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DYING

ALANNA

The nerves of that witch, I call my sister. I would have called her a bitch but I am reading to my children a bedtime story.

“And they all live happily ever after,” I concluded and waited for them to chorus.

“The end,” a giant smile formed on their face, another story with a happy ending.

I made sure I only read them stories with happy endings, it was my way of protecting them. Shielding them from the dark cruel world where there was no such thing as a happy ending, just an ex-husband who drives you crazy. But all is still well with the world I guess.

“Mummy, tell us another story,” Lucy pleaded, her eyes and lips doing her bidding to form that puppy dog plea. How can I ever say no to them?

But this time, I did, I was tired and needed to rest.

“Sweet pea, you need to sleep, enough story time for one night,” I replied to her, gently tucking her into the bed.

“Mummy, Do we have a daddy?” Lucas asked, throwing me off guard, I froze in the moment, I knew the day would come when
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