At Risk by Casey Watson

Author:Casey Watson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2016-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

And he remained so for the rest of the evening. Despite my near certainty that there would be another bout of vomiting before he was clear of it, the bug, if bug it was, didn’t trouble him again.

Which allowed a new thought to worm its way into my brain. Perhaps it hadn’t been a bug. Perhaps it had just been anxiety. After all, I hadn’t actually seen any sick, had I? Perhaps he was just suffering extreme nausea due to separation anxiety – perhaps being away from his mum was affecting him in unexpected ways. Perhaps there was something in the business of his reported ‘weak stomach’. Perhaps, after all, I had been barking up the wrong tree, and his not being allowed to go to tea with school friends was all wrapped up in some ongoing mental health issues – which might or might not be related to the somewhat stiflingly close (to my mind, at any rate) relationship he had with his mother. It wasn’t unheard of, after all.

Which round of thinking, mostly conducted as I lay awake in the small hours listening for sounds from across the landing, only served to remind me that, when it came to hearts and minds, nothing was simple. Almost every situation was complex and multi-factorial, and though I was in no way qualified to make any kinds of assumptions, I should at least note my thoughts down for John. After all, in the absence of background problems or otherwise, perhaps this little family would benefit from some input from social services, after all.

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