I’m eager to see how his first full day with Mona went. ‘Daddy.’ I sit down close to him, speak into his ear. His eyes flash open. ‘Hello, Daddy. How are you?’ He stares at me, waiting to surface from his dreams. ‘Theodora, G...
The sun was blinding, streaming straight in, light from above, light from below. It was white light. It pounded against me, making my head throb and ache. There was the smell of ozone, dizzyingly clean, and I remembered we were at Aunty May’s. I felt Patrick’s big strong hand on the small of my b...
His suitcase is packed, he’s wearing the tracksuit bottoms, casual jacket and white Adidas trainers he always travels in. ‘I’ve not seen as much of you as I’d have liked. But we’ve both got work to do. Maybe you can give some thought to the things we’ve talked about. Don’t...