7 episodes

Brenda

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Fiction · Jun 26, 2020

When Brenda comes home with her Communication book and her teacher's print-wòrthy handwriting saying that she has been selected to represent her…

Fiction · Jul 3, 2020

My mum is such a cry baby, I think, as I let her wrap her arms around me. I think its because Daddy is gone. Four years is a long time, some peop…

Fiction · Jul 18, 2020

MUM I am at the office when Brenda's teacher calls. I usually exchange numbers with all her teachers because of emergencies. I want them to be ab…

Fiction · Jul 24, 2020

BRENDA An invalid. I have Googled it over and over again since my fight with Mum. Google says: "a person made weak or disabled by illness or inju…

Fiction · Jul 31, 2020

MUM It is Wednesday evening when I decide to finally talk to my daughter. Three full days after the incident. I was fourteen when I realized I mi…

Fiction · Aug 9, 2020

BRENDA I wake up nervous. I didn’t sleep well all night because I kept having dreams about the Spelling Bee today. The dreams were bad – in most…

Fiction · Aug 14, 2020

MUM My heart drops. I watch as my daughter freezes. She gives no indication that she heard the speaker. Spell barricade, honey. You know it. I tr…