THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JIMMY TRENT
As soon as Theodore walked into the pub he knew he’d found the right one, and knew something bad had happened to his nephew Jimmy. The relationship was more distant than just nephew but Theodore always ignored the semantics, what mattered was that Jimmy was family. Through one of those quirks that happen in families Jimmy looked very similar to Theodore. They even looked roughly the same age.
That was how Theodore knew he’d found the right pub. Many of the patrons did a double take when they saw him. Their expressions, in the moments before they looked away or blanked their faces, were shocked. Something had happened to Jimmy and these people knew what it was.
For a moment Theodore stood silently by the door, absorbing the fact he had found what he
