Maria catches me looking at her and she smiles. It’s time; we always have a dance together at the end of her shift, before I walk her home. I slip off my bar stool and hold her in my arms. We move slowly to the music. We have our favourites but there aren’t enough songs in the world for this to last as long as we’d like it to.
I’ll talk to her about the baby tonight, once we get back to the room.
About the author:
Adrian White is an English writer who has lived with his family in Ireland for over twenty years. His first novel, An Accident Waiting to Happen, was published by Penguin Books in 2004. His second novel, Where the Rain Gets In, was also published in print by Penguin Books in 2006. Both novels are now available as ebooks.
Front cover painting:
The Prison Courtyard by Vincent van Gogh
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow
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