Something Hidden
“It wasn’t quite the end-of-days prediction he’d heard on the radio, but the wind had picked up and it felt like it might snow. The air was biting at his face as he hurried along the narrow path.
‘Where am I going?’ he asked.
‘Keep walking until you get to the end.’ His fingers were beginning to stiffen from the cold, his gloves back in the office, along with his hat. He’d been in such a rush, such a panic, that it was lucky he’d remembered his coat. As Andrew neared the end of the path,... the bustle started to increase. His office was barely a minute’s walk from one of the city’s main shopping areas but hidden away in the warren of age-old streets.
As Andrew reached the corner, a bus spluttered out a cloud of diesel, momentarily making it hard to breathe. There were voices, footsteps on concrete, a car horn, the beeping of a pedestrian crossing. Noise, noise, noise.
‘Where now?’ Andrew asked.MoreLess
‘Where am I going?’ he asked.
‘Keep walking until you get to the end.’ His fingers were beginning to stiffen from the cold, his gloves back in the office, along with his hat. He’d been in such a rush, such a panic, that it was lucky he’d remembered his coat. As Andrew neared the end of the path,... the bustle started to increase. His office was barely a minute’s walk from one of the city’s main shopping areas but hidden away in the warren of age-old streets.
As Andrew reached the corner, a bus spluttered out a cloud of diesel, momentarily making it hard to breathe. There were voices, footsteps on concrete, a car horn, the beeping of a pedestrian crossing. Noise, noise, noise.
‘Where now?’ Andrew asked.MoreLess
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