I’ve been looking at him for a long time. He hasn’t seen me because he’s too busy gazing at Rory and Howard with love, and Eileen and Dad with genuine pleasure.
I don’t blame him. He’s just a parent doing his best. Like Eileen. Like Dad. Like Mum.
I don’t know why thinking that is making my eyes fill with tears, but it is and they’re tears of happiness.
Everything’s going to be all right.
Well, most of the time.
I’ve just noticed something about Rory I hadn’t noticed before.
He’s wearing my new T-shirt.
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