One of the fishing rods jumped slightly and Robert leaned forward to take hold of the handle, slowly turning the reel and watching the tip of the rod bend and flex under the weight of the bite.
Andrews raised the brim from his hat and squinted. ‘What you got there, Douglas?’
Robert smiled and replied, ‘I haven’t decided yet.’
Andrews eased himself up from his reclined position. ‘Amazing how you conjure up so many old boots though, Douglas!’
Then he tilted his head in the way he always did when his naturally and once professional inquisitive nature surfaced. ‘You’ve tried to contact her again, haven’t you, Douglas?’
‘No,’ Robert lied.
‘You’ve tried to contact her again and you’re convincing yourself it’s working, aren’t you?’ continued Andrews.
‘How can I be convinced of anything, Andrews, how can you?
Andrews trailed his fingers in the warm water and looked across the expanse of the lake to the wooded banks beyond. ‘I’m not. But I think we’re supposed to let go, then we can move on. I think that’s what all this is about, giving up this, giving up what’s comfortable, familiar.’
‘Then what?’ interrupted Robert. ‘Then what?’
Andrews shrugged. ‘I have no idea, Douglas.’
‘Then we fish and we enjoy the sun, Andrews, and we wait and see. But if I see a way to follow Alex, I will take it in the blink of an eye.’
And Andrews looked at his hand and watched the silver drops of water drip from his fingers to splash into the mirrored tranquility of the lake.
And the tall man in black still watched from the shore.
About the Author:
I was born on the outskirts of Manchester in the UK in 1965 and I am one of three children. I work in the financial industry and I am married with one child and now live in the seaside town of Blackpool in the UK.
Acknowledgements:
The friends and family who generously took the time to read and review my books in their most disorderly, chaotic and unkempt form; Sue, Carol, Karen, Ave and my Father.
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