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Chapter 18

“Shit,” Felix said. “I can fix it, but these weeds need cutting or it’ll happen again. Do you have a phone?”

Shannon pulled a phone out of her pocket and held it up for Felix.

“Can you call Ronan?” he asked. “I don’t have his number.”

“I’m sorry but I don’t have it either. I can run you back down there if you’d like?”

“No, thanks. I think I’ll walk along the fence and get a feel for how bad the weeds are.”

“Can you stay for a bit, then?” Shannon asked. Felix’s body language hinted at the fact that he would rather not stay, so she added, “Please. I don’t get many visitors. You know what it’s like. So far from home and all? Surely you’re hungry? I can make you something to eat?”

Felix agreed and followed Shannon inside. She cleared her kitchen table of the heaps of paperwork covering it before offering Felix a place to sit.

“Work?” Felix asked, indicating the piles of papers.

“Yeah,” Shannon said, not turning from her task. “It never ends, you know?