Someone Different by Kate Hanney

Author:Kate Hanney
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Applecore Books
Published: 2012-11-10T08:00:00+00:00

28 – Anna

Visiting time finished at eight, officially, but the nurse came in a few times after that and never asked me to leave, so I didn’t. Jay hardly spoke. He lay still, staring straight ahead, and only blinked very occasionally. Finally, his eyes closed and stayed closed, and his breathing slowed, but thankfully his heart stayed strong.

When the nurse came in again, she saw Jay sleeping and smiled at me. ‘That’s absolutely the best thing for him at the moment,’ she said. ‘And you’ve been great with him, but it’s almost ten-thirty; you really ought to be thinking about getting yourself home.’

‘I know, I will, soon. But what if he wakes up in the night? He’ll be on his own.’

‘We’ll take extra good care of him, I promise. We’ll check in on him every few minutes.’

‘Do you know if he had his phone with him when they brought him in?’

‘Erm, I think so.’ She opened the locker at the side of Jay’s bed, took out his phone and placed it on top. ‘I’ll leave it here, where he can reach it easily.’

I gazed down at him for a minute before I went. A tough un. How could his mum have described him like that? Didn’t she know him at all?

A tough un wouldn’t have cried like Jay had cried. OK, he hadn’t sobbed or screamed or wailed or anything, but his face had been in agony. He’d reacted how I imagine someone would to the death of their child, or their parent, or their sibling.

I kissed his lips lightly and stroked his hair.

Perhaps that was it? Perhaps for Jay, losing Billy had been like losing a brother.

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