Tag: loss
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Nowhere Lane – Chapter Twenty-Three: Differences
Constable Ray Flynn looked uneasy. “Grab a stool” Patrick coaxed him. “How do we open this conversation? Are you sure you don’t want coffee, tea, something to eat? ” “No, no.” Flynn patted his stomach, gave a false smile. “Too fat already, see? Wife’s trying to make me cut down. Good thing, really.” “You’ve got […]
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Nowhere Lane – Chapter Twenty-Two. Three Buses
Stafford Dricombe often referred to the third floor of the Great House at Boult Wells as his father’s control tower, and certainly its windows commanded the best view the house could afford of the Driscombe estate. From his position at its big west window he could see across the treetops of Berkley Wood all of […]
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A Place that was Ours. Chapter Eighteen – Premiership
So my story must assume a mantle of years, rather than days; the tale of my growing up is told, and now, from a spring of frequent storms, you could say my summer days began. In the season of 1989-90, as Hamish Merchison predicted, Carlton Park was promoted to the English First Division, […]
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