Lies of Silence
Lies of silence
Moore, Brian
Summary
Chapter 1
Michael Dillon is the manager of the Clarence Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is preparing the arrangements for the day - the graduation week and an Orange Order congress.
Later Dillon phones his mistress, Andrea, because he wants to take a walk with her. He picks her up and they take a romantic walk in the Lover's lane. They talk about their past history, moving to London, Dillon's up-coming divorce and the first time Dillon met Moira and Andrea.
He drives Andrea back to her apartment and then he drives home to Moira. When he walks up the entryway he notices that his cat is gone, but he does not pay further attention to it.
Moira is awake when Dillon comes home. She is together with her friend Peg Wilton. Dillon drives Peg home, and they talk about Peg offering Moira a job in her shop.
When he comes home he sees the dead cat lying on the ground, but he does not tell Moira because he has something else to tell her - he is planning to tell Moira about his mistress and that he wants a divorce. As he steps in the phone rings. He picks it up and hears Peg´s voice saying: "Remember, don't say anything. Be surprised"
Moira tells Dillon that she suffers from bulimia and asks him to go to bed. But Dillon says that he has got some bills to pay. When he sits in his study, he sees a white car parked across the street. In the car there are two persons - a boy and a girl. The boy turns his head toward Dillon's window and Dillon walks away from the window and into the bedroom. Moira and Dillon talk about Moira working in Peg's shop. Dillon is having difficulties telling Moira about them getting divorced, and in the end Moira says: "Don't leave me. Please?" She moves across the bed and spoons into his back. Dillon gives her a kiss, a traitor´s kiss, and tells her to go to sleep.
Chapter 2
Dillon cannot sleep, so he gets up. He looks down at the garden and sees that the white Ford is still parked in his entryway.
Moore, Brian
Summary
Chapter 1
Michael Dillon is the manager of the Clarence Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is preparing the arrangements for the day - the graduation week and an Orange Order congress.
Later Dillon phones his mistress, Andrea, because he wants to take a walk with her. He picks her up and they take a romantic walk in the Lover's lane. They talk about their past history, moving to London, Dillon's up-coming divorce and the first time Dillon met Moira and Andrea.
He drives Andrea back to her apartment and then he drives home to Moira. When he walks up the entryway he notices that his cat is gone, but he does not pay further attention to it.
Moira is awake when Dillon comes home. She is together with her friend Peg Wilton. Dillon drives Peg home, and they talk about Peg offering Moira a job in her shop.
When he comes home he sees the dead cat lying on the ground, but he does not tell Moira because he has something else to tell her - he is planning to tell Moira about his mistress and that he wants a divorce. As he steps in the phone rings. He picks it up and hears Peg´s voice saying: "Remember, don't say anything. Be surprised"
Moira tells Dillon that she suffers from bulimia and asks him to go to bed. But Dillon says that he has got some bills to pay. When he sits in his study, he sees a white car parked across the street. In the car there are two persons - a boy and a girl. The boy turns his head toward Dillon's window and Dillon walks away from the window and into the bedroom. Moira and Dillon talk about Moira working in Peg's shop. Dillon is having difficulties telling Moira about them getting divorced, and in the end Moira says: "Don't leave me. Please?" She moves across the bed and spoons into his back. Dillon gives her a kiss, a traitor´s kiss, and tells her to go to sleep.
Chapter 2
Dillon cannot sleep, so he gets up. He looks down at the garden and sees that the white Ford is still parked in his entryway.