203. The Silence She Hides InWesley

Something is wrong with Mum.

I know it before she even says a word. Actually, no. I know it because she doesn’t.

Mum talks.

Even when she’s tired, even when she’s busy, even when she says she doesn’t feel like talking, she still talks. Small things. Random things. She asks about school. About what we ate. About whether Weston has been “hacking the world again,” and whether Wenda has written another song.

She fills the space but now, now the house ...