CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
While Travis tries to sleep away the pain, Perry sits in the Preston Airbnb, smoking. Katya is in the shower. Perry and Katya haven’t been partying, but Perry found a guy on a dating app. More like a Tinder app but called something different. He has to meet the guy in a couple of hours at his place.
His mobile rings. A private number, but she answers, Dylan says, ‘I’m going to be staying another night in Sydney. I have to look after something important.’
‘Katya and I are in Preston.’
‘I know, you told me that. You told the boy about me, didn’t you?’
‘What boy?’
A beat.
Two beats.
Perry says, ‘You mean the coloured boy?’
‘Who else?’
‘No, I didn’t tell him anything. That boy is fine. He can’t do anything.’
‘Travis has been looking out for him. He’s known him a w
