The Death of the Elver Man (2011)
“He was incandescent with rage, a red mist before his eyes and a ringing in his ears causing him to collapse into his chair in the front room of his house, the telephone clenched in his fist. Iris watched him from under her lowered eyelids, ready to react to whatever might come next. She tried not to flinch as he slammed the receiver down, tensing despite herself in anticipation of his fury.
‘How’s this then?’ he shouted, struggling to rise from the chair. ‘What’s wrong with them? He was caught there, red-handed with a body in the back – what do they think happened then?’ He began to pace the floor beating a path between the chair and the front window.
Iris waited until his back was turned for an instant and slipped out into the kitchen to put the kettle on. After a moment she reached into a cupboard and pulled out a glass and his bottle of whisky. Derek was hovering over the phone again and muttering to himself as she returned to the living room.
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