The Unburied Past (2013)
“‘Have you heard from Adam lately?’ she asked her mother.
Lynne suppressed a sigh. ‘No, but you know what’s he like. Not a squeak out of him for months, then he turns up unannounced, expecting the full prodigal son treatment.’ ‘I’ve sent emails and left messages on his voicemail, to no avail. Claire’s getting worried that he won’t turn up for Jamie’s christening, and he is the godfather, for heaven’s sake.’ ‘He’ll be there,’ Lynne said with more confidence than she felt. For Adam was his own per...son and always had been. Even as a toddler he’d disliked being held, and after those first traumatic days when he’d asked repeatedly for his parents, he’d appeared to dismiss them and his baby sister from both his mind and his memory. At first, Lynne and Harry had been thankful he’d escaped apparently unscathed, but as time went on and they increasingly introduced Emma and Mark into their conversation, he had shown little interest, accepting without comment the story of the car crash and his subsequent adoption.MoreLess
Lynne suppressed a sigh. ‘No, but you know what’s he like. Not a squeak out of him for months, then he turns up unannounced, expecting the full prodigal son treatment.’ ‘I’ve sent emails and left messages on his voicemail, to no avail. Claire’s getting worried that he won’t turn up for Jamie’s christening, and he is the godfather, for heaven’s sake.’ ‘He’ll be there,’ Lynne said with more confidence than she felt. For Adam was his own per...son and always had been. Even as a toddler he’d disliked being held, and after those first traumatic days when he’d asked repeatedly for his parents, he’d appeared to dismiss them and his baby sister from both his mind and his memory. At first, Lynne and Harry had been thankful he’d escaped apparently unscathed, but as time went on and they increasingly introduced Emma and Mark into their conversation, he had shown little interest, accepting without comment the story of the car crash and his subsequent adoption.MoreLess
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