New Year's Brother
My brother comes to stay and things get very personal
The door opened, and an ‘only me’ came down the hall. Leo, my brother, had come to stay over for the new year. He would be here for a few days, and I had made up the spare room for him. Tonight, he said, he was taking us out to treat us to a curry. I put down my cloth, dried my hands, and hurried out of the kitchen to greet him. “Leo, gosh, you look well,” I said as I swept him into my arms and squeezed him tight. “Bloody...