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Show Things to Remember ,_ 6. Susan is looking for something in the mist. All the time her back is turned on her son. More mist. Opening cupboards, ransacking drawers, she is looking. She hears the sound of a f a l l i n g baby, but i t sounds l i ke one hand clapping, so she doesn't turn around. When she hears many voices, she turns. Her baby is bleeding. People have gathered. People are staring. They say, "Bad g i r l . You didn't watch. You were careless. You are no good. You turned your back on a c h i l d ." Pointing fingers shake shame onto Susan's head l i ke water from washed hands when no towel hangs on the rack. She is surrounded by shame water. It is r i s i n g and her baby is floating away. But she knows how to swim. She can swim a l l the way out to the far r a f t because she knows how to do a frog stroke on her back. It is restful when a swimmer gets tired " I w i l l swim a f t e r you, Geoffrey, I w i l l save you. I'm a strong swimmer. I learned to swim in a lake, remember, not in a pool l i k e the ninnies in the City. I'm coming. I'm coming. I won't let y o u . . ." 7. When they moved (new opportunity for Dave: assistant to a company president), i t wasn't that Susan purposely avoided t e l l i n g people about the hemophilia. She d i d n ' t r e a l l y l i e . She just didn't want everyone to be afraid of him, of them. She would t e l l everyone soon enough. She always told the babysitter where they would be though, just in case. The babysitter found out anyway. She brought Susan a rose to say she was sorry. |
