That man has lived in a house for two years with a woman who had a son writing to her, and he did the thing he has always done, which is leave the door open and not go through it.
I do not hold it against him. I rang the wrong person in 2023 and I know exactly why: because Rob would have said do you want to read it together, and Freya was the only person on earth I could ring who might make it go away.
I did not ring my best friend because she was my best friend. I rang her because she had a key.
Freya.
And I answered it still laughing. "You are not going to believe what we've done."
And she did not laugh back.
"Dervla. Have you got my case?"
"Apparently. And you've got mine."
And there was a pause.
And then, very quietly: "Please tell me you haven't looked inside."
