Lisa and Lindsay appeared not long after dinner with carrier bags full of wine and beer. “Hiya, gorgeous,” they both said, kissing me when they found me in the kitchen. I sat with them for a while. Mum was polite even though I knew she wanted me to ...
I had been sitting on the floor, smoothing the corners of some of your oldest letters, readying myself to pen yet another note. The bolt of the door locked, a tap was turned on, and then one long, animalistic wail sounded out, followed by two solid hours of sobbing. I let ...