Chapter Fifteen ~ Psychology
I became sensitive to the mood or tone of a place… It was a question of learning how to move with the minimum of friction to provoke the minimum attention.
(Sunshine State, James Miller)
When I told Mum about Dad not recognising us, she seemed relieved. But that wasn’t good, was it? I knew she’d explain, though. She knows strange things about minds.
She asked us why we’d gone and I said it was because no one else was searching for Dad. She looked a bit shocked and nodded slowly, as if she was saving something up.
After extra kisses and cuddles Ben was put to bed. Mum let me watch a grown-up programme, while she made lots of phone calls. When that was done and I only had a little more awakeness left, she turned the telly off and took the phone off its cradl
