Flesh Wounds
“‘And I bet you said no when the nice woman in the shop offered you the can of that spray-protector too.’ A fairly scunnered look told Catherine she had just added a layer of regret to Laura’s discomfort.
They were making their way across the Shawburn municipal playing fields towards one of several pitches where football matches were in progress, the failing light indicating that none of them could have very long left to play.
Their route along a cinder path had brought them up behind one goalmo...uth of what had been indicated as pitch seven. It was here that Catherine ruined Laura’s mood – and quite possibly her shoes – by proceeding around the touchline towards two groups of men gathered near the halfway mark. All but two were dressed in tracksuit tops, shorts below, indicating that they were substitutes. The exceptions she took to be the respective coaches or managers, though there was no discernible age gap between them and many of the participants.
When she’d been told where she might find Father McGhee, Catherine had assumed the priest must be in charge of the team, but she quickly realised that he could be anybody here.MoreLess
They were making their way across the Shawburn municipal playing fields towards one of several pitches where football matches were in progress, the failing light indicating that none of them could have very long left to play.
Their route along a cinder path had brought them up behind one goalmo...uth of what had been indicated as pitch seven. It was here that Catherine ruined Laura’s mood – and quite possibly her shoes – by proceeding around the touchline towards two groups of men gathered near the halfway mark. All but two were dressed in tracksuit tops, shorts below, indicating that they were substitutes. The exceptions she took to be the respective coaches or managers, though there was no discernible age gap between them and many of the participants.
When she’d been told where she might find Father McGhee, Catherine had assumed the priest must be in charge of the team, but she quickly realised that he could be anybody here.MoreLess
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