Today was the anniversary of the day her life had ended, the day Shay had told her he was packing up his things and moving out. At first she had thought he’d gone mad, had a bump on the head or was suffering from male menopause or midlife crisis or whatever those American experts liked to call it. Maybe it was stress? Working too hard. God knows, he rarely took a break and worked night and day in the busy quantity surveying business he had built up. There were always new jobs to tender for, and he constantly ignored her requests to take some time off to spend with his family. For the previous six months he had seemed exhausted, distracted, locking himself away in the study late at night, cancelling their annual trip on the Shannon and pleading he had to meet clients in Frankfurt. He had even been rude to their friends, saying that Rob and Kevin and even his oldest friend, Tadhg, were turning into a shower of bores only interested in playing golf and talking about their kids. Constance had blushed as she had just spent an hour on the phone talking about Sally and her boyfriend Chris to Tadhg’s wife Catriona.
What do You think about The Hat Shop On The Corner?
