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‘Do you think – do you think it’s a good idea?’
‘Yes. I think it’s a wonderful idea. Why wouldn’t I?’
‘I don’t know. I mean, it’s meant to be a romantic holiday, just for the two of them …’
I tut. ‘He was talking about taking his mother; he can’t have intended it to be that romantic.’
Obviously, I’m talking nonsense, but I’m feeling defensive. Miller wants to take Libby to Botswana to be reunited with the father she hasn’t seen since she was a baby. But Phin is also a part of me. Not just a part of me, but nearly all of me. I’ve literally (and I’m using the word ‘literally’ here in its most literal sense) thought about Phin at least once an hour, every hour, since I was sixteen years old. How can I not want to go to him now,right now?
‘I won’t get in their way,’ I offer. ‘I will let them do their own thing.’
‘Right,’ says Lucy, doubtfully. ‘And what will you do?’
‘I’ll …’ I pause. What will I do? I have no idea. I will just be with Phin.
And then, after that – well, we shall see, shan’t we?
