Curby
Adrian Del Valle
Language: English
Pages: 54
ISBN: 2:00196592
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
It’s not every day that a newborn baby is stuffed inside a cardboard box, folded up and left in the gutter. Nick Santinelli steers a huge New York City street sweeper around a corner and sees the box lying just ahead. He gets out and picks it up, both surprised and shocked at what he finds inside. He brings the sleeping baby home and only blocks from his route. “Sandy!” he called out, as soon as he entered the living room. Her hair, still wet from a shower, his girlfriend sat on the couch drying it. “What are you doing home, Hon?” “Oh, nothing important…just a baby I found in the street.” She instantly stopped drying her hair, holding the still pose and replaying what she just heard inside her mind, or what she thought she just heard. No, that could not have been what he said. She turned to him with a questioning look. “What did you just say?” Sandy, his longtime girlfriend, decides they should not report anything and raise the baby themselves. She’s dying of terminal cancer and wants this one chance to be a mother. After she passes away, Nick finds a Nanny who he believes he can trust. When the nanny steps out to buy cigarettes after leaving the now three year old to take his afternoon nap, Curby walks out of the apartment and becomes lost in the Brooklyn streets. Without a birth certificate, Nick can’t prove the boy is his. He battles the court and the assigned city caretakers from Children’s Services for custody of Curby where a surprise awaits everyone involved.
things she needed besides cigarettes at the back of the store. (Speaking Russian) “Olga, how is the new job working?” “Raisa,” what are you doing here?” “My client moved.” “Too bad.” “No, it’s good. That kid was such a handful. Besides, it gave me a chance to go back to the old country for a visit.” “I’m sorry to hear that. I mean about the boy you were watching. My little Curby is such an angel. What are you going to do, now?” “I will find another one. If you hear of anything, Olga, let
you picked that baby up from the street?” “No, not exactly.” “What do you mean, not exactly?” “I was alone at the time. The street was empty. The only person who saw me bring the baby home was my girlfriend, but like I told you on the phone, she passed away.” “Yes, and with all due respect that was after the fact.” Briscotti circled around his desk, leaned on the front of it with his legs crossed and said, “I need to know if there were any witnesses who actually saw you pick up that box?”
wholeheartedly to guide this child toward a well-educated and successful adulthood. Don’t worry about that last part. I can lay on the mushy stuff when I have to.” “So, you think I have a chance?” “I don’t take a case unless I believe in it. I will say this much. I will do my absolute very best. On the other hand, think about getting religious and say a lot of prayers.” Most days, Jaime got home around 9:15, right after the store closed. Nick waited on the stoop and at 9:35 P.M. saw her
baseball glove.” “Aw…you’re so thoughtful.” “This is the address. I mapped it out. I have a pretty good idea where it is.” “No GPS?” “I’ve been meaning to get one.” Jaime smirked, wrapped her arm around his and snapped, “Come on, Mr. Magellan. Let’s go find him!” The two story brick sat among others of like design, every one of them identical. Curby sat on the front lawn, a young girl of eight at his side with a coloring book opened and the page half finished. In deep concentration,
beast. “We gotta get rid of it.” A searing chill ran down Valerie’s spine. She looked at him, staring at the boiler and it horrified her. “No! Hell, no!” The boy rubbed the back of his head while pacing the floor. He punched his fist into the palm of his hand and wiped his face. “Then we’ll have to leave it somewhere.” “Oh, Tommy. Can’t we keep him? You don’t have to marry me. You can get a job. We could get an apartment. Please, Tommy?” “Shut up! It’ll never work. Put that thing down and