The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2 (Dublin Murder Squad series) by Tana French

Author:Tana French [French, Tana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2008-09-03T22:00:00+00:00

Nobody asked, when I got into the library; the others nodded at me like I’d been out on a smoke break. My snit fit at Justin, the night before, had made its point.

He was still sulking at me. I ignored it all afternoon: the silent treatment makes me tense as hell, but Lexie’s stubbornness would never have cracked, just her attention span. I finally snapped over dinner–stew, so thick that it barely counted as a liquid; the whole house smelled wonderful, rich and warm. ‘Is there enough for seconds?’ I asked Justin.

He shrugged, not looking at me. ‘Drama queen,’ Rafe said, under his breath.

‘Justin,’ I said. ‘Are you still mad because I was a snotty cow last night?’

Another shrug. Abby, who had been reaching to pass me the stew pot, put it down.

‘I was scared, Justin. I was worried I’d go in there today and the doctors would say there was something wrong and I’d need another operation or something.’ I saw him glance up, a quick anxious flick, before he went back to turning his bread into little pellets. ‘I couldn’t handle you being scared as well. I’m really, really sorry. Forgive me?’

‘Well,’ he said after a moment, with a tiny half-smile. ‘I suppose so.’ He leaned over to put the stew pot beside my plate. ‘Now. Finish that off.’

‘And what did the doctors say?’ Daniel asked. ‘You don’t need more surgery, do you?’

‘Nah,’ I said, ladling stew. ‘Just more antibiotics. It hasn’t healed up all the way; they’re scared I could still get an infection.’ Saying it out loud sent a twist through me, somewhere under the mike.

‘Did they run tests? Do scans?’

I had no idea what doctors would have done. ‘I’m fine,’ I said. ‘Can we not talk about it?’

‘Good girl,’ Justin said, nodding at my plate. ‘Does this mean we can use onions more than once a year, now?’

I got a horrible dropping feeling in my stomach. I gave Justin a blank look.

‘Well, if you want more,’ he said primly, ‘then they don’t make you gag after all, do they?’

Fuckfuckfuck. I’ll eat just about anything; it hadn’t occurred to me that Lexie might have food quirks, and it wasn’t exactly something Frank could have found out in casual conversation. Daniel had lowered his spoon and was looking at me. ‘I didn’t even taste them,’ I said. ‘I think the antibiotics are doing something weird to my mouth. Everything tastes the same.’

‘I thought it was the texture you didn’t like,’ Daniel said.

Fuck. ‘It’s the thought of them. Now that I know they’re in there—’

‘That happened to my granny,’ Abby said. ‘She was on antibiotics and she lost her sense of smell. Never came back. You should talk to the doctor about that.’

‘God, no,’ said Rafe. ‘If we’ve found something that makes her stop bitching about onions, I vote we let nature take its course. Are you having the rest of that, or can I?’

‘I don’t want to lose my sense of taste and eat onions,’ I said. ‘I’d rather get an infection.

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