• “already done Calpol. They don’t need Nurofen as well.’ ‘Mummmmmmy! Where are you?’ Teddy is now wide awake. I get up just as Tris does, gathering his pillows, water and his book. ‘I’m sorry, but I really need to get some sleep tonight. I’ve got such a long drive in the morning. Plus if I go in the spare room you can at least bring them in here with you if you need to.’ I look at him steadily. ‘OK. Sure. You do that. I don’t want you crashing on the motorway.’ I leave the room before he can answer and when I come back to the now-cold bed, some twenty minutes later, after both”

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