
It all started with the tea. Teabags really. I remember I took the wife a pack of Twinings English Breakfast tea at lunchtime. Was only 20 minutes walk from the office. I didn't go back for seven weeks. Nothing would be the same again. The wife likes a nice cup of tea. The tea in the hospital wasn't strong enough, so she asked for teabags. She said there was a lot of waiting around before the boy had his head scan. At fifteen months, it has to be done under general anaesthetic. I arrived as the wife was walking [...]