31 The Intervention
As Sarah is searching for a safe place to examine her items, Thom is on the living room sofa, staring at a family picture. It is a photo from about four years ago when Aunty Val and the three of them took a day trip to a theme park. They are all smiling in the photo, all the outward ‘signs’ point to a happy family but Thom wants to rip it apart now. Underneath Daniel’s shy smile there is only hate and the desire to destroy others, to destroy all of them.
Thom is so engrossed in his dark interpretation of the photo that he only notices the others when their shadows drift over it. He lifts his head up reluctantly, yet is still undeservedly warmed by Aunty Val’s smile as she lowers herself beside him. Richard enters the room behind her and before taking a seat in his us
