Shreyas came in. I had to.”He knew instantly what she was talking about. He tried to hide his disappointment, but she could feel it in him.“It’s...ok mom, honestly, it’s ok.”“Oh Honey, you are such a good boy, and you are my young man.”She tightened her arms around him, and she felt his arms tighten around her, and they relaxed into one another.“Honey, if you like. I can. you know.”“Really mom? Here?”“No, not here, I don’t want to wake Shreyas. I just want to be with you, honey. Come with me”She. Mom would turn up someday and things would go back to being normal. Except I wished they wouldn't. I started folding up some clothes and putting them away, my parents' clothes and I was in their bedroom and thinking, God! What if Mom came back and it was just like before? Wouldn't that suck? Like Dad always ignoring me, Mom just nagging me, JJ hating me ... Oh, no way! That would seriously blow, right?It didn't make me feel down or sad or whatever, it was just me thinking, and I had to smile. By then Dad had retired from coaching and had settled in Iron Plain, buying a house in town. Growing up I was an only child and because of that was dotted on by both my parents. I wasn’t spoiled but I never wanted for anything. Dad use to tuck me in at night telling me stories of all the great Rugby League players of his day. I also use to sneak a peek at Dad’s scrapbook that Mum had made and read all about his exploits on the field. There was no doubt that my father Johnny Green was my hero.. “Yes, but he doesn’t have a Caddy,” she said. It rankled that she was so condescending, as it seemed to me, about her relative affluence. I wonder how Chester felt about it.Madeleine had been at work while Jenna was visiting with me. She came in through the kitchen entryway.“Hi, Jenna here?” she said.“No left a bit ago to pick up her boyfriend,” I said.“Her boyfriend? Chester?” she said.“Yeah, that’s the name,” I said.” They’re going to the movies.”She smiled a knowing smile. “The.