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  1. Cover
  2. By the same author
  3. SUZY SUZY
  4. Copyright
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  6. Glossary of Dialect Terms
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  89. About William Wall
  90. An Invitation from the Publisher

And that night my brother came home earlier than usual. I was still awake. I was too nervous to sleep. When I heard him in the kitchen I went downstairs. He was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a glass of water. I went and got a glass for myself and sat down opposite him.

Tony, I said, what’s the story with Tom Bowles? He said you told him things. Like I mentioned Serena’s dad and he said you told him what we call him.

Yeah I did. It’s not a secret.

Like it’s just us, the family and Holly’s family. Nobody else calls him that.

Yeah I know. Well Tosser does too and a few of my mates.

So how did you get talking to him?

I just know him, he said. It’s none of your business.

But he’s a murder suspect, Tony. And you know Dad hates him. If he finds out he’ll murder you.

That’s all shite. Tom is a nice man. Dad just hates him because of the house, but that’s not Tom’s fault.

How did you get talking to him?

He looked down at his glass of water. He didn’t answer. The lower half of the glass of water was milky-looking. We get that when they put the fluoride in the pipes once a month. There’s a smell from it like a swimming pool. It’s for our own good. It prevents Dental Caries. I don’t know what Dental Caries is or are but I know it’s ew so I’m cool with the fluoride. But Holly thinks it is Altering Our Minds and making us Put Up With The Shit The Government Tells Us. It’s some kind of mind-control drug. Like I wish they’d control my mind. Holly is totes a conspiracy theorist. She knows who shot John F Kennedy and it wasn’t the guy they did for it. The guy that got shot. Lee Harvey Oswald. Shot by Jack Ruby. She says it’s just not credible.

Tony?

I told you I met him in a pub? Remember? It wasn’t Keniry’s. It was Counihan’s in town.

Yeah I remember that.

So that’s how I got talking to him.

He looked up again and I could see he wasn’t going to say any more. So I said, Just I worry about you. Like the time you got in the fight?

That was nothing to do with Tom. I was jumped outside Keniry’s.

Who jumped you?

Some langers. I don’t know. They were waiting for me. I think they were drinking in Keniry’s. They had it in for me. If I get them one by one they’ll be sorry.

Where was Tosser?

He was taking a slash in the gents. I was the designated driver.

Tony, can I ask you a question?