River of Lies by Sammy King

Author:Sammy King [King, Sammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven.

The house was dark when we got home Dad came around to my door, and opened it for me as he took my hand. He guided me up the front step and through the door. The house was silent, Tilly’s door was shut tight, I went to open the door, but Dad caught my hand and shook his head. I dropped my head, and went up to my room.

I hadn’t realised that I had fallen asleep, until the voices in the hallway woke me. I stumbled out of bed, and poked my head out of the door. I instantly recognised Dylan’s mum, standing in the hallway. Dad had his arms around her as she sobbed. I walked down the hallway, and when Sandra looked up from my Dad’s shoulder, her cries became loud hiccupping sobs. She opened her arms and embraced me. I could see that Tilly’s door was still closed tight. Sandra’s tears wet my cheeks.

“Oh Mon, baby girl, I don’t understand what’s happened” she cried into my neck.

I didn’t understand it either. And I didn’t understand why she was here comforting me and not Tilly, or why Tilly hadn’t even come out of her room. I stood in the hallway holding Sandra, her tears mingled with mine, until my legs became sore and my pyjama top was soaked. I let go of her and took her hand, and lead her silently into the lounge room. Dad followed us in from the kitchen, and set down cups of tea on the coffee table. We sat on the couch, and held hands; we gained comfort and strength just from being together. It felt like Sandra needed me as much as I needed her at that moment. After a while the tears subsided, as we sipped our cups of tea.

“Dylan told me, he told me about” she reached over and patted my stomach; her eyes glazing over and threatened to well up again.

I was shocked, I didn’t realise that he had said anything, he never told me. She sat her hand on my stomach, as if gaining strength from the baby growing inside, Dylan’s baby growing inside. She smiled, and gazed off into the vacant space in front of her.

“He was excited” she said “I hadn’t seen him so happy in such a long time”

Sandra looked back at me; I smiled at her, and put my hand on top of hers.

“He’s not gone forever” she sniffed, as tears began to flow down her face again.

We sat on the couch until the sun was high in the sky, Dad brought cup after cup of tea for us to drink, and Tilly’s door remained shut tight. Suddenly Sandra jumped as if shocked by a bolt of electricity.

“I’ve got to go, I have to meet the, I’ve got to go” she said, and gave my hand another squeeze as she stood up.

“Mon, you’re coming to the funeral aren’t you?” she asked.

I smiled and nodded, I gave her hand a squeeze. She wrapped her arms around my shoulders and kissed my cheek.

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