“Alright,” he said, confident he could do that.
It was a reasonable request. But there was a lot Jude knew that presumably all their other friends knew too, things that anyone could have found out just by asking around. There was the obvious, and a whole mass of things he wouldn’t dare say where people might overhear. There were things he knew and things he felt that Kieran clearly didn’t; and then, of course, whatever he did say had to be convincing.
He looked at Kieran’s left hand, charcoal-stained at the fingers, and furrowed his brow to compose his thoughts.
“We’ve known each other for a long time,” Jude pointed out with a small, wry smile – stalling, a little, for time, so he didn’t get this wrong. It had been ten years since they’d met – here, in this café. “How much do you want to hear?”
It was a reasonable request. But there was a lot Jude knew that presumably all their other friends knew too, things that anyone could have found out just by asking around. There was the obvious, and a whole mass of things he wouldn’t dare say where people might overhear. There were things he knew and things he felt that Kieran clearly didn’t; and then, of course, whatever he did say had to be convincing.
He looked at Kieran’s left hand, charcoal-stained at the fingers, and furrowed his brow to compose his thoughts.
“We’ve known each other for a long time,” Jude pointed out with a small, wry smile – stalling, a little, for time, so he didn’t get this wrong. It had been ten years since they’d met – here, in this café. “How much do you want to hear?”
