Shadow Watcher by Carolyn Mahony

Author:Carolyn Mahony [Mahony, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-09-20T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER-TWENTY-SIX

The week dragged, drawing it home to Grace that the dire state of her finances wasn’t the only reason why she needed to get a job as soon as the summer holidays were over. In the meantime, she busied herself with her new project.

She’d given a lot of thought to Nick’s throwaway comment about doing a degree. She’d looked into doing an Open University course and the more she’d investigated it the keener she was becoming. She was beginning to realise that there was still a lot of mileage to be had out of her life.

By the time Thursday evening came, the night of her meal out with Keith, she was almost climbing the walls. She hadn’t seen another adult all week and as she applied the final touches to her makeup, she was looking forward to the prospect of a meal out and some adult company.

Keith breezed in looking pleased with himself. ‘I got the last reservation at the Lakeside,’ he said, refusing her offer of a drink. ‘I think we’d better get a move on if we don’t want to lose it. You ready to go?’

They sat at a table near the window and they’d barely ordered the drinks before Keith was launching into the reasons for the break up of his marriage.

‘I brought it on myself, I know,’ he said, making room for the waitress to fill their glasses. ‘I should have realised she was feeling neglected, but so was I – and I had a lot of problems on my plate at work which she never really understood. I didn’t realise how bad things were until it was too late. It’s a mess, but where the hell do I go from here?’

‘Only you can answer that one,’ Grace said.

‘Yes, I guess so. I only wish I knew what the answer was.’

He took a sip from his glass and smiled ruefully at her over the rim. ‘Sorry, I’m banging on, I know. What about you? Things can’t have been too easy for you over the years, I’d imagine? I still can’t believe Rory never told me he had a child.’

‘Yes, well, he wasn’t the easiest of people to deal with. Even you must have found that?’

Keith nodded. ‘It was the drinking and drugs that did it for him. He should have given up years ago, like the rest of us. I used to envy him all the money he had back then, lucky sod, but it isn’t always a good thing, is it?’

‘Not for him it wasn’t. It gave him too much time on his hands.’ Grace hesitated. Somehow the fact that Keith had known Rory so well made it easier for her to talk about him; something she never usually did. For the first time she found herself touching on the stalking and how difficult he’d made their lives. At the end of it she smiled uneasily – on edge as she always was when she discussed Rory.

‘I find it difficult sometimes, believing it’s over. We’ve

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