Buried Angels by Patricia Gibney

Author:Patricia Gibney [Gibney, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Lisa watched Charlie pace an angry circle around Jack. He looked like her late father, who had been a sergeant major in the army.

‘Leave him alone, Charlie.’

‘I asked him a question. I want an answer. That’s all. Come on, Jack. Please. Tell me.’

‘I don’t know what you mean.’ Jack’s eyes flitted to Lisa, his hands sucking the life out of each other as he wrapped them in knots.

‘Did you see Tamara Robinson’s Instagram post?’ Charlie said.

‘No.’

‘Well, your mother and I saw it. Tamara says you and Gavin have been filming the canal and tracks for over a week. Is that right?’

‘That’s enough,’ Lisa said.

Charlie swung around and glared, then resumed his pacing. ‘Tell me, Jack.’

‘I … I don’t know where Gavin got that idea. He doesn’t even own a drone.’

‘Yeah, but you do.’

‘What is it you want to know, Charlie?’ Lisa said.

‘I want to know what Jack has been up to,’ he replied quietly. ‘What if whoever dumped that body saw him? What if they come after him? After Tyrone or Maggie? I’m trying to protect this family as best I can. I need to know what he was doing.’

‘Leave him be. Maybe I can find out,’ Lisa said as she placed Maggie at the table beside Tyrone, with a bowl of Coco Pops to keep her quiet.

‘I’ll handle it,’ Charlie said with an edge to his voice.

She recoiled. The void between them was growing deeper by the day.

Charlie pressed his hand into Jack’s shoulder. ‘Look at me, Jack, and tell me what you’ve been up to with the drone.’

‘Dad!’ Jack squealed. ‘You’re hurting me.’

‘For feck’s sake, Charlie, stop it this instant!’

Maggie dropped the bowl of Coco Pops on the floor and shrieked loudly.

‘This is a madhouse,’ Charlie said, giving Jack a sharp push before storming out of the kitchen.

Lisa rushed to her son and hugged him, oblivious to Maggie howling to get down from the chair.

‘What’s Dad on about?’ Jack said, his bottom lip quivering.

‘I don’t know.’

‘He’s so angry all the time. Why?’

‘His health isn’t great. He can’t work at the moment, so he’s going a little crazy in the house all day. Give him space.’

‘Why can’t you tell me what’s really wrong with him?’

She wanted to, she really did, but Charlie had insisted the boys were not to know until it was absolutely necessary. ‘All I can tell you is that he’s having a lot of blood tests done at the hospital. We can’t say anything more until we know for sure. We don’t want you to worry unnecessarily.’

Jack whimpered, and Lisa bit back a cry when she saw the tears in her son’s eyes before he wiped them away.

Maggie was eating Coco Pops from the floor. Tyrone was grinning at the table.

Lisa felt her life was going to shit.

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