Kiss It Better
“Theo was tense, his eyes on the box, but trying not to show it.
Cassie couldn’t imagine what it would be like not to know how her dad looked. She sat beside Gordon at the table with Theo and his mum opposite. The whole situation was so fraught. How did Gordon feel watching his son discover another father, remembering the man his wife had, in some sense, loved?
Louise’s feelings were there in the gentle way she opened the box and laid the lid aside.
‘Learn everything you can about yo...ur father, Theo,’ Gordon said into the tense, waiting silence. ‘I’m a jealous, proud, sometimes stupid man, but I don’t want you to be left with questions or to be torn. I remember Dave. You deserve to know that he was a good man.’ Louise stretched her arm across the table and clasped her husband’s. ‘Thanks, love.’ Theo nodded his gratitude.
And then Louise passed him a photo of Dave Mawson.
Theo froze, his eyes on the small photo.MoreLess
Cassie couldn’t imagine what it would be like not to know how her dad looked. She sat beside Gordon at the table with Theo and his mum opposite. The whole situation was so fraught. How did Gordon feel watching his son discover another father, remembering the man his wife had, in some sense, loved?
Louise’s feelings were there in the gentle way she opened the box and laid the lid aside.
‘Learn everything you can about yo...ur father, Theo,’ Gordon said into the tense, waiting silence. ‘I’m a jealous, proud, sometimes stupid man, but I don’t want you to be left with questions or to be torn. I remember Dave. You deserve to know that he was a good man.’ Louise stretched her arm across the table and clasped her husband’s. ‘Thanks, love.’ Theo nodded his gratitude.
And then Louise passed him a photo of Dave Mawson.
Theo froze, his eyes on the small photo.MoreLess
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