Chapter 27
MY PARENTS’ reaction was as I’d expected. As I sat in their living room, with Steph present as well, all eyes were on me as I briefly recounted the facts in an objective, lawyerly fashion. I wished I’d taken the coward’s way out and phoned them. But I knew I’d be glad later that I hadn’t.
Shock, horror and, of course, disapproval. But muted, as if I’d exhausted those emotions in them and this was what they expected of me now. My father just shook his head and said ‘Jesus Christ’ several times instead of his usual ranting. My mother was the vocal one, with the predictable comments about being selfish, throwing my life away and how could I do this to Sarah? But they were uttered with an air of resignation, as if realising they would have no effect on my behaviour. And it was tru
