An Absence Of Natural Light (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
He was seated in the far corner of the coffee shop wearing a charcoal suit and a grey flannel shirt open at the collar. She assumed from the size of the cup that he was drinking a flat white. His attention was focused on a small titanium-clad laptop next to it. People at adjacent tables were self-consciously ignoring him, except for a couple of kids too young for tact who were just staring at him open-mouthed. He was more usually pictured in daylight, in his club colours or in the strip of the national team. It was slightly odd too to see him in repose because, in life, Tom Harper had always seemed to her to be in vibrant motion. But the dark hair that splayed to his shoulders and the photogenic cheekbones were familiar from the ads for a pricey brand of cologne and the recent poster campaign for Jaguar’s sportiest range of cars. He was unmistakably him. He sensed her approach and stood to greet her, a courtesy that came as a slight surprise. He smiled and held out his hand. ‘Rebecca Green,’ she said, ‘Carter, Procter and Green.’ He said his name as they shook hands and she was surprised for the second time in not much more than a second.
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