The Gin Sisters' Promise by Faith Hogan

Author:Faith Hogan [Hogan, Faith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800241367
Publisher: Head of Zeus

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Secondary schools had changed a lot since Nola had left. On her first day, Gary gave her a map of the grounds and sent her off in the direction of the classrooms. For now, she had senior classes only, until her Garda clearance forms were returned. It was halfway through the school year, but drama wasn’t an examinable subject, so she had free rein, so long as the kids learned something and they managed to get two stage shows out of what remained of the next two terms.

‘Good luck,’ he said, and as she walked along the seemingly endless corridors Nola had a feeling she was going to need it. Eventually, she found the classroom and pushed the door open before she had a chance to change her mind. Walking to the desk, she felt the eyes of twenty wary teenagers upon her, the silence that had fallen across their exuberant shouting was somehow gratifying – as if they were waiting for her to perform.

‘Good morning, everyone. I’m… Miss Delahaye. I’ll be taking you for drama’ – she looked down at her timetable – ‘twice a week.’ She looked up and smiled. She was greeted by a mixture of expressions from mild interest to a smattering of enthusiasm and just a little truculence from one or two at the back. In many ways it was like walking on stage and the show was all hers, and she felt a surge of confidence. ‘Now, we have a lot of work to do so let’s take out our notepads and start with a piece of drama I want to share with you all…’ She smiled and suddenly, somehow, she knew, this was going to be fine. Maybe even better than fine.

After her first day, Nola was making her way back through the village, having stopped to pick up some shopping, and she was filled with a fizzing feeling of satisfaction. It was a mixture of having thoroughly enjoyed her day’s work and maybe also the fact that since that night in the distillery with Georgie, it felt as if some sort of balm was slowly spreading itself across their relationship. It gave Nola an extraordinary feeling of warmth, which of course she knew was just ridiculous; after all, it was nothing more than a moment when she’d managed to let slip her own vulnerability. But Georgie had been kind – kinder than Nola could remember her being in years.

Suddenly, a little terrier raced out of an open gate, barking like a wolf. He nipped at Nola’s ankle and snagged her skin with his sharp little teeth. Nola screamed, jumped backwards and dropped the two bags of shopping. There was no sign of the dog’s owner and so there was nothing for it, Nola reckoned, but to leave the bags and jump out of the dog’s way before he did any more damage. The nearest thing to her was a huge off-road Defender, muddy and dusty, but needs must and she clambered quickly, if not very elegantly, onto its bonnet before the blasted dog decided to take another bite.

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