The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

Author: Catherine Walsh Listening Length: 9h 45m

Katie Collins has barely ever left her tiny Irish village of Ennisbawn. Why would she? With its tightknit community, friendly local pub, surrounded by glistening lakes and perfectly mysterious forests, it’s a place of peaceful beauty. Or it was peaceful. Until Callum Dempsey turned up. Part of a hot-shot (and, Katie h...

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The doctors decide to keep Granny in overnight, a development neither of us is pleased about, but we don’t really have a choice.

Jack insists that he should drop me straight home, that I need to rest, but a whole day has passed since the blackout, and I want to make sure everything is okay.

So, despite his oddly well-meaning protests, I direct him through the village to the fireworks field, and he pulls up just as the first one is released into the sky.

A loud cheer from the gathered crowd sounds as soon as it does, and for a moment, the two of us just sit there, before I twist in my seat to face him. “Do you want to join us?”