Sam Blake

holiday had gone past in a flash. It didn’t help that she’d spent most of it working in the hotel rather than hanging out at the beach, but now they were back and beginning the Leaving Cert syllabus.

Sitting at the bottom of the stairs in Katie’s black-and-white-tiled hallway, Frankie put her head in her hands and tried to shut out the chaos that was unfolding around her.

cheeks. Even with her eyes shut, the blue strobes of the ambulance and Garda cars outside were imprinting themselves

she pulled Frankie

Sitting at the bottom of the stairs in Katie’s black-and-white-tiled hallway, Frankie put her head in

han normal. ‘Ollie

Sorcha leaned forwards, her mouth a big O, her Bambi eyes even wider.

Just keep writing’

She sighed. One day she was going to be able to introduce herself in this town without someone saying, ‘Oh, you’re Ollie’s sister.’ Frankie didn’t know if it was because he was the oldest of the five of them, or because his band was the only vaguely

looked like two spiders had died on her face.