In Sunshine or In Shadow by Josh Lanyon

Author:Josh Lanyon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ireland lapd best friends gay romance glbt male male travel tours
Publisher: Josh Lanyon

Half an hour to departure; he had just enough time to run downstairs and grab something for breakfast if he moved fast. A piece of smoked ham — the Irish version of bacon — or one of those funky “puddings.” He put his suitcase in the hotel hallway so the bus driver could collect it with the others, and behind him the phone began to ring. Loud, insistent…American. Keir plunged back into the room and leaped across the bed to grab it.

“Yep?”

“Two Irish cops walk out of a pub,” Rick’s voice announced.

Keir gave a half-laugh.

“Hey! It could happen!”

Keir caught a glimpse of his expression in the mirror over the desk. His smile faded; that was just sad. “To what do I owe this honor?”

“I don’t know. Look, we’re friends, right? Whatever else happens?”

“Of course.”

“Okay. Just wanted to make sure.”

Now how weird was it to get choked up over this? Very. “We’re good,” Keir said.

“Good? We’re the best.” Rick added awkwardly, “I feel like I did all the talking last night.”

Keir did laugh then. His gaze fell on the bedside clock. “Hey, I’ve got to go. We’re catching a ferry to this island.”

“What island?”

“Inishbofin. The Island of the White Cow. It’s off the west coast of Galway.”

“As in home of the Inishbofin Ceili Band?”

“Right.” Irish music, mountain climbing, Truth, Justice and the American Way. Just a few of the things they’d had — still had — in common. Too bad it wasn’t enough. Keir said, “I’ll send you a postcard.”

“I probably won’t get it till you’re back.”

Hell, he probably wouldn’t get it till after Keir was gone.

They both silently absorbed that. Keir said, “Well, it’s not a secret. I wish you were here.”

The pause that followed was excruciating. Finally, haltingly, Rick said, “Keir —”

It was just too hard to hear it.

“Later,” Keir said, and put the receiver down.

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