Nowhere Boulevard : Where Crazy Comes Out to Play by Katherine Black

Author:Katherine Black [Black, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798678617323
Publisher: Nightsgale Books
Published: 2020-08-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Mum is having a hard time with the baby. She’s still very sick. She gets frightened and cries a lot because she doesn’t understand what’s happening to her. Yesterday, she was heartbroken because she thought she was a teenager living at home, and her dad would go berserk when he found out about the baby because it would bring shame on her family. Having the dementia stops her from being happy about the baby and that’s really sad.

She went to the doctor yesterday and he said that they want to maintain the pregnancy for as long as possible. He told them it’s getting hard for her and putting a strain on us all. They’ve decided to take her in two weeks early to have a caesarean. The

doctors don’t think she’d be able to cope with going through labour. I doubt she’ll be able to cope with a caesarean; they are going to cut her open. It’s giving me nightmares. I don’t want them to cut my mum open. What if she dies and doesn’t wake up? She will be asleep for the operation. Most women who have a caesarean are wide awake. I can’t believe that and I’m glad they’re going to put Mum to sleep. If things get any worse, they may even bring it forward again. It will be best for Mum that way. Dad’s worried that Mum won’t be able to associate the baby as hers with not going through labour. The doctor told him that she probably won’t, either way, and it’s best to reduce the trauma as much as possible. Mum probably won’t remember that she’s even had a baby. It’s not really something you can miss, is it?

I can’t wait for him to come now. Dad wants to call him Christopher. Mum said that Christopher’s a lovely name, and then forgot about it two minutes later. So, it’s up to me and Dad to pick his name. As long as I don’t go for anything too crazy, like Axle Tomahawk, or Jedi Vader, I know I can make him go for what I want to name him. My dad says, ‘Anything for an easy life.’ He says that a lot.

I might have to play the upset daughter a bit and lay on a few waterworks, so that he knows it’s really important to me to name my little brother. When he grows up, I want to tell him that I picked his name. It’s such a responsibility to pick the right one. Dad says to wait until he’s here and see what suits him, but that’s no good. I want him to have a name to be born into. It would be horrible being born without a name. It’d be like we don’t care. I’ve gone off Logan and there are too many Bens. I did like

Connor, but Dad says that he’ll get called Connie, and that’s no good for a boy. Maybe Aaron or Adam, would be good.

I walked up our street tonight, after getting off the bus, and could hear my mum shouting.

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