I'm working on a revision for my book She Is Not Our Son - Adding new scenes to it.
Extract
Alice opened the door to the diner and followed Jenny inside, the door closed behind them. Jenny nudges Alice on the shoulder, “Mom’s here already. Brace yourself.” Alice and Jenny approached the table where their mother was sitting. “Hi.” They said in unison. Alice sat down, glancing nervously at her sister. “Mom, I have something to tell you and please let me finish before saying anything. This is hard enough as it is.” Her mother’s eyes widened with the anticipation of the news. “You’re expecting? Your Dad will be thrilled.” “I’m not pregnant.” Alice hesitated before delivering the news. “But I’ve met someone I like.” “He a teacher? Your dad and I were hoping he’d be another teacher.” “A police detective.” “Oh, Alice. Is he the best you could do? Where’d you meet?” “At the police sheriff’s station.” What were you doing at the police sheriff’s station? You’re not in trouble, are you?” “No. I had some news about that kid who’s missing.” “The freak, I know it’s not P.C., but really.” Jenny took over the conversation, “What my darling sister is trying to say in her own clumsy way, is that she’s gay.” A hush fell over the table. “Say something, Mom?” A few moments passed in silence, broken only ber Alice’s mother. “Since when?” “Since forever, I’ve always been gay. I’m sorry. If I could help it, I would, but I can’t. I’m gay, that’s just the way I am.” Jenny reached out and took hold of her mother’s hand. “It’s okay. There’s nothing wrong with Alice.” She looked around the diner. Everyone was just carrying on as normal. “See. No one cares.” “Your father is going to lose it.” Her mother turned towards Jenny, “You knew about this and you didn’t tell us?” Lowering her head in shame, Jenny’s voice was low when she replied, “Yes. Alice told me years ago.” “Mom.” Alice managed a weak smile, “Say something, please.” “When do we meet this cop?”
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Alice opened the door to the diner and followed Jenny inside, the door closed behind them.
Jenny nudges Alice on the shoulder, “Mom’s here already. Brace yourself.”
Alice and Jenny approached the table where their mother was sitting.
“Hi.” They said in unison.
Alice sat down, glancing nervously at her sister. “Mom, I have something to tell you and please let me finish before saying anything. This is hard enough as it is.”
Her mother’s eyes widened with the anticipation of the news.
“You’re expecting? Your Dad will be thrilled.”
“I’m not pregnant.” Alice hesitated before delivering the news. “But I’ve met someone I like.”
“He a teacher? Your dad and I were hoping he’d be another teacher.”
“A police detective.”
“Oh, Alice. Is he the best you could do? Where’d you meet?”
“At the police sheriff’s station.”
What were you doing at the police sheriff’s station? You’re not in trouble, are you?”
“No. I had some news about that kid who’s missing.”
“The freak, I know it’s not P.C., but really.”
Jenny took over the conversation, “What my darling sister is trying to say in her own clumsy way, is that she’s gay.”
A hush fell over the table.
“Say something, Mom?”
A few moments passed in silence, broken only ber Alice’s mother. “Since when?”
“Since forever, I’ve always been gay. I’m sorry. If I could help it, I would, but I can’t. I’m gay, that’s just the way I am.”
Jenny reached out and took hold of her mother’s hand. “It’s okay. There’s nothing wrong with Alice.” She looked around the diner. Everyone was just carrying on as normal. “See. No one cares.”
“Your father is going to lose it.” Her mother turned towards Jenny, “You knew about this and you didn’t tell us?”
Lowering her head in shame, Jenny’s voice was low when she replied, “Yes. Alice told me years ago.”
“Mom.” Alice managed a weak smile, “Say something, please.”
“When do we meet this cop?”
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