Fiction

Mel and Karen are two old friends whose outlooks on life couldn’t be more different. Since having met in their early twenties, their lives have taken divergent routes, but they have remained close partly through having established a tradition of meeting up for short city breaks to catch-up and enjoy each other’s company. This year, their destination is Funchal, on the island of Madeira. The recent death of their close friend, Jen, casts a shadow over the holiday, which is magnified by Mel’s strange reluctance to discuss the subject. But it is a drunken, late night confession that ultimately stretches their friendship to its breaking point.