Part 7: Why are we planning to go back to “normal” anyway? SILENCE

Definition: a state of refusing to talk about something or answer questions, or a state of not communicating:

I remember it more every time I recall it. You could say I was ‘shy’, although it’s not a word I like to use or think is positive to describe a child who was not extrovert. Wayne was my best friend at school for that period of time when things just “clicked”. I cannot even remember why but I do remember the feeling and how we played together at play centre after school. We liked to show we were “ best friends…and boys”.

I was always envious because his Dad worked for some type of chauffeur company and turned up in different car every day after school to pick him up. I’d never met his Dad in person but I always remember he looked serious when he looked at me.

One day Wayne invited me to come to his house to play and I was really happy about that. It was a Saturday. I walked —for about 30min as I knew roughly where he lived but had never been to his estate. He met me at the bottom of the hill excited.

As we entered the estate all I could remember was how the pavement was a white grey with black grooves in it and the buildings were a yellowish brown. We passed a woman who stared at me for quite a while. I didn’t understand why but felt something was strange.

We got to his house and the front patio was very small. Wayne was overly excited and I followed him to go into his house but his Mum…