CHAPTER 6Christy had not enjoyed herself so much in ages. In Jimmy Lascar’s company she allowed the old nightmares to disappear into the background. The futile suicide attempts, the loss of her baby, Rick Morelli, the blag. The still unrecovered twenty-five grand. Chadwell, even Rick’s memory, paling insignificantly in Jimmy’s presence.
They spent the remainder of the day together, Jimmy taking her to the funfair, buying her ice creams and candy floss. She was like a kid again. In Christy’s company, Sharon seemed to take on a lesser importance, Dewar too. Jimmy was carried along by her infectious humour, her little girl lost appeal, despite which, the girl he knew as Christina Dennis, continued to intrigue him.
Leaving the fairground, they took the underground to Hyde Park. It was a warm
