Zeke’s POV
We made it down to dinner, and Thia was not present. Neither Mum or Dad said a word. I didn’t want to tempt fate, but I couldn’t stand the silence.
‘Are we going to talk about it?’
Gabe kicked me from under the table.
‘Your sister is unwell. She is leaving tomorrow morning, to go to a hospital in the city to get better. She is going to be there for a while, while she...' Mum paused breifly before continuing '...has treatment. She is going to complete her studies while she is there and will rejoin us in June when her exams have been completed ready to settle back home during the summer before she returns to Hennerly High to complete her final year’ my mother spoke clearly and calmly, and it was very unnerving.
‘Oh– Kaaay. I am assuming that is the unofficial, official stor
