Chapter Twenty-Eight

I stare at him for what felt like a lifetime, he stood with his hands in his pockets looking around the built-up town. This didn’t surprise me, he was always the same, a carefree guy who would rather people watch than stare at his phone. Apparently, you see more when you just look up from the device than any website or video the internet world has to offer! Yes, he’s one of those people. The last time I saw him was over a year ago, he and his girlfriend Sharon had left to go travelling the world. They arguably got that idea from me and Tanya, but that’s neither here nor there.

Connor and I have always been close friends, he is also from Boscastle and after Tanya and I moved to London, he used the excuse that he didn’t want to leave two defenceless women all alone in London to make his exit. I didn’t buy his excuse for even a second, he wanted out of that small village more than anyone. The day he showed up at our door, he thanked me for giving him the opening to leave before he rented