The Trouble With Money (The diary of a Lottery winner) by Rawlins Frank

Author:Rawlins, Frank [Rawlins, Frank]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Huck Books
Published: 2011-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Caroline rang early evening. She is bringing her ‘boyfriend’ down for inspection on Saturday.

NOTES

Watched the documentary Fire Engine 7, Ladder 1 – part of which was shot inside one of the Twin Towers as it was all happening. Fascinating, emotional, totally riveting.

Thursday, September 12

Is it me, or is it a general thing? Whenever melancholy dissipates, it is replaced by anger. Usually anger at the thing that has caused the melancholy, I guess. I don’t suppose Dermot Stone is to blame for September 11 (although he is almost swarthy enough to be al-Qaeda), but the associated barney and the recent revelation about Eric were enough to trip the switch.

I popped in on the pretext of asking him how Eric was doing. That done, I didn’t beat about the bush.

‘I heard you and Eric had a barney a few days before his heart attack,’ I ventured, almost conversationally.

He looked surprised, puzzled, and not a little cross; but he wasn’t about to give anything away.

‘Where did you hear that?’ he asked after only a brief pause.

‘You know how these things get around. Is it true?’

‘All businesses have disagreements. It’s the nature of business. Me and Eric have at least one disagreement a week. Nothing too serious, though.’

‘I heard it was quite a bust-up.’

‘Nah.’

I knew, just knew, he was lying; and I wasn’t going to let it lie.

‘The word is that somebody or something at work left Eric totally stressed out. It’s a wonder he made it home …’

This elicited no response, so I continued: ‘If those of us in the local business community who like and respect Eric find anything untoward, then we’re not going to be very happy.’

Dermot is obviously not a great bluffer; for an estate agent, anyway.

He got up from his chair and said bitterly, ‘Get out of here now! Coming in here and accusing me of …’

‘Of what?’

‘You know. Now get out. And don’t talk to anyone on the way out …’

What a give-away. I didn’t need to after that.

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