At the sight of the two hags talking in the street, I left Miriam and went back behind the counter. Searching for something to do, I wiped down the sandwich cabinet. Before long, Frankie and Pearl walked in with the two little girls. My stomach clenched.
Pearl hadn’t saved my life. I would have come out of the annex on my own. I was about to, before she turned up. I’d have got something to eat, figured out how to use the radio, or Con would have come back and found me. Pat said he’d been looking for me, and she was going to send him out again, only I turned up before he needed to.
I’m not sure what would have happened to Pete. I suppose someone would have come and taken away the body. A doctor maybe, or a police officer. There would have been an inquiry. Accidental death would have been
