“My baby girl, how are you” Mums voice booms down the phone when she answers.
“Hey Mum, I’m good thanks, Ben’s here too” Nell says cheerily.
“Hey Mum” I say.
“Oh my boy, how are you?”
“I’m doing okay Mum don’t worry”.
“What a stupid thing to say, of course I worry about you both. That’s my literal job!”
I roll my eyes at Nell and she silently laughs.
“Are you both eating and sleeping enough??” She asks in that tone only a Mother can carry!
“Yes Mum” Nell laughs again “Ben took on cooking for the first few days, then I took over when he ran out of recipes he knew from scratch! You guys really need to get WiFi up here!”
“Never! That’s the whole joy of the cabin! Oh here’s your Dad. Paul it’s the kids."
“Hey kids! You missing us already?”
“Always Dad.” Nell starts “But we are
