Tara Road
“I seem to have been a bit spaced out.' 'There's days we're all like that,' he said.
'Thank you for not enquiring if it sorted itself out.' 'These things take time.' He was so soothing, making no demands that she tell him. After all the others that she had talked to this was very restful.
'Danny?' 'It was awful,' he said. 'I'm so sorry.' Ria looked at her little piece of paper. Do not apologise, it ordered her. She had wanted to cry and say she was sorry, that they were not the kind of people wh...o snarled at each other like that. She wanted him to come home and wrap her in his arms. Do not apologise, she read, and she knew she had been right to write it down. Danny was not coming home to her. Ever.
'There was hardly any way it couldn't have been awful,' she said in matter-of-fact tones. 'Now let's see what we can salvage. I've told the children to call you today and that maybe you could meet them one evening on some neutral ground. Tell them about things, tell them what it's going to be like.MoreLess
'Thank you for not enquiring if it sorted itself out.' 'These things take time.' He was so soothing, making no demands that she tell him. After all the others that she had talked to this was very restful.
'Danny?' 'It was awful,' he said. 'I'm so sorry.' Ria looked at her little piece of paper. Do not apologise, it ordered her. She had wanted to cry and say she was sorry, that they were not the kind of people wh...o snarled at each other like that. She wanted him to come home and wrap her in his arms. Do not apologise, she read, and she knew she had been right to write it down. Danny was not coming home to her. Ever.
'There was hardly any way it couldn't have been awful,' she said in matter-of-fact tones. 'Now let's see what we can salvage. I've told the children to call you today and that maybe you could meet them one evening on some neutral ground. Tell them about things, tell them what it's going to be like.MoreLess
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