The Moth Catcher
“Why had Alicia felt the need to travel north to look at a dead body? There was nothing of the young man left inside the grey skin but bone and muscle. A white sheet reached to his neck. Alicia stretched out an arm. Holly was afraid that she was going to pull back the sheet to reveal Paul Keating’s dissection. Instead the woman touched her son’s forehead. She needed to be certain, Holly thought suddenly. All this time she’s been carrying the hope that there was a mistake, that her boy wasn’t the... victim. She twisted her body so that she could see Alicia’s face without seeming to stare. The woman was crying. No sound. Even in her grief she felt the need to maintain a certain dignity.
‘That is Patrick?’ The Carswells’ cleaner had made the formal identification, but Holly felt now that she needed to ask.
‘Oh yes. Or it was Patrick.’ Alicia stroked the forehead again, bent to kiss it lightly and then turned away.
She was booked on a train later in the morning and Holly drove her into Alnmouth for coffee, instead of leaving her to wait on her own at the station.MoreLess
‘That is Patrick?’ The Carswells’ cleaner had made the formal identification, but Holly felt now that she needed to ask.
‘Oh yes. Or it was Patrick.’ Alicia stroked the forehead again, bent to kiss it lightly and then turned away.
She was booked on a train later in the morning and Holly drove her into Alnmouth for coffee, instead of leaving her to wait on her own at the station.MoreLess
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