36 The Bedsit
Thom watches Sarah pull away from him and can only stand in the space that the car has departed from, not wanting another car to take its place. Perhaps if he keeps the space empty she will definitely come back to fill it once again. Can she just leave him like this? Can she completely forget him?
Thom resists the plan to simply sit down on the ground and wait for her return. He makes himself turn towards the house behind him, a towering cracked form that seems to sway. Although if it falls down whilst he is asleep tonight, he isn’t sure he will care. It certainly won’t be something to deter him.
He has kept the key safely in the inside pocket of his coat, where he will return it once he is inside her bedsit. He doesn’t want anyone to see what she has given him, a small t
