When I Was Joe (2010)
“Mum is crying and furious and raging at Doug, and I’m like a dead robot gutted of its circuit boards.
‘You were meant to keep her safe. You let us down!’ Mum screams, and Doug looks incredibly uncomfortable and can’t really answer. Eventually Maureen pats Mum on the shoulder and says, ‘Come on now, Nicki, let’s put some things in a bag for you and we can get you to the hospital.’ ‘We’re going to the hospital?’ I ask and, despite everything, it’s great to think we’ll be seeing my aunties again. ...But no, Maureen shakes her head.
‘I’m going to stay here with you, Ty, for the time being, and Doug will take your Mum. It’s too dangerous for you to go; we don’t know who will be watching the hospital.’ I start shivering, suddenly imagining these people, these attackers, lurking in a hospital ward, ready to hurt, one by one, Mum, Louise and Emma. I’m wondering what Gran looks like.
‘What actually happened?’ I ask, ‘What did they do to her?’ Doug can’t even look me in the eye.MoreLess
‘You were meant to keep her safe. You let us down!’ Mum screams, and Doug looks incredibly uncomfortable and can’t really answer. Eventually Maureen pats Mum on the shoulder and says, ‘Come on now, Nicki, let’s put some things in a bag for you and we can get you to the hospital.’ ‘We’re going to the hospital?’ I ask and, despite everything, it’s great to think we’ll be seeing my aunties again. ...But no, Maureen shakes her head.
‘I’m going to stay here with you, Ty, for the time being, and Doug will take your Mum. It’s too dangerous for you to go; we don’t know who will be watching the hospital.’ I start shivering, suddenly imagining these people, these attackers, lurking in a hospital ward, ready to hurt, one by one, Mum, Louise and Emma. I’m wondering what Gran looks like.
‘What actually happened?’ I ask, ‘What did they do to her?’ Doug can’t even look me in the eye.MoreLess
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