‘Leave it.’ She pauses. ‘I can see the telly better in the dark.’ It is true that Rick rarely takes his eyes off the television, but Rebecca doesn’t think that’s the reason he’s stopped her. Still, she lets the curtain drop and goes over to the sofa. ‘I’m going to go in a minute. Do you have what...
Chloe watched him as he concentrated on the road, and sighed inwardly. She couldn’t help but think that he was making it worse, for himself most of all. She was desperate to ease the atmosphere. ‘Mark, last weekend …’ ‘I don’t want to talk about it,’ he snapped. ‘But –’ ‘Chloe, DON’T.’ She almost...
There is no rush, and yet he is beginning to think they should hurry through this day. Everywhere he turns he feels threatened, as though a disaster he can’t discern is closing in on them. ‘Get Maddie away from here,’ Liam had whispered to Callum before he headed back into Sophia’s room. ‘I’ll ph...
She wished Annabel were here to lighten the atmosphere. Instead she listened as the rain turned to ice, the hailstorm hammering on the windowpanes in cracking staccato bursts. All around her the shadows of the room languidly stretched themselves out, resettling as the darkness grew. She jumped as...