No One Saw a Thing

by Andrea Mara

Back in Dublin, Carmen Brosnan lays her phone on the arm of the couch and puts her face in her hands.

Ok what's going on

‘It’s because I’m a woman, isn’t it?’ she’d said to her editor, even though Jude knows well she isn’t that kind of editor. ‘You think I’ll bond with the mammy and get a better story.’

‘I’m not sending you for your bonding skills, believe me. No offence, Jude, but you have the bonding skills of a piece of used Sellotape.

Haha!

A look crosses Sive’s face then. For a moment, she’s forgotten her tears and is considering something.

Is Aaron Faye's real dad I wonder?

Sitting on its own, nestled in the long grass that borders the water, Faye’s backpack. Sive begins to run.

Couldn't even imagine

‘I take that last bit back. It wasn’t a passive event. Someone killed her.’ She looked around at the group. ‘And someday, I’ll work out who did.’

Oh damn

Trust is everything, Garvin. Lying about small things means a person might lie about big things. No smoke without fire.

‘And I guess poor old Dave was trying to keep up?’ Maggie asked. ‘No, he was visiting his mum today,’ Sive said, ‘so he wasn’t there.’ ‘Really?’ Maggie looked surprised. ‘Did Dave say that?’

There somat dodgy going on with Dave and Maggie.... are they involved in this somehow?

Why wouldn’t Maggie tell? she asked. Was it someone famous? Someone they knew?

Was it Dave?

This wasn’t the girl from Aaron’s photos. Sive had never seen this girl in her life.

Omg the secrets! I can't keep up!

‘I know what you mean. No smoke without fire.’

Oooooo coincidence? I Think Not

Though she can’t help wondering what Scott knows of all the other secrets revealed in Maggie’s house last night.

They're probably all in on it

‘Touché. Wow. Aaron cheating on Yasmin with Nita? The absolute fucker. Sorry.’

Sorry but Aaron is an ass.

‘Aaron isn’t Faye’s biological dad.’

Shocker

‘Of course. But remember, just because someone else suffers more, it doesn’t mean we’re not suffering too. There’s always someone worse off and, by that logic, we’d never be allowed to admit to finding anything difficult at all.’

No smoke without fire, as they say.’

Sick of hearing this now

‘Just Nita turning in bed, I’d imagine,’ Maggie said. ‘She’ll have a sore head tomorrow.

I wonder if Nina contacted Joost and told him about Aaron and Sive because she's jealous after her fling with Aaron all those years ago

As far as he was concerned, Joost could never under any circumstances be let back into their lives.

But why

‘No. But I’m a human. And I’d never have done what you did. I’m phoning Hawthorn now, to tell her they need to prioritize tracking down Joost. If you get caught in the crossfire, so be it.’ She turns and walks away.

You tell him, girl!

Karma’s a bitch.’

I used to stand outside your house, when she was home alone, to make sure she was safe. When you were too busy to bother. When you were with Nita.’ Another step closer. ‘You didn’t deserve her.’ ‘Dave, what the fuck. You were her stalker?’ ‘No! I wasn’t a stalker. Someone else followed her home that first night. And after that, I was her lookout. A few nights a week, whenever I wasn’t working. It was the least she deserved.’

Wtaf.