Impossible to Forget

by Imogen Clark

‘Tiger’s a nickname, right?’ Another nod. ‘So, what are you actually called?’ He looked at her, then up at the ceiling, then down at his feet and then finally back at her. ‘You have to promise me that you will never call me it,’ he said. ‘Okay,’ agreed Romany. ‘And you absolutely, under pain of death, must not tell Maggie.’ Romany nodded. He dropped his head and in a very quiet voice whispered, ‘Derek.’ Romany bit her lip, but not before a snigger escaped.