Exercise 52 ( What Maisie Knew )

‘I don’t want to lose her,’ I kept repeating in my head trying to look strong for her. I was trying to not show how scared I was, trying to stop bursting into tears the second I saw her in the state she was. She was so weak and there was nothing I could do to help, except stay out of the doctor’s way. There were nurses and doctors rushing around and giving me a strange look until realization dawned on them. I was at the hospital with my mom around 10 at night, in my pajamas, wondering what was going to happen to her and if she was going to be okay.

Their mother had awakened. Cleo gasps, carefully sending her arms around her mother. While embracing, her mother glanced over to her arm to see the injection marks made on her. In the distance, she saw a needle that had been recently used laying on the floor next to the nightstand.

She stood up quickly as soon as her mother made eye contact with her, an instant smile appeared on her mother’s face. Sadly, the same could not be said about her. Instead she looked frightened, perhaps, at least that was what she felt. It was

Howleen did not answer. She continued to sob pitifully, and her mother looked up at the nurse after a moment. “We’ll think about it.”

“Here,” Molly said, and reached her hand out, and gave Cristina the phone. When Cristina saw the picture on the screen her eyes and mouth both opened wide. Molly’s eyes soon focused on Cristina and said, “What’s wrong?”

“She’s in pain!” Lizabeth shouted, when her mother winced after trying to sit up. “Can’t you see that? Do something! Get the doctor!” she snapped at the attending nurse in Room #152 at Outer Drive Hospital.

When I opened the door, I heard sprinting and caught a glimpse of my mother rushing back to the couch. Her face was twisted into an unusual expression.

That evening Kollins returned home, like everyone else at six. She ran up to her room, and wrote down how perfect everything seemed today. After, she scurried down the stairs, to find a fresh batch of cookies lying on the windowsill to cool. She bounced a cookie around in her hand until she was able to handle the heat. She grabbed a glass of milk and plopped down on the chair, diagonal to where her mother sat. A sheer look of sadness covered her mother’s face. “Kollins, I need to tell you something very important.”

“Mom” I yell I walked to her room, there in the room was her laying on the floor I ran to her shaking her.

“Oh nothing mom! Just playing around, nothing else!” I said in return, while trying to control my breathing. I began to sweat profusely. My cheeks turned an awful shade of red. My legs became wobbly like jelly. I never have been able to lie very well. My mom was at the top of the stairs. She was wearing a pink bathrobe with a lime green mask on her face.

Slightly pushing you out of the way I run to our mother who’s laying on the kitchen floor with a needle in her arm. She told me that it was her medicine, that if she didn’t have it she would die. How ironic. I never told you because I didn’t want you to pick up on the lie. You were always smarter than me even at a young age.

“Go ahead and pack sweetie,” Ally’s mom said. Ally obeyed her mom and slowly went up the stairs to pack up her clothes. After Ally packed, she heard her mom shouting from

“Mom wants us working in the garage.” She led me down the hallway and into a surprising clean garage. “I tried to tidy up a bit”

What a beautiful morning ella thought as she looked at the time she wondered why her parents were and why they didn’t wake her up for school was her dog duke in her room he’s never in her room ever. She quickly got downstairs and saw something on the fridge. It was a note and it said ella I know this is unexpected but we will be gone for a few hours sorry baby see you later. Hmmm I wonder where they went she thought.

“John” time for breakfast Dear. Ok stepmother, he said with a yawn , Time for school and get dressed now . Once John got his clothes on he got a little bit of cereal and warm milk . he went to his room to get his backpack.and he did not brush his teeth, his mother didn’t want to spend any money on