Chapter 9 – A Friend in NeedKatie was walking home from an evening out with friends in her local pub. She hadn’t seen the man earlier, though he’d been watching her from the other side of the bar, sitting alone and slowly drinking a pint of Guinness, close enough to hear the conversation between her and her friends. So when the man – with short black hair and wearing a white shirt, denim jeans and a black leather jacket – stepped out from a pathway on her left, she didn’t recognise him.
“Hi. It’s Katie, isn’t it?” She looked bewildered. “Oh, I was at the bar earlier with some of my friends, and we were next to you and your friends. One of them knew my mate Greg; I think his name was Damon. You know, the one who just spoke non-stop about saving the oceans.”
“Yes, his name’s Damon. I’m sor
