![]() That was the last time everything was normal for us. Max, realising that the conversation was over, decided to forget about his complaining and wandered off to his room. The two of them had already forgotten Max and his breakdown. Mum went to her study and Dad started reading the news on his phone. “Can you watch the dinner? I’ve got to answer this email.”ĭad looked at his phone. I saw my Mum’s eyes flicker back down to her smart watch, and at the same time, heard a gentle little buzz. Any more than that and you’ll be impossible.” “You’ve been playing…” Mum checked her smart watch, “one hour. ![]() He looked up at our parents with tear-stained cheeks. He had collapsed on the floor, because not having the X-Box in his hands had presumably made him unable to walk. “I didn’t get to finish the Great Pyramid!” he cried. That’s why I already had my zombie book out, and was reading it with half a glance, while eying off Max with the other. Believe me, there was no hope arguing when our time to play was up. But I was ten, and knew the ways of the world. Max didn’t realise it yet because he was only six. They were always unmovable when our screen time alarm went off and our time for the week was finished. “Just one more go at Minecraft!”īut Mum and Dad weren’t having any of it.
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