Seona’s POV
He’s dressed in his full dress uniform, and the pride on the older woman’s face is tangible.
‘That was taken at my passing out parade’ Mark’s gruff voice sounds behind me making me jump slightly.
The soldier takes the frame from my hand, rubbing his thumb over the older woman, a sad smile on his face.
‘My Ma, she was so damn proud that day’ he tells me, ‘we went out for dinner afterwards and she told everyone we met that her boy was an Army soldier now.’
I smile up at him, reaching for another photo, one of three teenage girls and a small boy that I can again see is Mark.
‘Are these your sisters?’ I ask curiously.
Mak nods, placing the photo of him and his mother down on the bookshelf and turning his attention to the second photo.
‘That’s Sherrie’ he tells me, pointing
