Closer to You by Adam Croft

Author:Adam Croft [Croft, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Circlehouse
Published: 2020-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

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Tuesday 4 February

It’s the day of Nan’s funeral. It isn’t a day I’ve been looking forward to, but one I’ve been looking forward to getting out of the way.

It looks as if there’s going to be a good turnout. Nan had made a lot of friends over the years through the church — something else which helped us ensure the funeral arrangements were sorted out quickly — and it was heartening to see so many of her friends and family from around the country, and further afield, saying they wanted to come to pay their last respects.

Tom’s been incredibly supportive, too. He’s spent most of the rest of the time working, keeping an eye on things from home and trying to deal with the work project from his laptop. It doesn’t seem to be causing any problems, which has put me at ease.

We’re due to meet the rest of the family at my parents’ in a couple of hours, and Tom’s busy working on his laptop while I get ready. As I’m doing my make-up, I catch sight of the computer screen in the mirror. It looks familiar.

‘I thought you said it was best for us to hide our social media profiles?’ I ask him, trying to make it sound as casual and non-combative as possible.

‘I did,’ he says, after a short pause. ‘I’m just checking on some work stuff on Facebook. I’ve got a dummy account for that, under a false name so I can keep an eye on things. No way around that, unfortunately.’

‘What sort of stuff?’

‘I can’t say,’ he says, shutting me down immediately.

I don’t know much about the ins and outs of Tom’s job — it always seems way beyond me – but I didn’t think it had anything much to do with Facebook or social media.

‘Is it to do with those guys who got sacked?’ I ask. Maybe he’s got to keep an eye on them, or perhaps he’s watching what other employees are saying and doing. There are always stories online about bosses spying on their staff’s social media accounts, trying to make sure they’re not badmouthing the company or misusing it in any way.

‘What? Oh, no. Don’t worry about them. They won’t be a problem.’

‘Oh right. Well, that’s good. Does that mean we can put our accounts back up again?’

‘No,’ Tom says, quickly. ‘Not yet. Best to play it safe. I’ll speak to my boss and see what he says.’

‘Was it his decision then?’

‘No. But he’ll have a better idea of what it’s like on the ground. I haven’t been over there, so I don’t want to make any decisions at the moment. I’ll speak to him and let you know.’

I nod. ‘Got much left to do?’

‘Hopefully not.’

‘We’ve got to leave in twenty minutes,’ I say. We’ve agreed to pick up one of Nan’s friends on the way.

‘I know,’ Tom says. ‘I’m perfectly capable of telling the time.’

‘Alright. Just saying. We don’t want to be late.’

In the mirror, I see Tom whip round and glare at me.

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