‘Me? I’m the one who’s been holding it together all these years! You’ve been floating about like bloody Winnie the Pooh all your life, spending a whole day looking for a fishing rod, or thinking about the shapes clouds make, while Mam and Dad and I deal with money, jobs, problems, y’know, that sort of thing.’ ‘Look. Whatever duty you have imposed on yourself towards me, I now absolve you from it.’ Hungry Paul knighted Grace on each shoulder with the toothbrush and continued, ‘I love you, but I don’t need you to look after me. I haven’t needed you for a very long time. I am not your
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