Sorry for Your Loss

Sorry for Your Loss

Author: Georgia McVeigh Listening Length: 10h 20m

The story of two people, both as magnetic as they are dangerous, who get caught in an electric game of cat and mouse The question is, Who is the predator and who is the prey? Meet Iris: a dark soul with a propensity for obsession, still reeling from a recent loss, who relies on a local grief group to keep her grounded ...

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I didn’t have high hopes for my childhood bedroom. I wagered it would be better than the kitchen, likely on par with the hall. What I wasn’t prepared for, however, was the sweet, sickly, cloying smell of death. Though perhaps she thought I’d be used to it by now.

The source of the stench—a rat—did not sequester itself in a dignified corner to die, like most self-respecting creatures.

No, this one expired in as flagrant a manner as possible: on my bed, tiny paws raised to the heavens like it was sending one final plea to the great beyond.