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"It’s okay I get it"
"Tell you what Go to Cork tonight and I’ll get Nuala or soht and Friday afternoon Then we can go to the Cliffs"
Exciteostay in Cork tonight" His hands find ing ainstbut my panties He pushes those aside "But make sure you come back to me tomorrow"
TWENTY-SEVEN
River
"Bloody perfect," I lass s on ravel crackling beneathout on holy property Up ahead is the grand new building that serves as the parishioners’ hall Next to it is the old , narrow ra but storage
That’s where Aengus told h the heavy wooden door It slay space
"River" Aengus appears suddenly from around a stack of boxes as tall ashell happened? Jihter "Exactly what the paper said happened"
"The old bird across the way called gardai?"
"That’s likely" The lie is easier to deal with
"Fuck," he hisses, turning to spit on the ground, his saliva joining the ranks of countless others on the gritty floor "Has that cocksucker been back again?"
When I first called Aengus to deliver the warning froe that could strike a nun dead tu out of his rateful to hi If not for that, you could have been shot dead on our doorstep"
He twists his thin lips, not wanting to give h that pea-sized brain of his knows I am
"Cole of a room, which houses a s at it I try to ignore the my eyes roam the drab brown panel walls, the stained brown carpet, the hard brown plastic cafeteria chairs
Brown, brown, brown
"Cozy" I want to leave now
"I’ve had worse," hehis thin lips "Besides, it’s safe here" He takes another sip
"It’s noon on a Wednesday, Aengus" I flick the bottle "Take a break"
He ignores me
"Who do you think told Duffy about the Green anyway?"
"Probably one of Beznick’s guy Or Beznick, himself That’s the only person I can think of" His eyes search the floor as he coh very few people knoas "
Unless he’s braggin’, which he’s been known to do
"The security guard at the Green, but he’s Jimmy’s cousin And Bobby made the device"
My eyes flicker over to the squatbeneath a cap He went away the saht that he knew far too much about explosives