Today's ten lines come from my latest MM novella,
Wish You Were Here. You can find out more about the book
HERE.
“No, I’d rather stay here. I’ll unpack,” he called back, hoping she wouldn’t press.
There
was a pause. He could picture his father grimly shaking his head,
cautioning his mother to let it go. It wouldn’t take that much effort to
persuade her. The past three months, she and his father seemed happier
when he wasn’t around. He didn’t know why they’d made him accompany them
on this two-week trip. They would have been better off without him. He
only disrupted their grief. When they noticed him at all. They had
filled the long drive here with blaring pop hits and radio adverts in
lieu of conversation, the three of them unable, or unwilling, to think
of anything to say.
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