Chapters (21)
| Sue: | Is this your note for the doctor’s appointment? |
| Benny: | Doctor Ross says I’m goin’ good. |
| No more attacks. Not since last year. | |
| Sue: | Seizures? |
| Benny: | Yep. |
| Sue: | You suffer from epilepsy? |
| Benny: | That’s how I got this scar. I fell off the bench in the park. |
| Pen found me and got the ambulance. | |
| He visited me at the hospital. Him and Nan bought me hot chips with vinegar. We had a big feed. | |
| Sue: | How often do you go to the park? |
| Benny: | Every day after school. |
The Big Wait
The Big Wait
Thursday, 11am
St Nicholas Lutheran College, Taralune, Room 5A
| Benny: | It’s my birthday today too. |
| Sue: | Well, happy birthday, mate. And many happy returns for today. |
| Benny: | Nan always says that. |
| I’m sixteen. I had my cake at breakfast. | |
| Sue: | Nice one. Hope you made a wish. |
| Benny: | Yep. |
| Got some for the park too. | |
| Sue: | For this afternoon? |
| The park’s beautiful, eh? | |
| Benny: | Good place to wait. |
| Sue: | Who are you waiting for, Benny Boy? |
| Benny: | Waitin’ for Nessie. |
| Sue: | Who’s Nessie, your girlfriend? |
| Benny: | Nessie’s me mum. |
| I’ve got no girlfriend. | |
| She went with Bruce in a Toyota Landcruiser. | |
| Sue: | Who’s Bruce? |
| Benny: | Her man. They’re goin’ round Australia then comin’ back to pick me up and find a new house next to the river. |
| Then I can watch the fish and I can feed the ducks and get me boat licence and I can look at the water whenever I want. | |
| Do you know Nessie? | |
| Sue: | Sorry, mate, I don’t. But if I come across her I’ll definitely tell her Benny Boy is well-mannered and an amazing storyteller. |
| Benny: | Tell Nessie I sit in the park, at the bench. |
| The one she said to be at. | |
| Tell her I don’t play with Thomas … | |
| Or Henry or Gordon … | |
| Or … Percy no more. | |
| And tell her I can touch the fan in Nan’s kitchen now and I know me fishes … | |
| And … | |
| I want her … | |
| I would like her to come home now … | |
| Please. |
Jack
| Name: | Jack Trainer |
| Age: | 17 |
| Year: | 12 |
| Mum: | Mum (Coral) |
| Gran: | Gran (Lilly) |
Jack
Jack
Thursday, 11.30am
Taralune High School, Library Room L3