Something Like Elena
I reach over, place a hand on her shoulder, squeeze.
“Tell us, buddy,” I urge gently. “What do you think you did?”
“Yesterday…” His voice cracks. His little chest rises and falls in shaky bursts. “I called Ray mummy.”
Ray’s eyes fill. She blinks hard, trying to hold back the tears, but I see the breath catch in her throat. I’ve got no words. I just… get it. I feel where that ache in Will is coming from.
“And I told him it was okay,” Ray says, wiping a tear from his cheek. “I told him he could call me that whenever he wanted.”
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