the Was. of Jimmy McVonson - act one; division fourteen: .mum.

i wasn’t given any responsibility

tell people

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg2obnJNz1

so mum found out through a friend that pops had died

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm22DDNBH9

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy5b60fqe4

mum had to come back from iceland for the funeral

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg5Wfk9m02

and we decided she would stay at my house

instead of pops and gail’s house

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUI10ILxOl

gail continued to rent my old house as her own

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCF0UPoW2C

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IYcEXmW9D

i met mum at the airport

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk7sT0mLcJ

she hugged me tightly

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhvc6UvuNl

“you’ve gotten so big!” she told me

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtoZGKavnY

i smiled, slightly

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzJgdf9PBu

“tell. me. everything.”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyhjqCSAdX

i wasn’t going to do that. but i liked that she asked

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLXe0pd05j

“i made a friend?” i told her

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwSOmsmYmQ

“o, what’s his name?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLixgglNsl

“her name is pandora”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EP5hqJwcY

“ooo, a girl?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMGueARIg9

“yes”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklmfnX1c48

“and she’s your…. friend?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp3NNR4mQD

“yes, mum. what else?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPUsUX0MV3

“ok.” she smirked

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlczwNSZyb

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGUpsmSxd2

mum thanked me for every small thing i did for her

even holding the door open

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJUPK7wVep

i missed her

but i could tell i wouldn’t have the same relationship with her as before

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcAjKlTMJR

when i was 9

my mum and i had taken a trip

when she felt like she couldn’t deal with pops

he hadn’t done anything

he was just

a lot

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5g1aJip7w

we went to stay with my mum’s friend sylvia

who lived on a farm with her 3 daughters

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjDggGLy2f

i got on well with the kids

one of them was my age

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ffYMISYgZ

we took a walk around the farm

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHh0wwSD30

they had a bull called marcus

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVSUYlIwGE

i thought marcus was beautiful

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0Yn9Yr7aC

he stood alone in a paddock

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKaFXKHF6T

dark

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhD7pdUp2E

with long, twisted horns

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFyyzt2LVN

i wanted to pat him

but mum said that wasn’t a good idea.

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPbzn3Ee12

then when we were going to go for a tractor ride

for fun

with the kids

i snuck away to see marcus again

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCtBLBQ128

but he wasn’t there

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaYKt2tnlK

i rode the tractor anyway

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgy4U1anmeD

but then later at dinner

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyAk7ypONy

i asked about marcus and sylvia said

“what do you think we’re eating?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ9D41XENZ

i got so upset

i didn’t finish my dinner

even after sylvia explained that she was joking

and we were not,

in fact,

eating marcus

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSnVVAjqgz

i told my mum and pops

that i would not be eating meat again

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ttHGJngok

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL9jmMtse7

i always imagined gail and mum would be enemies

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwukp5VBEKU

but they were nice to each other

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHj2veQCJO

gail drove the three of us

to the clean-smelling funeral place

end.

gore

everyone at the funeral was boring

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmqpdN9tZh

gail tried to comfort me

but i didn’t like gail.

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTQow0oB9r

why couldn’t it have been gail?

gail was unhealthier than pops!

she was addicted to nicotine and didn’t take good care of her teeth

pops always tried his best

with everything

so why was he dead

and not her?

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUklwR874E

and not me?

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUEKJqoEK4

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsarEygrsLO

i asked mum if she could extend her stay

to spend some time with me

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp774EA9a6b

she said no

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiL2V2vIfu

she needed to work

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNC9VexD12B

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GfgPdO8zH

i asked mum if we were allowed to see him

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO2EsUWeC6

she said that wouldn’t be possible

she said his face was barely recognisable

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG1EmOe8YY

i asked why

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoS9uOswFJ

and she said that’s where he was shot

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jl0UNsBgc

…

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUiPJUyQCO

“i thought it was diabetes that killed him!?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCmA5JhCOF

“no,” she said, “it was a person.

“he never came home from his shoemaking class

“and someone found him in the gutter

“shot in the head with his heart carved out.”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5TP1X9E0b

someone behind us gasped and told mum off for telling me

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEt1DMUjHYt

i was glad to know.

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGAcaq9KLM

looking at the coffin i tried not to imagine

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsuDibBcq2

but who would do that?

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVJIF5e0m7

i asked mum “do you think it was the same person?

“who shot him and carved out his heart?”

217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W8rxb3YcT

she said “shhh!”

and that was that

conversation.

end.

ns 18.68.41.151da2

act one; division fourteen: .mum.

REGISTER

LOGIN

Interface Language:

Story Language: