Who Wants to Live Forever? by Steve Wilson

Author:Steve Wilson [Wilson, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781472083982
Publisher: Carina
Published: 2014-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Debbie — Sunday 13th November 2011

Debbie flicked through the channels on the television looking for something that might interest her. Such a shame, she thought, that I had to miss ‘Strictly’ last night. But she hadn’t had much choice, not if she wanted to see Ethan. She knew he was interested in her, but he was also interested in Trish. It was a good job that he’d primed her by saying he didn’t like soaps and reality shows; at a guess, they were the sort of things that Trish did enjoy, and no doubt she had told him all about them on their date. Oh, yes, their date. Ethan thought he was being clever, but the tell-tale signs were there; not least the look on the barmaid’s face when they had entered that pub. Women stuck together at times like this, and the barmaid had been quite prepared to fill in all the details while Debbie was buying her round of drinks.

Still, that was only to be expected. For now, she had Ethan’s interest, thanks mainly to her invented love of culture rather than trash. She had a knack of knowing what to say and when to say it, and it came from years of experience of studying people. Knowing everything about those around you was a skill that took time to learn, but it was well worth putting the hours in. Hadn’t he been pleased when she remembered his daughter’s name? There’d been some interesting developments after that; things could have turned out very differently. A new craving rose in her breast, quite unlike the one that had plagued her over the last few weeks; this one was quite bearable.

Yes, she was very observant, as she’d told him. She had watched Ethan carefully, week by week, and knew how to play him. The demure goodbye peck on the cheek at the end of the evening, for instance. Leave them wanting more, that was the tactic; it would ensure Ethan would remain interested. And as long as she had his attention, she was in control.

And with that control, she could now take action to get her out of the scene. What she’d learnt this week meant that it was way past time to do something about her. She was going to enjoy doing that.

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