At two, Rhys sends a photo.
Arlo, at the building site, sitting beside Rhys's site manager Marcus with the one white ear forward and the amber eyes doing their thing, wearing what appears to be a small yellow hard hat that Marcus has balanced on his head and which Arlo is tolerating with enormous dignity.
Below the photo: He came to work with me. Marcus is obsessed. The entire site crew has named him foreman.
I show Priya.
She makes a sound.
I show Saoirse.
She actually laughs out loud, surprised out of her by a dog in a hard hat, and it is the most unguarded I have seen her and I think, there she is, the real one underneath the careful professional, and I am glad she is here.
I text back: He has a better title than me.
Rhys: He has a better title than everyone. M
