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
Joe had just enough time to hold the flowers out to the side, before he was pulled into a bear hug, and kissed several times on any part of his face his Mom could reach.Despite the fact that he was absolutely not a big fan of big hugs and family kissing, he endured it willingly and tried his best a
His eyes locked with his mother’s, Joe pondered it for a moment. Then he cleared his throat and dropped his gaze. “It’s not been going too well for quite a while,” he said and shifted his cup on the saucer back and forth.“How long have you been together?” Aunt Tess inquired from his right.“Three y
His jaws still tightly pressed together, Joe briefly considered rejecting any further statements. But then he decided to just get it over with. He cleared his throat.“Yeah, I split up with the blonde one,” he said matter-of-factly. “And before you get wrapped up in the wrong ideas here,” he gave hi