Have people been staring at you?’
He frowns. ‘I don’t know. I guess so. I forgot it was there. Can you really notice it?’
‘Well yeah, but … I think it’s great.’ To me, Danny rocking up to surf with graffiti all over his face is magic. I want to tell him that I think he’s precious, that the fact he talks to me is a gift. But of course you can’t say things like that to people

Autore: Kirsty Eagar