Darren O’Sullivan - Close Your Eyes - A gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist!

‘We can get up early tomorrow and go see him a day early if you want? I don’t have to drink tonight.’

‘No, it’s okay. Dad isn’t good in the mornings anymore.’

‘If you change your mind, I’m happy to stay on the soft drinks.’

‘Thank you, Dan, but it’s fine.’

‘Do you want to try and ring him?’

‘He’ll be asleep now. I’m sure he doesn’t really know what day it is today. If I call and he is by chance awake, it will remind him. I think I’d rather he wasn’t aware. Does that make sense?’

‘Yes, it does.’

I understood. If her father was aware that it was the start of a new year, he would also be aware it was likely, almost certain in fact, his last on this earth. His cancerous body in its last stages of fighting the disease, a fight he was always going to lose. And although he never said it out loud, with each visit – the ones where his medication was just enough to manage his pain but not so much that he was completely out of it – I could see that he wanted it to be over. So did Katie who, like her father, wouldn’t ever say. It killed me to see her quietly hurting as she fixated on the pearl. But there was nothing anyone could do. It was life, it begun, it ended and all we could do was make sure we had enough wonderful little bubbles floating with us when it was our time to pass.

Turning Katie around, I looked into her deep-brown eyes and watched as her pain lifted.

‘Are you all right?’

‘Yeah, I’m fine, thank you,’ she said before leaning in and kissing me softly. ‘How do I look?’

‘Perfect.’

She smiled and kissed me once more, this time less softly. A smacker landing hard on my lips before she turned to check her make-up one last time. ‘Shall we go?’

‘We could be a little late?’ I said, sliding my hands down her shoulders and onto her hips, pulling her closer.

‘And why would we be late when we are both ready?’ she asked.

‘I don’t know … But I can think of a reason,’ I replied with a cheeky wink.

‘Has that ever worked for you?’ she laughed, wrapping her arms around my neck.

‘I’m about to find out.’

I kissed her neck just under her left ear, the small patch of skin where I knew she loved to be kissed. With my lips placed there I listened as her breathing became heavier and she placed her hands on mine, moving them across her stomach, resting them just under her belly button. Turning her to face me, I kissed her lips, at first softy then, as she pressed herself into me, with more intent. Lifting up her dress I placed my hand back on her hip, my thumb sliding under the elastic of her underwear and, lowering myself, I slid them down her thighs before placing a kiss close to where I could feel heat. She pulled me back up and pushed me onto the bed, undoing and pulling down my jeans before climbing on top of me.

‘We are going to be so late, Dan.’

‘Not that late.’

‘Oh, I see.’

‘In fact, probably only a few minutes.’

‘A few minutes, wow, you know how to spoil a girl.’ She laughed, smiling as she leant in and bit my lip. ‘You’d better not smudge my make-up.’

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