The Field of Blood
“It was too painful to go and sit in her bedroom before tea as well as after. The curtains were thick in the living room window, and the settee was too low to see anyway, but she could tell from the quality of the blueness of the light that the telly was on. A head stood up from an armchair— one of the brothers— and went into the kitchen. She had another whole night of internal exile ahead of her.
Sneaking past the front gate, she lifted the garage key from under a brick. If her dad saw the ...light on he’d think it was their neighbors, the Beatties, and stay well away. As she pulled it open, the garage side door concertinaed a thin black carpet of mulch.
The air inside was cold, a damp cloud hanging over everything, eating into her fingertips and ear lobes, carrying the cold into every corner. Paddy kept her coat on and sat down in a slightly moist brown armchair. She finished the biscuits in her handbag, eating them one after another as if it was a chore.MoreLess
Sneaking past the front gate, she lifted the garage key from under a brick. If her dad saw the ...light on he’d think it was their neighbors, the Beatties, and stay well away. As she pulled it open, the garage side door concertinaed a thin black carpet of mulch.
The air inside was cold, a damp cloud hanging over everything, eating into her fingertips and ear lobes, carrying the cold into every corner. Paddy kept her coat on and sat down in a slightly moist brown armchair. She finished the biscuits in her handbag, eating them one after another as if it was a chore.MoreLess
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