The Darkness Visible by Tori de Clare

Author:Tori de Clare [de Clare, Tori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tori de Clare
Published: 2015-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

‘Shall we go up to Lorie’s room then and see what we can find?’

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Nathan arrived at the roundabout in Bramhall and continued down Bramhall Lane. There was little hope of finding the house unless there was a stroke of luck. He threaded down this street, that lane, looking for clues. Anything. A recognisable car, someone at the front, the best garden in Bramhall if that failed. Not that Camilla would’ve have had time to put her stamp on a garden yet.

Nathan pulled up at the side of the road to think. If Camilla was moving, where would the stuck up cow want to live? He explored a few words: secluded, private, stocked, mature. He discounted main streets right away. Camilla’s house would be tucked away somewhere. There’d have to be a substantial garage for Henry too. Nathan signalled and pulled into the road and continued to swim around the streets, eyes everywhere. For half an hour he hunted and drew a blank.

Maybe he’d passed it already. Who knew? He stopped an old woman on the pavement who was struggling to push a giant shopping bag on wheels. Old people had too much time. They noticed things. He explained that a new family had moved into the area with two adult girls and that he’d lost the little slip of paper they’d given him with the address. It’d never occur to the old bat that people had sat navs and carried mobile phones everywhere and that no one needed to search for addresses anymore. She’d never remember his face from months ago. She shook her head and pressed on with her shopping at the pace of an old tortoise.

Nathan swore at her, but by now he’d zipped the window up and the woman was out of earshot. Where to look next? He signalled to pull out and carried on. By now he found he was passing the same houses and the same people and the same bus stops like The Truman Show.

Out of ideas and pumped with frustration, Nathan gave up. He was trying to unravel his way out of the place when Henry suddenly passed in his Jag. Nathan’s stomach flipped. There was no recognition from Henry at all. Nathan waited a few seconds and swung into a U-turn. Henry signalled right. Nathan kept his distance and followed him into the right bend just in time to see Henry disappear into a left turn. Nathan hurried to shadow him. Henry was several metres in front. It was a long lane, tree-lined. Nathan had ventured down here at least twice already. At the top, Henry signalled again and turned for the final time. Nathan didn’t follow this time, but stopped at the top of a cul-de-sac and watched Henry vanish into a private corner.

‘Got you,’ Nathan said, sighing with elation. Finally, a change of luck.

Walking down the drive of the house next door, there was a man clutching a clipboard to his side with one hand. He was wearing a suit and a fake smile and a long black coat.

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