Chronicles of St Mary's 02 - A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor

Author:Jodi Taylor [Taylor, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783751754
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Peterson turned up. I suppose I’d been expecting him. We climbed out of the window and sat on the flat roof outside my room. It was sunny and warm in the evening sun and a million years from the trauma of the afternoon. He cracked a beer.

‘Want one?’

‘God, no.’

I wasn’t going to break the silence, which stretched on and on.

He finished his beer, crushed the can and said, ‘So, it didn’t go well, then?’

I didn’t know whether to nod or shake my head, so did neither.

‘Hey, this is me. Remember last year, when it was you and me against the world?’

I didn’t know what to say, but I didn’t want him to go away, so I reached out and clutched at the material in his sleeve. He leaned back against the wall, eyes closed. To all intents and purposes, he was asleep.

I made a huge effort to get on top of the hot rock of betrayal sitting on my heart. Blue sky, white fluffy clouds, birds twittering, distant voices; everyone else’s world was carrying on while mine had fallen apart. There was no movement from Peterson. I went to get up but without opening his eyes, he pulled me back again.

‘Do you want me to kill him for you? I can do it slowly and painfully. He will suffer.’

‘That’s very sweet of you, but I can kill him myself. I’ve already made a start with his car.’

‘Yes, that was awesome, Max. You never disappoint.’

I smiled bitterly, but said nothing.

‘What are you going to do now?’

‘My job. As well as I can. As hard as I can.’

‘Can I do anything?’

I controlled a quivering lip. ‘Well, I have to see the Boss tomorrow at ten. I think we can guess what that will be about. I might need you. Afterwards.’

‘Is Farrell coming back?’

‘Don’t know. Don’t care.’

I leaned back and closed my eyes as well. The sun went down behind the roof parapet and all the shadows inched their way towards us.

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