The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

Author:Sally Hepworth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2020-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

‘Here,’ Rose says, holding out a plastic cup of water. ‘Drink this.’

We are in the parents’ room, on a chair designated for nursing mothers, which strikes me as ironic, all things considered. Rose is rubbing my back in rhythmic circles, saying ‘Shhh’ and ‘Everything is going to be all right’. From the moment I vomited, she’s taken care of everything, collecting a roll of paper towels from a sales assistant, cleaning everything up, waving away offers of help. She found me water, and told everyone it was fine, her sister just wasn’t feeling well. She seems so serene, so in control. It reminds me why I need her so much.

‘Are you feeling better?’ she asks, after I have finished my water.

I nod. ‘A little.’

‘What happened in there?’ she asks. ‘Did it all get a little too much? Or was it something you ate? Maybe–’

‘My period is six days late, Rose.’

Rose stops rubbing my back. After several beats, she says, ‘What?’

I repeat myself. Rose takes a couple of steps away from me, then lowers herself into another chair.

‘Fern . . . have you and Rocco been having sex?’

I wonder why else she would think I’d be worried about my period. ‘Yes.’

‘And you think you might be–’

‘Yes,’ I say. ‘I think I’m pregnant.’

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