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‘So?’
I knew what she was getting at though, the memory coming at me like a bullet in the dark.
‘Sophie found this leash at his place. His mother’s beagle’s, he said. But he never mentioned his mother had a dog before. I mean, don’t you find that strange?’
‘Does he know everything about you?’
‘No, but. . .’
‘But what?’
‘He dinged a car the other day, didn’t leave a note or anything. And then when we were undercharged at the Italian on Saturday night, he kept schtum. “Lucky us”, is what he said.’
‘Goodness, I never realised you were dating such a gangster.’
‘I’m serious. . .’
Linda reached across the table, laid a hand on my mother’s, gave it a squeeze.
‘So am I. You know Matty. What a good guy he is. Don’t let Thick Bollocks get in your head. He doesn’t deserve a second thought.’
She was right, but it didn’t matter. Listening to my mother, a window of doubt opened up inside me.
One I would never quite close.
