[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
What's this?
[Billy:]
It's a letter.
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
Huh. I can see it's a letter!
[Billy:]
Can open it if you want.
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
Thank god for that — the suspence was killin' me.
[Billy:]
It's from me mam.
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
Y' mam?
[Billy:]
She wrote it for us when I was eighteen. 'Cept I couldn't wait.
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
I see.
[Billy:]
Y' can read it if y' want. Read it out.
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
Dear Billy,
I must seem a distant memory
[Billy:]
Which is…
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
Which is probably a good thing
And it will have been a long…
[Billy:]
A long time
And I will have missed you growing
And I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh
Missed your stamping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy, know that I was always there
I was with you through everything
And please, Billy,
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
But please Billy.
Know that I will always be
Proud to have known you
Proud that you were mine
Proud in everything
And you must promise me this, Billy…
[Dead Mum:]
In everything you do
Always be yourself, Billy
[Dead Mum and Mrs. Wilkinson:]
And you always will be true
And I will have missed you growing
I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh
Missed your stamping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy, know that I was always there
I was with you through everything
And please, Billy,
Know that I will always be
Proud to have known you
[Dead Mum:]
Love you forever
[Billy:]
Love you forever
[Mrs. Wilkinson:]
Mam
She must have been a very special woman, your mother.
[Billy:]
No, she was just me mom.