Текст книги "Dead in the Water"

Автор книги: Peter Tickler

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Epilogue

Mullen was halfway between sleep and wakefulness. He seemed to be sleeping a lot lately. And dreaming. He opened his eyes briefly and shut them again. It was so bright. He didn’t mind the darkness. ‘To sleep, perchance to dream.’ Mullen wasn’t exactly the world’s most literary person, but the words of Shakespeare floated up from somewhere in his past. His dreams were much nicer than they used to be. No visions of Ben. Not that he could remember his dreams, except as being pleasant, unthreatening. A nurse in a navy blue uniform was the only feature that had stuck in his mind. Or maybe she was real . . .

When he woke next, he opened his eyes and again shut them almost immediately. He had visitors standing at the end of the bed. He didn’t feel like visitors. He didn’t want to be questioned about what had happened or how he felt. He didn’t want to be asked if he wanted anything. Not even when the visitors were Rose Wilby and Becca Baines. If anyone had interrupted his dreams to ask him who he would like to visit him, the two of them would have been top of the list, but definitely not at the same time. The two of them together was far too complicated.

Perhaps they had noticed his change of state for he could sense them moving closer to him along the bed until they stood either side of him. Which one was Becca and which one was Rose he wasn’t sure, but he had no intention of opening his eyes to find out. He could smell their different scents. Perhaps he ought to have been able recognise which smell belonged to which of his bedside admirers, but he struggled to be the sort of man who noticed such things.

“He looks cute doesn’t he?”

“Like a little boy, all tucked in his bed.”

“Bless!”

Mullen wasn’t sure he could differentiate the voices, let alone the perfume. Which was pretty ridiculous, he told himself. Maybe this was the consequence of his ordeal – shock or concussion or something.

“Are you sleeping with him?”

“No. Are you?”

Mullen almost opened his eyes at this point. The conversation had taken a distinctly odd and intrusive turn.

“I was briefly tempted,” the first one said. “But not for long.”

Mullen felt a surge of indignation. “I can hear you,” he wanted to say. “It’s me you’re talking about. Me, lying here on the bed between you, while you gossip about me and tell each other how you’ve tested me and found me wanting!”

“So you’re not interested in him then?”

“I didn’t say that. Actually I do find him rather intriguing.”

There was a silence. Even Mullen in his dumb state could sense the tension between the two women.

“I really like him,” the other one said. That had to be Rose.

“May the best woman win,” came the reply.

There was another pause. Then they both burst into laughter.

One of them bent low and kissed him on the forehead. Then the other. After that they retreated out of the room, still giggling together. Mullen opened his eyes and searched for his bell. He rang it. Hopefully the nurse would give him some sympathy. He needed it. He wondered if she would be the navy blue woman of his dreams.

THE END

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