He switched it on then pulled down his coat from a hook, put it on and took out some car keys.
“Bye, Nora. I’ve done the chairs and wiped all the tables. Dishwasher’s on.”
“Ah, thanks.” “Till Thursday.” “Yes,” Nora said, feeling like a spy about to have her cover blown. “See you.”
A moment after the man left, she heard footsteps rising up from somewhere below,
heading across the tiles she had just walked down, coming from the back of the pub.
And then he was there. He looked different. The beard had gone, and there were more wrinkles around his eyes, dark circles.
He had a nearly finished pint of dark beer in his hand.
He still looked a bit like a TV vet, just a few more series down the line.
“Dan,” she said, as if he was something that needed identifying. Like a rabbit by the road.
“I just want to say I am so proud of you. So proud of us.”
He looked at her, blankly. “Was just turning the chiller units off. Got to clean the lines tomorrow. We’ve left it a fortnight.”
Nora had no idea what he was talking about. She stroked the cat.
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