‘How did it go with Kate, so?’ It was Danny’s first question as they walked from Gallowgate to Saltmarket on the last morning of Brendan’s trial.
‘It didn’t go at all.’ Maeve confessed. ‘I was dog-tired, and I thought if I started on her when she came in, sure I would never stop.’ She slipped her arm through his. ‘Besides, I need all my strength to face today.’
Danny pressed her arm to his side. ‘It is going to be fine, machusla, you’ll see.’
machusla,Maeve almost smiled. ‘Oh, to have your confidence, Danny boy. Anyway, I will deal with Kate when this is all over.’
There was a sombre atmosphere in the court room on this final morning. Maurice Goldman told them it was always like that on a sentencing day - especially when murder was involved.
A shiver ran through Maeve at the very word
