Seventy times seven, p.36
Seventy Times Seven, page 36
After a while the psychiatrist said, ‘Are you okay?’
Keira nodded, but didn’t speak.
‘D’you want to leave it there?’
This time Keira nodded her head and said, ‘I don’t think I can say the words out loud. If I keep them inside I can almost pretend to myself that it never happened.’
‘Have you ever discussed this with anyone else?’
‘No. There were only four of us – including myself – who knew what happened that night.’
‘What about the other three?’
‘They’re dead. There’s maybe a fifth,’ continued Keira, ‘a priest . . . but I’m not sure how much he knows.’
‘Maybe we should leave it there for now.’
‘I’ve tried everything else: drink, drugs, suicide. The only thing I haven’t tried is talking about it. But now that I’m sitting here, and it’s real . . . I don’t think I can.’
‘It’s okay . . . another time.’
‘This thing is hollowing me out. It’s time for me to take control of it. I need a different perspective.’
‘Do you think that by talking it through you’ll achieve solace or redemption? How do you see it changing your life?’
‘I see it filling the emptiness.’
About the Author
John Gordon Sinclair was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He moved to London in the early Eighties and now lives in Surrey with his wife, Shauna, and their two children. Seventy Times Seven is his first novel.
First published in 2012
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