Death of a Friend

Authors: Rebecca Tope

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“Now he walked alongside him. ‘You shouldn’t feel in the way or anything.’ Nev ran a long-fingered hand through his limp hair, which was no longer tied back in its ponytail. From the back he looked sexless, hermaphrodite, a figure designed to confuse. ‘I don’t know,’ he said feebly. ‘I’m no good at all this. I thought with you and Martha and Alexis, they’d barely notice if I was here or not.’ ‘You’re their father,’ said Richmond irritably. ‘What did you expect?’ ‘I expected to stay for a bit, ma...ke sure they’d got all they needed, make my peace with Nina – and be off again.’ He looked out at the dips and rises of the crumpled Devon landscape and shook his head. ‘I can’t stay here – it’s too enclosed, too insular. I remember my father calling it pusillanimous. I must be more like him that I thought, because I can see exactly what he meant. Small-minded, stuck in the past – oh, hell, I’m sorry Richmond. I don’t expect you to see it like that.MoreLess Read More Read Less