One Night Only (185 page)

“H
e
seem
s
s
o
sad,
”
T
es
s
ha
d
sai
d
earlie
r
afte
r
T
revor
and
hi
s
mother
had
returned
to
Gina
’
s
ward
after
spendin
g
tim
e
b
y
youn
g
Danny
’
s
bedside
.

“Sa
d
m
y
arse,
”
sai
d
Poll
y
.
“He
’
s
drun
k
an
d
emotional an
d
ful
l
t
o
th
e
bri
m
o
f
stinkin
g
guilt
.
I
wil
l
neve
r
forget th
e
wa
y
h
e
mad
e
he
r
feel
,
o
r
th
e
wa
y
h
e
lifte
d
hi
s
fis
t
at
ever
y
turnaround
.
H
e
hur
t
he
r
mor
e
tha
n
an
y
ca
r
accident
eve
r
could
.
I
can
’
t
bea
r
th
e
sigh
t
o
f
him.
”

T
es
s
ha
d
bee
n
shocke
d
a
t
ho
w
‘t
o
th
e
point
’
Poll
y
was whe
n
i
t
cam
e
t
o
T
revo
r
Humphries
,
bu
t
the
n
sh
e
had mor
e
o
r
les
s
witnesse
d
hi
s
antic
s
first-han
d
fo
r
years
.
She
ha
d
wipe
d
u
p
Gina
’
s
tear
s
o
n
man
y
a
n
occasion
,
had take
n
Gin
a
an
d
he
r
so
n
fo
r
daytrip
s
o
n
sunn
y
day
s
when
sh
e
wa
s
s
o
lo
w
tha
t
sh
e
couldn
’
t
drive
,
sh
e
ha
d
eve
n
sent ove
r
home-cooke
d
meal
s
fo
r
Gin
a
an
d
Dann
y
when
T
revo
r
di
d
a
disappearin
g
ac
t
an
d
whe
n
Poll
y
sense
d
that Gin
a
wa
s
i
n
n
o
fi
t
stat
e
o
f
min
d
t
o
realis
e
i
t
was dinnertime
.
N
o
wonde
r
sh
e
hate
d
th
e
bastard
.
Sh
e
had
ever
y
righ
t
to
.

“
Y
o
u
nee
d
sleep,
”
sai
d
T
ess
.
“Com
e
on
.
I’
m
sur
e
if
th
e
r
e
i
s
an
y
chang
e
i
n
Gin
a
o
r
Dann
y
,
T
revo
r
wil
l
le
t
you kno
w
.
H
e
know
s
ho
w
goo
d
a
frien
d
yo
u
hav
e
bee
n
t
o
he
r
.
Surel
y
h
e
wil
l
hav
e
th
e
decenc
y
t
o
d
o
that.
”

“I’
m
no
t
leavin
g
unti
l
h
e
does,
”
sai
d
Poll
y
.
“
I
wil
l
sit hi
m
out
.
Gin
a
wouldn
’
t
wan
t
t
o
b
e
her
e
wit
h
hi
m
o
n
her own.
”

“Poll
y
,
woul
d
yo
u
liste
n
t
o
yourself!
”
sai
d
T
ess
.
“
Y
ou hav
e
a
husban
d
an
d
thre
e
childre
n
a
t
home
.
Y
o
u
nee
d
to switc
h
of
f
an
d
ge
t
t
o
bed
.
Gin
a
i
s
bein
g
looke
d
afte
r
here b
y
th
e
ver
y
bes
t
o
f
medica
l
staff
.
H
e
can
’
t
har
m
he
r
no
w
.
An
d
yo
u
can
’
t
hel
p
he
r
an
y
mor
e
b
y
sittin
g
here!
”

Poll
y
wipe
d
a
tea
r
fro
m
unde
r
he
r
eye
.
Sh
e
ha
d
crie
d
so muc
h
al
l
evenin
g
tha
t
sh
e
wa
s
surprise
d
sh
e
ha
d
an
y
more tear
s
left
.

“
I
remembe
r
th
e
firs
t
da
y
sh
e
move
d
i
n
nex
t
doo
r
,
”
she
sai
d
wit
h
a
smile
.
“Sh
e
wa
s
orderin
g
thos
e
remova
l
men aroun
d
n
o
end
.
I’l
l
neve
r
forge
t
ho
w
boss
y
sh
e
seemed.
”

“
Y
eah
,
I
remembe
r
,
”
sai
d
T
ess
,
picturin
g
th
e
sigh
t
a
s
if
i
t
wa
s
yesterda
y
.
“Sh
e
wa
s
a
stubbor
n
we
e
thin
g
back then
.
An
d
sh
e
wa
s
so
,
s
o
prett
y
.
I
remembe
r
wondering wher
e
sh
e
go
t
al
l
he
r
gorgeou
s
clothes
.
I
wa
s
s
o
jealou
s
of he
r
.
”