Closure

Sarah nodded. ‘The police were right, in a way. I was dumped into the sea. The drug traffickers, they put me in a cloth sack, tied it up, then just dropped me into the ocean like a bag of trash. I thought I was going to die.’ I thought back to what I said to Kieran two weeks ago and was filled with regret. How could I be jealous of a woman who almost lost her life like that? ‘I was drowning,’ Sarah’s voice was faint. ‘Water was coming in everywhere. I couldn’t tell which way was up. Then I felt the bag moving upwards. Someone was pulling me out of the water.’ She smiled. ‘Ed. He was with the gang who tried to kill me. In fact, he was one of the guys who put me in the sack that day.’ ‘Then why did he save you?’ Kieran asked. ‘Conscience-stricken, maybe,’ Sarah shrugged. ‘He never took a life before. It was more than what he could stomach. After the other guys left, he doubled back and fished me out of the sea. I was fine, but the baby wasn’t.’ She placed a hand on her stomach. Sitting n