Silent Sisters by Joanne Lee

Author:Joanne Lee [Lee, Joanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Memoir
Goodreads: 44570009
Publisher: Mirror Books
Published: 2019-04-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

That night, I slept really, weirdly, well. I was exhausted – and knowing that baby Helen was at peace, knowing she had been buried with dignity and love, was such a comfort. I slept sound in the knowledge that I had done the wrong thing, but for the right reasons.

Then the next morning, the demon smell was there again, at the back of my throat, stinging my eyes and my nostrils, clinging to me like a nagging ghost. I just couldn’t get rid of it. And I wondered if I ever would.

Thankfully my own car was ready for driving again that same week, so I didn’t need Tom’s car again. But one month on, Mark announced that he was going to Alton Towers for the day with Tom.

“Why don’t you come?” he suggested. “Let’s have some fun.”

Fun was a word I hadn’t heard in a long time and I decided to go. By the time the day came around, I was looking forward to it. But as Tom pulled up outside, in his car, a shiver ran through me. Mark and I clambered into the back and I suddenly gagged. The smell was back. Or perhaps it had never left.

“What’s the matter?” asked Mark. “You look green.”

I hesitated. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t smell it. But I didn’t know how to broach it. I couldn’t exactly say: “What’s that smell?” when I knew full well what the bloody smell was. I was the only one with the answers.

To me, it was so strong, I could taste it, I could feel it stinging the mucous membrane of my nose. And yet nobody else even seemed to be aware of it. I wondered whether I was going mad, Lady-Macbeth style. I’d be seeing spots of blood next. But this was not in my imagination. There was a definite smell. I was sure of it.

“Open the window, Mark,” I gasped. “I need some air.”

He looked at me in amazement. I had a reputation for always being cold. I would usually complain like mad if anyone switched off the heating or opened a window.

All the way to Alton Towers, I felt hot and queasy. The day dragged. I sat on the grass and waited whilst Mark and Tom whizzed past on rollercoasters, screaming. All I could think of was the journey home.

“I don’t know what got into you today,” Mark griped, as Tom dropped us off. “You were a right misery.”

I went straight upstairs for a shower. I put all my clothes on a hot wash. And I wondered whether I would ever be free from the smell.

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