11: Darker than Black
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SUE WAS WAITING FOR HER while rocking on an old chair on the veranda. She stood as soon as the ute slowed to a stop.
Belle and Raf got out at the same time; he went around to her side to take the backpack from her. He gave Sue a kiss on the cheek then left the women to sort things out by themselves.
Crossing the threshold from the veranda to the living room, Raf heard a voice, ‘Hey Uncle Raf, where’s my Dad?’
He gave the boy a head rub.
‘He’s gone for a little while.’
The boy's demeanour changed from jovial to sad in a microsecond. He was looking forward to spending the rest of his life with his dad, as he often told anyone who cared to listen, and now he was gone, again, without even saying goodbye.
Just then, Raf’s phone giggled in his pock
