She only had to look at him to be galvanised into action. She rushed up the stairs, footsteps thudding in rapid, staccato succession, like a boxer striking a punchbag.“He’s taken some pills,” Matt said, as she hurried past him across the landing. “He’s taken some pills.”Downstairs, his mother had...
Calmly.A sound came from the bottom of the stairs up to the flat. It was the clunk of the door.“Hello?” Little Rick’s muffled voice came up the stair-well. “Can I come up?”Val hurried across the landing and leaned over the railing, gesturing Rick up. “Shush,” she said softly. “Josh is asleep.”Ric...
The map would explain everything, Ben felt sure of that.All he had to do was pull himself together and go to look at the map.He pushed himself away from the wall, waited for a car to pass, then headed across the main street.A few cars were parked in the spaces painted onto the square. They looked...