Then I wondered whether I should have got off the train because it had just stopped at London, and I was scared because if the train went anywhere else it would be somewhere I didn’t know anybody.
And I was shaking and I wanted to be back at home, and then I realized I couldn’t be at home because Father was there and he told a lie and he killed Wellington, which meant that it wasn’t my home anymore …
And then she said, “Oh my God. Christopher. I didn’t … I didn’t think I’d ever … Why are you here on your own?