A Tiding of Magpies by Steve Burrows & David Thorpe

Author:Steve Burrows & David Thorpe [Burrows, Steve & Thorpe, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781445068206
Amazon: 1445068206
Publisher: Isis Audio Books
Published: 2018-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Lindy leaned into Domenic as they stood in the doorway watching Eric’s car disappear down the driveway. Much as she appreciated the DCS and her boss being here to share the good news with them, she was looking forward to time alone with Dom, to process the idea, to come to terms with it. She was holding the champagne bottle by the neck, two glasses clustered in her other hand. “Let’s go and sit round the back,” she said. She hot-footed her way across the gravel of the driveway and padded barefoot over the grass towards the rear patio.

It was a beautiful evening, with a soft breeze coming in off the sea and a sky gliding effortlessly through shades of blue towards nightfall. The clear skies promised a perfect backdrop for the waning moon; it would rise through the sky like joy as the night wore on. All in all, their seaward-facing haven seemed about as perfect a place as any Lindy could think of to drink in the new air of a world in which Damian Jejeune was a free man.

She set down the bottle and glasses on a small round table and leaned on the railing, staring out over the sea. Jejeune joined her. “Does Damian know yet?” he asked.

“I’ve emailed him,” she said without turning from the water, “but his pattern seems to be to check his emails around noon, Greenwich Time, so we may have missed him for today.”

It seemed strange to hear Lindy speak out loud about her secret backchannel to his brother, the lifeline that had tethered them together since his frantic departure from Saltmarsh. A faint uneasiness welled within Domenic still. Perhaps the caution of holding on to his brother’s secrets for all this time wasn’t going to be so easy to overcome. For either of them.

“I told him we’d let him know as soon as we had confirmation that the Canadian authorities had been informed of Colombia’s decision,” said Lindy. “He should probably wait until then before making any grand appearance anywhere, but I’m sure he’d still be safe enough to contact your parents.”

Jejeune nodded. Even with glacial pace of international bureaucracy, the Canadian government should have been informed by close of business tomorrow. Damian would then be free to emerge into the light and resume a normal life. The thought was hard to process. He looked at Lindy and she understood. For so long, Domenic had lived under the shadow of his brother’s troubles; they both had. And now Damian was free. And so were they.

Lindy went to the table and poured two glasses of champagne. She returned to the rail and handed one to Domenic. They sipped in silence for a moment. “We should probably start thinking about when we’re going to go over there,” said Lindy casually. “I’ll go online tomorrow to see if there are any cheap flights coming up. Will a couple of weeks be enough, do you think? Or will we need longer? Shepherd didn’t seem to think it would be a problem for you to have some time off after this case is wrapped up.

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