The Sleeping Truth : A Romantic Thriller (Omnibus Edition containing both Book One and Book Two) by IRVINE IAN C. P

Author:IRVINE, IAN C. P.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lilyhill Press
Published: 2013-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

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I am numb now. For the second Friday night in a row, I am completely lost. I am alone, and once again wandering aimlessly through the streets, struggling to make sense of life. I feel devastated, destroyed. I desperately want to be with Hannah, the only person left on this planet that truly loves me, and yet, I know that I cannot tell her what happened tonight. At least, not yet. How am I go to explain it to her? Hannah never wanted anything to do with our mum: she loved dad and he was the centre of her world, but I know that sometimes she too must have thought about what it would have been like to have a proper mother. Since dad died, like me, her thoughts must have turned more towards mum. Even though we both know the whole story of how she slept with someone else and then ran off with him, leaving dad alone and struggling to bring us both up, until the day we die both Hannah and I will remain our mother’s little children, and no matter how much we hate her, there will always be moments when we will think of her.

What was I thinking off? What did I realistically expect? After twenty-two years of completely ignoring us, of refusing to acknowledge our existence, did I honestly expect my mother to open her arms and take me to her bosom, just because I ring her doorbell? And even if she had been there, and I had caught her unawares, what type of person would she have been? Any woman that can abandon young children and erase them from her memory has to be cruel and heartless. Not someone worth knowing, and certainly no one that I should ever consider loving.

I realise now, just how foolish and so bloody stupid I have been. This was the only real result that I should have expected. As far as my mother is concerned, Hannah and I died a long time ago. I have to let her rest in peace.

The world seems a very large place tonight, and I have never felt more insignificant in my life. For the first time ever I have an inkling what it must feel like to be an orphan, to have to exist in this universe without anyone else that belongs to you. And at the same time, never have I loved my sister Hannah more. Never have I felt closer to her. Never have I needed her more.

By eleven o’clock, I am half-way to a hang-over. The bar I am in kicks us all out into the street, and soon I am in a telephone kiosk, dialling Hannah’s number. When the she picks up at the other end, I spend a few minutes mumbling on to her about just how much I love her, and how I thank God every day of my life for giving her to me. She tells me that I am drunk and she asks about Sal and Guy.

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