Joe’s bedroom; 1:15 amJoe was pulled out of his sleep by his mobile phone ringing.At first he didn’t really know it was his phone, of course. He was sound asleep and dreaming about being in the flat he had lived in with Liz. He was sleeping on the sofa and from the bedroom he could hear the alarm
D was woken up at 6:25 am by the noise of a message coming in on her mobile phone. Immediately wide awake and with her pulse racing, she grabbed the phone from her bedside table.She could literally feel her heart plummet when it turned out to be a message from Pete.Danielle,I still feel horrible
In one of the last paragraphs Harry said:Ideally one or two of our export staff from Innsbruck would relocate to London for a two-year period and help build up the export department there. We’re going to be hiring at least two additional people, maybe three, depending.Glaring at these words, Joe fe
They had spontaneously met at the pub after Jack had called and suggested it.“How was last night?” Joe asked after telling the young waitress what he wanted to drink.“Not so great, I’m afraid,” Jack said, “I mean, the music was good, of course, but the rest…”“Which rest? Sarah?”“Yeah.” Jack slow
“Dammit!” D slammed the phone on the sofa beside her and briefly closed her eyes.Her pulse was racing and the already familiar “Hi, you’ve reached Joe Reilley…” was still ringing in her ear.This time the call had not gone straight to voice mail. There had been three rings at first and only then hi
It was a little after nine in the morning, the sun was up, the ground was still moist, the birds were singing and Sarah had just reached the steeper part of the path leading up to the viewpoint.She had woken up early and decided to just have a quick, light breakfast and then leave the house before
Sarah was about to shoot back something sarcastic when it dawned on her that D probably really didn’t know. She hadn’t been around when Jack had explained it.“She must have still had a key for the Volvo somewhere,” she told D, “and since he wasn’t talking to her, she came to Innsbruck, took the car
Joe’s car 2:00 pmJoe took a slightly out-of-the-way detour to his aunt’s house.Driving through nice scenery, he tried to mentally prepare himself for what lay ahead: an afternoon of being questioned by his Mom and his aunt…He hated to admit it but in this particular case he would have welcomed it