Fiction: Brotherly Love
(Originally submitted for the RTE short story competition) Richard would never forget the look on Coster’s face as he fell. The shock of despair, of hope turned to devastation. They had been inseparable in their youth, so much so that people often asked who was the older brother. Richard’s more robust build and freckled face complemented Coster’s sleeker, paler features. Coster’s family lived a few streets away but he seemed to spend very little time there. Or at least, in…