Part 3, Friday Summary

Martyn and Alex struggle to get Dad upstairs into his bed. Afterwards, they replenish their energy with a cup of tea, filling the time with small talk about fish and with weightier conversations about whether they're bad people because they're breaking the law. "What's the law?" Martyn comments. "It's only someone's opinion." Conversation also reveals that Alex won't be able to borrow her mum's car until late on Saturday night. There are also comfortable silences between the two, time that Martyn uses to enjoy the quiet, to look at Alex, to wonder what she's thinking, and to muse on the prospect of ever knowing what anybody is thinking.

Aware that Aunty Jean is going to arrive for her visit soon, Martyn and Alex go back up to Dad's room and get him ready - putting a bandage on the wound in...