This was a bargain she struck,
a ritual to guarantee safety. Nothing truly bad could happen if she was
expecting it. Over the years, there were times when one of her other three consumed
her thoughts. As they got older, Nora knew them better. That was something no one
ever told you. That you would have to get to know your own children. John
wanted too much to please her. Bridget was a hopeless tomboy. They had carried
these traits along with them into adulthood. When Brian, her baby, moved away, Nora worried. She
worried ever more so when he moved back in. But it was Patrick who weighed most
on her mind. He was fifty now. For the past several months, the old fear had
returned. Ever since John kicked things up again. Things she had long
considered safely in the past. Unable to check on Patrick on those nights when
the feeling arose, Nora would switch on the lamp and shuffle through her prayer
cards until she came to Saint Monica, patron saint of mothers with difficult
children.
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She slept with the card faceup
on Charlie’s empty pillow. Tonight, for once, she hadn’t been thinking of
Patrick. Of all things, she was thinking about the boiler down cellar. It had
been clanging since just after supper. Adjusting the temperature didn’t help.
Nora thought she might have to bleed the pipes. As a last resort, she tried
saying a rosary to make it stop. When this seemed to do the trick, she went to
bed with a fat grin on her face, thus assured of her own powers. She was
awakened not long after by the ringing telephone, a stranger’s voice saying
there had been an accident, she should come right away. By the time she reached
the emergency room, pink flannel pajamas under her winter coat, Patrick was
already gone. The ambulance had taken him to the Carney. It took Nora
forty-five minutes to get from home to the old neighborhood. They were waiting
for her by the door: a doctor and a nurse and a priest about her age. The
presence of the priest made it clear.
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