Fairytales For Wilde Girls (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
‘Why?’ ‘Water make I weak. Too much water kill,’ Bunny said ominously. ‘Rule number next: No Mama.’ ‘What? But – but she’s ill, she’s relying on me!’ ‘How long she been ill?’ he demanded. ‘Since . . . since before I was born.’ ‘Then she can live without.’ ‘No, I’m telling you, she can’t! She got worse when I turned ten – she needs me, she’s not like she was –’ ‘What happened? When Solawile was ten?’ ‘I . . . I . . .’ ‘What happened?’ ‘I don’t know!’ yelled Isola. ‘All I remember was that she was happy enough, and then it all turned rubbish – Dad was a mess, he wouldn’t sleep in the same room as her, Mother wouldn’t even get out of bed. She stopped wearing her wedding ring . . .’ She remembered going into the master bedroom, to check again that Mother hadn’t died in her sleep. She remembered drawn curtains, musty air, and the steady rise and fall of Mother’s chest like rolling mountains. Then a glint on the bedside table.
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