Two Lovers, Six Deaths by Gretta Mulrooney

Author:Gretta Mulrooney [Mulrooney, Gretta]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781911021957
Amazon: 1911021958
Publisher: Joffe Books
Published: 2016-11-24T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

The Parterre in Notting Hill was Nora Morrow’s favourite bar. She had told Swift she liked its Eastern bazaar décor, battered leather armchairs with escaping shreds of stuffing and the low lighting. The scuffed floorboards creaked authentically and the patchy, velvet-covered benches had plump gold cushions with tassels. Swift had not been sleeping well, thinking of Ruth and the baby and how they were going to work things out, if at all. Emlyn Williams was making the right noises but the reality of living with a child who was not his might alter his tune. Swift had lain awake in the early hours, his mind racing, not least of which was would he be any good as a father? He knew nothing about babies, except that they were fragile, demanding and a huge responsibility.

Swift had a blister on his right hand from his recent row and he rubbed it gently as he waited for Nora. He was tempted to stretch out on one of the benches with a cushion under his head. Jazz was playing softly, the upbeat kind that you heard on the soundtracks of sixties films. He sipped his merlot and read an email from Donald Eastwood:

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