It both was and wasn’t weird to not have David here. He often travelled with the band, so not having him here wasn’t unusual. But it was like a dark storm cloud hanging over me and our son. The knowledge that things had gone so badly that he had to step back from our life together. Though he hadn’t stepped back, exactly. Actually, I wasn’t quite sure what he was doing. But everything felt sad and edgy and just generally off. Which sucked.

