My Parents Cancelled My Birthday by Jo Simmons

Author:Jo Simmons
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781526606600
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

Mum and Dad stopped and both pointed at chicken Caesar, standing next to her.

‘What’s that?’ they asked at the same time.

‘It’s Caesar, my new pet, which Tom kindly got for me so I won’t be lonely. I’m ready to go home now.’

But as Nana moved towards the front door, the chicken stopped following her and hopped on to my arm instead.

‘Go with Nana,’ I said. But the chicken wouldn’t budge. I suppose, as I was the chicken whisperer, the chicken wanted to stay with me. All I knew for sure was that this wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was Mum grabbing her car keys and leading Nana towards the front door.

‘Don’t worry, Mum, you won’t be lonely,’ she said. ‘I’m coming with you. I’m moving out.’

‘Jill, come on!’ said Dad, but Mum followed Nana outside and slammed the front door behind her.

Dad stomped back into his dining-study and slammed the door.

Meg, who had been watching from the top of the stairs, went back into her room and slammed her door.

Harry slunk off to the kitchen and slammed that door (although I think that was an accident).

I was left in the hallway again. I wasn’t sitting in a saucer of Nosho Liver & Spleen this time, but it felt exactly the same. The same feeling of doom and failure and misery. My plan to fix my family was in pieces. My birthday was still cancelled.

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