Once the dishes and pot are upside down on a tea towel, Helen goes upstairs and has a long, hot bath. She’s back in Australia, moving from scene to scene like someone on a set. “Wherever you are, David, I hope you can forgive your old mother for that car business.” She remembers the look on his face after she’d humiliated him for not caring. He had tried to be honest with his mother and she had berated him for it. Helen wipes her eyes with a corner of towel. “My sweet David.”
