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Plus Dad was Dad and I had to be this fake vision of whatever he thought a

man was.’ He sighed. ‘It’s weird. We both probably remember it in different
ways. But don’t leave me, okay? Leaving the band was one thing. But don’t
leave existence. I couldn’t cope with that.’
‘I won’t if you won’t,’ she said.

‘ Trust me, I’m not going anywhere.’
She thought of the grief that had floored her when she had heard about
Joe’s death by overdose in São Paulo, and she asked him to hug her, and he
obliged, delicately, and she felt the living warmth of him.

‘ anks for tr ying to jump in the river for me,’ she said.
‘What?’
‘I always thought you didn’t. But you tried. ey pulled you back. ank
you.’

He suddenly knew what she was talking about. And maybe more than a
little confused about how she knew this, when she had been swimming away
from him. ‘Ah, sis. I love you. We were young fools.’

Joe nipped out for an hour. Picked up the keys from her landlord, collected
his sister’s clothes and phone.

She saw that Izzy had texted. Sorry I didn’t get back last night/this morning.
I wanted a proper discussion! esis antithesis synthesis. e whole works.
How are you? I miss you. Oh, and guess what? I’m thinking of coming back to

the UK in June. For good. Miss you, my friend. Also, have a TON of humpback
pics coming your way. xxx
Nora made a slight noise of involuntar y joy at the back of her throat.
She texted back. It was interesting, she mused to herself, how life
sometimes simply gave you a whole new perspective by waiting around long

enough for you to see it.

She went on the Facebook page of the International Polar Research Institute.
ere was a photograph of the woman she had shared a cabin with – Ingrid
– standing with the field leader Peter, using a thin measuring drill to gauge

the thickness of sea ice, and a link to an article headlined ‘IPRI research
confirms last decade warmest on record for Arctic region’. She shared the
link. And posted a comment: ‘Keep up the great work!’ And decided that
when she earned some money, she would donate.