DAY TWO
Keith wakes up with a start, lying on top of his bed, fully dressed but freezing cold. He checks his alarm clock and sits up quickly, thinking about work and how he can ’ t afford to be late again after the grief Gloria gave him yesterday.
Then he remembers everything else.
He perches on the edge of his mattress, wondering if he should look outside or just lie down again and try and get back to sleep. If he stays here in his room he can pretend none of it happened, can ’ t he?
And then the decision ’ s taken out of his hands, because he hears something moving downstairs. No hesitation now, he runs to the landing and peers down. It ’ s Dad. Bloody hell, it ’ s Dad! He ’ s in the hall. Keith can ’ t believe what he ’ s seeing. He watches Dad get all the way to the front door, the
