“It would be scary on your own, this tunnel.”

“Yeah, glad we can go together. Makes it almost normal.”

“I know, like we’re going for a walk. Take my hand, till we reach the light.”

“Didn’t think it’d be like this, did you?”

“No. I wish we could tell everyone.”

Clare is an enthusiastic reader and writer of historical fiction, a doting grandmother, volunteer ESOL teacher, gardener, and knitter.