mother, the house seemed cold and empty. In the daytime, he had his work, but the loneliness stayed with him. After work, when he got home and closed the door behind him, that was the worst time of all.
Left alone in an empty house that had once been filled with joy and laughter, he felt utterly lost.
‘Hey! What took you so long?’ Nancy had grown impatient when he had seemed to linger at the bar. ‘Chatting to the barman, were you?’ she asked.
‘Not really. He was too busy serving customers.’
‘Good for him! Making money is what it’s all about.’ She clapped her hands together. ‘Oh, Dave! I can’t wait to get my hotel up and running.’
While Nancy chatted on excitedly about her new venture on the south coast, he stole a moment to glance out the window, his gaze instinctively drawn to the bus shelter.
He wondered about the woman they had seen hiding there in the shadows. He found it hard to put her out of his mind. There was something about her, he thought: the sad look in her eyes, the desperate manner in which she hurried away …
Oh, and that small, hesitant little wave as she went.
Even now, he had no real idea why he had invited her to join them. It was completely out of his nature to be so bold.
Somehow, though, in that quiet, homely stranger, he had sensed a kindred spirit.
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