Victoria looked away, towards the sea front. There were seagulls landing on the balustrades, searching for crumbs between the cracks in the concrete below. “I’ll make sure everything gets to where it needs to go and then I’ll come back here. I suppose that way, I’ll be close to him when…”She let the rest of the thought fall away.
She let the rest of the thought fall away.“Your father?” Hilda prompted.
“Your father?” Hilda prompted.Victoria gave her affirmation with a silent nod.
Victoria gave her affirmation with a silent nod.Hilda leant forward again, lowering her voice. She had tucked the appointment card beneath the lip of her plate and it rested there on the table’s wooden surface, almost unnoticed now. A forgotten reminder of the painful present.
Hilda leant forward again, lowerin
