One afternoon, Craig was talking to Murray on the forecourt, “You’ve got children, haven’t you, Murray? I was a child myself the last time I lived with babies.”
“Yes, I’ve got three, but they haven’t been babies for many decades. Why do you ask?”
“It’s just that I didn’t realise how little I knew about human beings, that’s all. Watching Shell grow up and watching Soom and Shell together too, I’ve never seen any of that stuff before. Last week, I was there when Shell started to be able to focus, and yesterday she started smiling.
“I’d never seen it before… you walk up to her and she’s sort of straight-faced, then you get closer and she starts to smile at you. It’s better than any greeting.”
“Yes, I remember. Does she cry much? Some of them cry a lot?”
“I don’t know whether she cries mo
