IT WAS 07:00 WHEN HE finally roused. Belle was already in the kitchen preparing breakfast for Rajo. Today, they would be enrolling him at boarding school as a fourth grader.
‘Where’s Dad?’ the boy enquired.
‘Still sleeping ... He’s had a difficult night. Have your breakfast; it’ll be a long day for you. I’ll go check on him.’
Belle walked into their bedroom to find him already dressed, looking very handsome in his uniform: black tee, denim jeans, and sand-coloured military boots. She wrapped her arms around his waist.
‘Rajo’s very excited,’ she said to his chest.
He tilted her face, ‘But you’re not?’
She made a face, and he laughed at her. They headed out to the kitchen arm in arm.
Raf came out bleary eyed. ‘What time are you guys leaving?’ he asked as he filled a glass of water for
