Hiding in Plain Sight by Eoghan Egan

Author:Eoghan Egan [Egan, Eoghan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-21T18:30:00+00:00

The three-piece jazz band struck up a toe-tapping eight-bar boogie riff.

Ferdia led one of the women around the dance floor. For a big, inebriated man, he was agile on foot.

Too hoarse to talk, and the crowd too sloshed to listen, Hugh headed for the lifts. In the foyer, he spotted Sharona, Dorothy and Madeline search for a quiet space. Malcolm was at the bar, still fanning a fistful of fifties at the barman. A wristwatch flashed. Milo plucked notes from Malcolm’s hand and drifted away, his head bobbed out of sync with the drumbeat. Hugh angled towards him. He’d cut him off and ask if he’d a problem being in the same room as him. Then he stopped. Why bother, he thought. I don’t care either way. From the corner of his eye, he spied Eilish. She was moving towards the residents’ lounge. Hugh ran after her, kept her long red hair in sight as she weaved through the crush. ‘Eilish?’

The woman turned. ‘Yes?’

‘Um, sorry. I thought you were my Eilish. Sorry.’

Hugh turned away, crossed the lobby and forgot Milo Brady.

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