Nicholas

Flashback

“Mommy hungry… mommy… wake up,” I shake her.

“Go away.”

“Mommy, belly hurts.”

“Find something; there’s food in the fridge.”

“No, gone. No food.”

“Look in the cabinets then; I’m tired, leave me alone.”

The food is gone in the cabinets too; it’s always gone. I wish my Mommy would just wake up. I wish Mommy would be like Suzie’s mom who bakes cookies and cooks us yummy food. Why doesn’t my mommy cook? Why doesn’t my kitchen have all the food that Suzie’s does?

“Mommy… ”

“Go away, you little shit; I’ll get up and deal with you later.”

Another night of broken sleep though I shouldn’t...