Marlford
“In front of her she saw Dan, standing with his van, one hand flat against its side, as though he were patting the rump of a large horse.
‘I didn’t know where you’d be,’ she said. Bats emerged from the broken roof and skimmed close to her head; a barn owl chittered. ‘I didn’t know where to look for you. I thought… well, you’d promised we were having a walk again, but I couldn’t come to your side of the house and I just – I saw you going past, when I was looking from the window. So I came down.’ ...He seemed to be assessing her, deciding something. He ground his finger against the vehicle’s rainbow flank. If there had been flesh there, he would have left a hard, black bruise.
‘I’m supposed to be manning the squat. Occupation is key, a continual presence.’ ‘Weren’t you going to come?’ He drew his hand along the glossy bodywork. The space between them seemed to be darkening quickly, pulling Ellie away into the shadows as the night sank into the enclosure of the yard.MoreLess
‘I didn’t know where you’d be,’ she said. Bats emerged from the broken roof and skimmed close to her head; a barn owl chittered. ‘I didn’t know where to look for you. I thought… well, you’d promised we were having a walk again, but I couldn’t come to your side of the house and I just – I saw you going past, when I was looking from the window. So I came down.’ ...He seemed to be assessing her, deciding something. He ground his finger against the vehicle’s rainbow flank. If there had been flesh there, he would have left a hard, black bruise.
‘I’m supposed to be manning the squat. Occupation is key, a continual presence.’ ‘Weren’t you going to come?’ He drew his hand along the glossy bodywork. The space between them seemed to be darkening quickly, pulling Ellie away into the shadows as the night sank into the enclosure of the yard.MoreLess
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