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Back Darkest Truth
Chapters (54)
  1. COVER
  2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  3. DEDICATION
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. 6
  11. 7
  12. 8
  13. 9
  14. 10
  15. 11
  16. 12
  17. 13
  18. 14
  19. 15
  20. 16
  21. 17
  22. 18
  23. 19
  24. 20
  25. 21
  26. 22
  27. 23
  28. 24
  29. 25
  30. 26
  31. 27
  32. 28
  33. 29
  34. 30
  35. 31
  36. 32
  37. 33
  38. 34
  39. 35
  40. 36
  41. 37
  42. 38
  43. 39
  44. 40
  45. 41
  46. 42
  47. 43
  48. 44
  49. 45
  50. 46
  51. 47
  52. 48
  53. EPILOGUE
  54. Acknowledgements

‘Thanks but best not,’ I said. ‘I don’t know how long I’ll be. I might have to wait a while for Sadie. I know she’s on duty but she might be busy.’

And she still knew nothing about my non-relationship with Davy. I was waiting for the right time to tell her, if there would ever be a right time to tell my best friend that I’d been having a thing with an ex-cokehead with a criminal record.

‘You sure?’

‘Yeah, go on. And, you know, we have to try and get things back to normal between us.’

Davy replied with a kiss that reminded me why that wasn’t going to be easy.

33

‘It must have been a fairly bad one,’ the young Garda said, after he’d stamped my form.

‘What do you mean?’

‘You’re smiling a lot for someone whose car has been burnt out is all.’

‘You know, so much has happened over the last week or so, this is actually way down the list,’ I replied, realising it was true as I said it.

It was time to let last night go. The car-burning was either targeted at me, or it wasn’t. But it was done. Dwelling on it would get me nowhere.

‘Is there any chance Sadie O’Riordan’s in the building?’

‘She was in earlier, all right. Have a seat there and I’ll check for you.’

I sat and worked through my plans for Monday and Tuesday. There was the car insurance stuff. Get that out of the way. Check with Tina what progress she’d made on Deirdre Carney’s medical records. And, top priority, ring Setanta Labs to make sure they had got the DNA exhibits and to see if they could expedite the results. Then, track down Lorcan Lucey, who had been on the youth film jury with Deirdre, though any evidence he might give seemed less important now, after Rhona’s and Christopher Dalton’s revelations. Start putting together a brief for counsel, in anticipation of positive results from the DNA tests and medical records. Which was counting my chickens, I knew, but I needed to start the process. Find time to update the Carneys. That was low priority. Better to work towards something tangible first. Finally, arrange to talk to Gabriel about coming back to work, if possible. At least Christopher Dalton’s statement to the Gardaí meant that the partners would see that I wasn’t a complete crank and that I’d had just cause for my actions.