Through Her Eyes by NJ Moss

Author:NJ Moss [Moss, NJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

ANNE

Anne stood over the sink, emptying two vodka bottles. Her tongue tingled as though tempting her. She could almost taste it as it went down the drain. But she wasn’t going to allow the alcohol to rule her, not when she needed to be focused.

She felt the old Anne emerging.

No more self-pity. No more falling apart when things get hard.

Her life had changed so much in the day and a half since she’d met Jess. There was a way out, the greatest scheme of all: one she’d toyed with countless times but never truly believed she could do.

She was wearing regular clothes; sober, it felt silly lounging around all day in her bathing suit. And anyway, it was good for people to see her out and about, as though hers and Patrick’s marriage had taken a sudden upturn. That would also mean restraining herself in other ways, hence the vodka’s sudden introduction to the drain.

A neighbour walked by, a dog at his feet. It was a terrier, by the looks of its beard. Anne had adored animals once, when she first came to England, living in shared housing with three dogs and four cats. But sometimes when she got drunk and took pills, she wasn’t in control of what she did.

Maybe in her new life she would stay sober. She could get a dog then.

Anne checked her phone as she went inside. She was waiting for Luca or Jess to ring, though Jess didn’t have her number; surely she’d get it through Luca. Or was it better if they didn’t have each other’s phone numbers?

In fact, having Luca’s would be a mistake. She went to her phone, meaning to delete all their texts and call history, when her phone sprang to life.

It was Hairdresser.

“Hello?” she said.

Luca’s tone was vague. “Anne.”

She made herself as sweet as she could possibly be. “I love it when you say my name like that. I was starting to think you’d gone off me.”

“It’s not that,” he said.

“No?” She made her voice breathy in the way men liked. “So you still like me then? Luca? You still like me?”

“I didn’t ring about that.”

“No?”

“Jess has asked me if you’ll meet with us.”

“With both of you?” Anne wondered how much Jess had told him. Surely not about the planned murder? Anne clenched the phone tighter, suddenly wishing she had a single shot of vodka to settle her down.

It wasn’t right, them scheming behind her back.

Another woman might see the best in them. But Anne’s defences were up. She sensed something in his tone, and she thought about the conversation she’d had with him in the car, when she said Patrick used her as a punching bag. Luca hadn’t sounded convinced.

Was Jess doubting too?

“Yeah, with both of us.”

Anne licked her lips. “Why?”

“We want to talk through a couple of things, that’s all.”

There were limited options for what he could be talking about. They had only known each other a short while. So it was either something to do

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