Talking at Night

by Claire Daverley

Actually, Will, Simon says, it’s the kindest thing anyone’s done for me in weeks. I’ve been getting a whole lot of nothing from everyone. Old friends, and colleagues, and family members, who are scared to even look at me, and don’t know what the hell to say. Will gets the impression that it’s the first time Simon has said hell. And I get why, because they’re in that same bubble, Simon explains. Where they don’t ever have to face things. Where things don’t go wrong. News flash, Will says. Things will always go wrong.