backpack on her mum’s kitchen bench. Nina was spinning Matty around and he was laughing hysterically.

‘Mum, is six still all right?’ Isla repeated and couldn’t help laughing when Nina tumbled and fell onto the couch, pulling Matty on top of her.

‘Don’t laugh at your elderly mother,’ Nina said. She was barely forty but loved to play the grandma card. ‘And yes, of course six is fine. Matty can have dinner with us and an early bath if you want. Did you pack his pyjamas?’

‘No, I’ll give him a bath at home, but dinner would be great. Thanks so much, Mum.’ Isla kissed her mother, then gave Matty a kiss on each cheek, followed by his forehead and chin, grabbed her own bag and dashed out the door. It was already 8 am and the traffic to Macquarie University was going to be insane; there was no way she’d make her 9 am lecture. Isla settled into the driver seat of her small car, turned up the radio and tried not to worry about the work she’d miss.

Isla loved studying business. She’d decided to drop law and just concentrate on getting her business degree. She was already a semester ahead and hoped to finish a year early so she could get started in full-time work. The apartment she and Matty lived in was nice and tidy, but it was cramped, with just one bedroom, a small living area off the kitchen and a tiny bathroom. The great thing about it, though, was that it was only ten minutes from her parents’ house in Castle Hill and directly opposite a big playground which she and Matty visited almost every day. The single parent study assistance she received from the government was enough to cover her rent and the money she got from her fifteen hours a week as a research assistant for one of her professors covered groceries and most of what she and Matty needed. Her parents were always buying them things and Isla appreciated it but looked forward to affording everything herself soon. She already had a plan in place for when she found a full-time job: she’d rent a small house, with a backyard for Matty to play in. She’d save for a deposit and by the time Matty started kindergarten, she would buy their first house. She wanted one in the suburb of Dural. She often took Matty for drives through the area, admiring all of the beautiful big houses, with their massive front yards, filled with tall, leafy green trees. She and Matty would imagine all the pets they’d buy when they lived there as they drove around. Isla knew if she worked hard enough, she could make it happen.

By the time Isla reached uni, the three main car parks were full, so she drove all the way down to the supplementary parking at the back of the uni on the grass.

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