Malcolm and Me by Robin Farmer

Author:Robin Farmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SparkPress
Published: 2020-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

“Dora, take these.” Daddy tosses his car keys. Mom doesn’t even try to catch them. They clang, crash, and skid across the floor. “I’ll stay here the night and pick the car up after I get a ride over sometime tomorrow.”

“Fine,” Mom says.

I pick up the keys and hand them to her.

She turns to us. “Kiss your grandmother and father goodnight.”

Charles and I squeeze and kiss Dad and Mom-Mom while my parents and grandmother avoid looking at each other.

Heart dragging behind me, we leave the apartment in silence. Daddy shivers on the sidewalk as we pull off. Charles waves goodbye from the back seat. I can barely lift my hand to wave, sitting next to the negative energy force known as Mom. I feel so low that I’ll need to roll my socks down in order to see.

I shift toward the window to avoid traitor Mom’s pinched-up face. If I could walk home without turning into a human popsicle, I would.

Life is so unfair. I had been riding a train of hurt for the longest time, and just when I think I’m getting off, we roar past the stop. Just being so close to the conductor of my misery makes me furious because I have no idea what makes Mom detest Dad so much. He tried so hard today to be perfect. And he was, too.

I lean against the passenger door as much as possible, wishing I could fall out. Bet my funeral would bring my parents together.

This Christmas debacle raises all kinds of questions. But at this moment all I know for sure is that 1974 is shaping up to be a lot like 1973. Real sucky.

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