The Three: A Novel by Sarah Lotz

Author:Sarah Lotz [Lotz, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Dystopian, Fiction / Occult & Supernatural, Fiction / Psychological, Fiction / Religious
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2014-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

Geoffrey Moran and his wife, Melanie, were instrumental in setting up 277 Together, the support group for those who lost loved ones in the Go!Go! Air disaster. Geoffrey agreed to speak to me in early July.

I blame the press. They’re the ones who should answer for this. You hear about that phone hacking, them getting away with printing lies; I couldn’t really blame Paul for getting a bit paranoid. The buggers even tried to get me and Mel to say bad stuff about him a few times, came at us with leading questions. Mel told them to sling their hooks, of course. We’re tight at 277 Together; look after our own. Now, I think it’s a miracle myself, those three kids surviving like that, it’s simply one of those things in life you just can’t explain. But try telling that to your alien fanatics or those Yanks with their conspiracy bollocks. And if it wasn’t for those bleeding reporters, none of that crap would have seen the light of day. They’re the ones who kept it in the public eye. Buggers should be bleeding shot, the lot of ’em.

We knew what Paul was, course we did. And I don’t mean about him being gay. What people do behind closed doors is their business. I’m talking about him being a bit of a luvvie, wanting to be the centre of attention. He told us he was an actor straight away. I’d never heard of him, though he said he’d had a few roles on telly in the past, guest ones, you know. Cameos. Must have bruised his ego, not getting where he wanted to in life. Reminded me a bit of my Danielle. She was much younger than him of course, but it took her a while to decide what she wanted to do, tried all sorts until she went in for that beauty therapy. Just takes some people longer to find their way in life, doesn’t it?

Before Paul started to behave… well… before he started becoming a bit more withdrawn than usual, he used to irritate Mel a bit. He would talk for hours at the meetings if you let him. But when we could, we tried to help him out with Jess. It wasn’t always easy; we’ve got our own grandchildren to take care of as well. Our Gavin, he’s got three little ones, but Paul was a special case. He needed all the back-up he could get, poor bugger, what with the press at him all the time and the other side of the family–bad seeds, Mel called them–giving him all that grief. Gavin would’ve stepped in if that family had mucked about at the memorial service. Gavin’s applying for the police next year. He’ll make a good copper, they always do, them that’ve seen the other side of the law, so to speak. Not that he ever got himself into real trouble.

That snooty neighbour also did what she could. Right snobbish she was, but her heart was in the right place.

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