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

Then everything happened so fast. Once upon a time I was watching a hawk or a kestrel idk and he was just doing nothing, like he was a baby’s mobile, just hanging in the sky, and then I blinked and he was falling. I know he killed something because I heard it. It was like a micro-scream.

I was out walking with Holly. I was giving her a grind in the Weimar Republic. I called it my pedestrian grind, because we were getting some fresh air at the same time. I have Weimar nailed. And my phone rang. It was Tony.

Suzy, can you come home? Like now?

I could hear something in his voice. Maybe panic.

What’s the story?

Dad found out.

Oh shit.

Yeah. Like he went ballistic. Suzy I’m scared.

I had my bike. It was ten minutes from Holly’s house. I made it in six. As soon as I came through the door I could hear my dad shouting up the stairs. A queer! A fucking queer in my family! With a man, a teacher! The whole town knows. Come down here you dirty shite and I’ll straighten you out. Jesus fucking Christ.

And I could hear my mam crying.

Then my dad heard me behind him. He turned around and pointed at me. You knew? You knew didn’t you?

I just nodded my head. I was too scared to talk.

Jesus Christ the whole fucking family knew! A bumboy? Do you know he goes up to that bastard at night? Do you know where he buys his fucking drugs?

What bastard, Dad?

Fucking Bowles. He goes up to Ballyshane. I don’t even want to know what he does to him. LIKE WHAT SERVICES DOES HE PROVIDE TO THAT CUNT?

My mam came out. She was hiding in the bathroom but when she heard me she got courage. Matt, calm down or you’ll damage your valves. Calm down!

Fuck my valves! I want that sack of shit down here. I want him to tell me to my face what he is. Then I’m going to throw the bastard out. He’ll never darken my door again.

I’m calling the doctor, my mam said.

I heard it in the Golf Club for Jesus sake. In the fucking club.

I don’t know why she was calling the doctor but whatever she did it couldn’t be worse than listening to this crap. My dad looked at her. Call the fucker, he said, I don’t give a shit.

Then I heard Tony calling me. Suzy, are you down there?

Then his door opened. Suzy?

My father started up the stairs at a run but he only got to the fifth step. Then he stopped. He sat down suddenly. My mam screamed.

She handed me the phone. Call an ambulance!

I didn’t know what to do.

Nine nine nine, she said. Do it!