The Hiding Place by Amanda Mason
Author:Amanda Mason [Mason, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zaffre Publishing
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Several bags of clothes joined the mirror on the landing as the afternoon went on, and Evie waited until she could hear her mother hoovering before she rapped on the bedroom door and announced that she was just nipping out to the shop.
The text had been brief.
You want to come round to mine?
It wasnât that far, and Evie was a fast walker.
Kymâs house was small, and to Evieâs eye, reassuringly normal; a red-brick semi-detached, built in the early seventies. Her room was normal too, lots of books and a single bed, a dressing table heaving with products and make-up; the furniture was cheap and a little bit worn, but it felt comfortable, cosy.
âI saw Tyler,â said Kym, picking up a large, spiral-bound notebook and sitting on the bed. âHe says it wasnât him.â
âAnd you believe him?â
Kym busied herself arranging and rearranging her notes. âNo reason not to,â she said. âHeâs got an alibi.â
âOh.â Evie looked around the room, wondering where she should sit.
âHe says he spent last night revising. With Beth Harland.â
âOh,â said Evie again.
âYeah.â Kym had given up with the papers, her head lowered, she began to pick at her nail polish.
âAre you OK?â
Kym nodded, but she didnât look up. âSure,â she said.
âHeâs an idiot,â Evie went on, âif he thinks Beth is â well â you know . . .â
âSheâs not that bad,â said Kym. âNot really. I just thought â he could have waited just a couple more weeks, couldnât he? Now itâs like we â didnât matter. Like I donât matter.â
Evie sat on the bed, next to her. âYou do though.â She tried to keep her voice light. âOf course you do. And itâs just a rebound thing, isnât it? Heâs probably trying to make you jealous.â
Kym shook her head. âI donât think so.â
âOr heâs getting his own back,â Evie went on, âfor being dumped.â
âNo.â Kym looked up. âWhen me and Ty split â it wasnât exactly like I said. I mean, itâs true about uni and stuff but, to be honest, we hadnât been getting on for a while. And there was something else.â Her eyes filled with tears. âHe said I was being unreasonable, he said . . .â She wiped angrily at her face, smearing the thick black mascara. âOh God,â she went on, âthe thing is â itâs all to do with my dad.â
*
The mild start to the day hadnât held, and eventually another sea fret, clammy and grey, had driven them back to the house. Maude took up residence in her chair in the living room, and once she was certain she was settled, Nell took her sketchbook and the laptop into the other room to work on her designs at the dining table.
After a while, the lure of the internet proved too much. She found the letting agentâs site and clicked on the link for Elder House. The photographs had been taken one evening when the house reflected the setting sun, and someone had applied a filter that gave the building a rich glow it sorely lacked in real life.
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