Jonny (Chapter 3)

He was sick. Really sick. And I was starting to think my mother was, too. "Mom, please. Let me just-" I started, but she cut me off right away. "NO!" She hissed at me. "We are not going to tell them the truth. No matter what. Now, the doctor's coming back. Shush!" I shushed, but I didn't like it. Doctor Kilan came into the room and closed the door. It's not like she needed to. The whole wall to the right of me was made of glass. "Please. Tell us who the mother is. We know it's not you, Mrs. Banes. Please.He's going to die." She turnes to me, like she knew I knew. My mother stood up. "No, no, no! He is mine! All mine! And don't you forget that!"1

"Well, what about the father? We can get blood from the father. If you don't want your baby to die, then...please." Mrs. Kilan looked really desperate and I was desperate, too. I didn't want to keep the secret anymore. Even if it meant danger to me. As I got the courage up to speak, my mother somehow knew what was coming. "The F-f-father i-is..." "NO NO NOOOO! SHUT UP, YOU BITCH, SHUT UP, NO HE'S MINE! NO NOO NOOO NO SHUT UP!" I felt her push me backwards up against the wall, and heard the nurse screaming out the door, then all was black. I don't know how long it was, or what had happened, but when I woke up, all I could think about was "Jonny...Jonny...Jonny". I was saying that over and over again. And no matter how many times the nurse said, "Hush, dear. It's alright. Just a bad dream. Hush." I kept on saying it. But I wasn't really saying the name of my lover. Not really. I was saying the name of my baby.2

Was he okay? I didn't really care about myself. "Jonny...Jonny...Jonny". I knew my momma was sick, not physically, but mentally. Hopefully, they put her somewhere nice and quiet. "Jonny...Jonny...Jonny". "Hush, please. You'll make yourself even more sick." Was my baby OK? Was Jonny Sr OK? After all this was done, I promised myself, even if it caused me a lot of humiliation, I would go talk to him. Tell him the truth. "Jonny...Jonny...Jonny". And then, he was there.