“It’s getting dark, Mammy, and you know Da doesn’t like us going out after dark.” Elisha’s expression didn’t change.
“Elisha, we need to talk about what we’re going to do now there’s just the two of us” Amelia found it hard to say ‘now Richard has gone’.
Elisha looked at her mother and indignantly said, “Didn’t you tell me we live on after we leave this earthly plane?”
“Yes that’s true.”
“Then there’ll never be just the two of us, as my Da will always be with us,” Elisha sounded very angry.
“Yes that’s true also, but your Da will only be here in spirit. Whereas we, you and me, have to go on living our earthly lives, so we have to discuss what we’ll do next” Amelia was very worried about how Elisha was taking this, she seemed almost without emotion, was this a safety mechanism, put in
