“I really ought to go,” Luke said to Craig once Andy had left. “It’s obvious he doesn’t want me here.”
“It’s how Uncle Andy is. He likes you, I can tell.”
“Huh?”
“It’s just his way. Look, if you really want to get in his good books, you should go out and offer him a hand with the pigs.”
“I tried this morning, but—”
“That was this morning. He’s always a bit off after he’s had one of his nightmares.”
“Oh. Does he get them often?”
“No, not really. Just you coming was a shock. Uncle Andy doesn’t socialise much.”
This didn’t encourage Luke to want to stay.
“You gotta understand that Uncle Andy went through a lot in the army. I don’t know all of it, he doesn’t like talking about it. When he came back, he was different. A lot quieter. That’s when he took over the pigs from his uncle,
