The Flow by Effrosyni Moschoudi

Author:Effrosyni Moschoudi [Moschoudi, Effrosyni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

The next few hours unfolded like a bad dream. The police tried to locate Akis further down the beach, then at the main road, but to no avail. In the meantime, Sofia’s aunt and uncle had to appear collected as they explained to the patrons that Karavi was closing for the day due to a family emergency. Next, they were all in Uncle Nikos’s car, Jeff squeezed in the back seat between Loula and Sofia, heading for the house, in the hope they’d find Akis there.

Having found no sign of him there either, they all scattered around, alerting everyone they knew, and that’s literally every local. Like in all villages, all kinds of news, especially the dramatic and upsetting variety, spread there like wildfire. Sofia and her friends went from door to door to find that the people seemed to already know about the dead girl, plus, in most cases, the police had already knocked on their door too to ask if they’d seen Akis.

It seemed they’d found his running away somewhat suspicious, but Sofia knew it was only his upset that had caused him to seek his solitude. Wherever he was, he was alone, and that’s obviously what he wanted.

In the early afternoon, and after a short stop at a café to have a grilled toast and a coffee on the hoof, Sofia, Loula and Jeff were leaning against a fence at the village square. They had been up and down the main road numerous times, they had called on every village house on the hilltop, and they’d wandered around fields and even paced the whole seafront all the way to Messi and back. By now, they had run out of places to look. Sofia ran a hand through her hair and tried not to panic. Where has he gone?

Loula placed a hand on her friend’s arm and squeezed gently. “Don’t worry, we’ll find him. Or maybe, he’ll turn up on his own.”

“What a crazy way to spend my last day on the island!” piped up Jeff. As soon as he said it out of genuine amusement, he realised it must have come across as insensitive. He was about to open his mouth again and apologise when he noticed the girls were gazing back at him with sympathy.

“Why don’t you go now, Jeff? You’ve done enough. Go have a swim and enjoy your last day, whatever’s left of it,” prompted Loula.

“I agree. You should go, Jeff. It’s not fair on you. You poor thing,” said Sofia, patting his arm.

“Are you kidding? And not find out what happened to your cousin? He may not be family to me, but he’s a nice bloke. I want to help!”

“Are you sure?” asked Sofia.

“Of course. And don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll be home by nightfall. He just needs a few hours alone to digest the horrid news, that’s all. He seems like a sensible lad. He won’t let you and his parents worry much longer. Do you want to go to his house and wait? I dare say he’ll be there soon if he’s not there already.

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