The doctor storms out after the son and your three children spin to the windows, to the celebratory blue hollering for them to get out.
‘Come on,’ Soli whispers.
‘Quick.’ Tidge laughs.
‘No,’ Mouse says, ‘not yet.’
‘It’s just there,’ Tidge cries with his arm around his brother’s shoulders but Mouse rubs his head and says, ‘No,’ as if the whole idea hurts. Tidge drops his hand. His brother hasn’t stopped them because of his pain, he’s stopped them because of something else.
‘This isn’t the way to do it,’ Mouse says. ‘It’ll only make things worse.’
Be truthful, be patient, be generous. These are the three steps to godliness.