Going Home

Part 7

Grace didn’t know what she had expected Josh to say, but whatever it was, it wasn’t that. She was shocked into silence. She knew Josh hadn’t had contact with his family since he left home after the accident that killed his brother. No wonder he looked shattered when he read the caller Id.  He had suffered unbelievably because of that incident and the emotions that call would have stirred up must have been overwhelming. So easing her way into such a sensitive subject she asked “how would she know your number?”

Josh shrugged “no idea, through the police force I guess.”

“And how did you know it was her?”

Shrugging again Josh looked away as he admitted “I put their number in my phone when I first got it.”

Grace raised her eyebrows, but didn’t comment. She realised that the only reason Josh would have done that was if he hoped that one day they would make contact. From the one time they spoke about this she got the impression that he didn’t want anything to do with them but maybe that’s not the case. So broaching the main issue with caution, Grace asked “so what do you want to do now?”

Sighing Josh sat back against the couch. He looked over at Grace for a minute and then reaching out pulled her into his arms. Holding her close to his body he said into her hair “I don’t know.”