Acid Song (2012)
“Come in. I didn’t mean to … It’s been one of those days.’‘What happened to your face?’Richard looked at the dark swelling beneath his friend’s eye, not black but purple. The corner of the eye was a shocking red, fanning out to merely bloodshot nearer the iris. There was a scraping of dried blood beneath the nose, and his bottom lip was bloated, a dark jagged line marking the place where its surface had been ripped in two. ‘You want to see the other guy,’ William joked, but his eyes darted quickly from the contact. His right eyelid twitched, beating out an SOS. The bottle of whisky on his desk was open.
‘Have you had that seen to?’‘It’s just scratches. Nothing’s broken.’‘Who?’‘Just kids. You know, caught up in the moment.’‘Did you recognise any of them? You have reported this, of course.’Amanda had rung to tip Richard off, and no doubt fish for a comment. But even when he was prepared, the sight was shocking. William Harding, twenty years a friend, who would never hurt anybody.
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