Though the Heavens Fall by Anne Emery

Author:Anne Emery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2018-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

Brennan

Brennan walked back to the hospital and sat down beside Gráinne. She looked the way he felt, utterly exhausted. She said, “The doctors told me they got the bullets out and said there were no unforeseen complications. Whatever they meant by that.”

That, in Brennan’s mind, left a whole lot unsaid; surely there were complications that a medical team in Belfast might regard as foreseeable. How had Ronan fared with those? But he didn’t have time to speculate further because he saw two men coming towards them. They were in plain clothes but you’d make them as peelers anywhere in the Western world. Here, that meant the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

“Mrs. Burke?”

“Yes.”

“I am Detective Inspector Arnold and this is Detective Sergeant Williams. We spoke to Mr. Burke when he was brought in here last night, but of course he was going in and out of consciousness. We’d like to have another quick word if we might. We know this is difficult. But is he . . . is he awake?”

“He’s only after having surgery, so . . .”

“All right. We’ll wait outside for a bit in case he wakes up soon.”

They turned their eyes on Brennan, and there was nothing for it but to make the introductions.

“Ah, yes, Father Burke. We were planning to speak with you today as well. Would now be convenient?”

“Certainly. Let’s go down that way.” He pointed down the corridor.

When they were out of sight of the family, DI Arnold said, “We’d like you to take us through the events as they unfolded last night.”

He told them everything he remembered, from the time they left the house to the harrowing moment when the shots rang out. But he simply could not provide any identifying information about the man or men who had opened fire on his cousin behind the Banned Flag bar.

Inspector Arnold expressed wishes for a swift recovery for Ronan and left Brennan a card with contact information on it. He asked Brennan to ring him if he remembered anything, however insignificant it might seem. Brennan assured him that he would. Arnold and Williams went back to check in with Gráinne. Brennan stood there after the police had left, reliving the horror of watching Ronan fall to the ground, of probing him for signs of life, of knowing that someone out there in the darkness wanted his cousin dead.

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