Clarissa entered the bar looking around for Dempsey. Harry almost forgot to listen to Sheahan as she saw Clarissa's jaw drop. Clarissa had been about to make her way over to James but she suddenly stood frozen to the spot when she saw Dempsey touch the cheek of the barmaid then continue to flirt with her. Clarissa turned and almost ran out of the room but unfortunately she bumped into Hickey. At first Clarissa excused herself and walked on but then she turned back into the room.
Sheahan noticed how inattentive Makepeace had become; he asked her if anything was wrong. Makepeace just commented that she thought she recognised someone, but it couldn't be as she didn't know anyone in these parts. She shook her head as if to clear her mind and re positioned herself so she could keep an eye on events whilst pretending to become more attentive to her date.
Observed only by Makepeace Clarissa came back into the room, looked long and hard at Dempsey then walked over to Hickey. She spoke to him then left.
Dempsey thanked the barmaid for her information and wandered across the room to where he could watch Harry more easily, a waiter chatted aimlessly to him and he let the words follow as he focused directly on Harry, she was still angry – he couldn't figure why. He looked at his watch, he had been told that Hickey usually came by to play golf; he sat and waited, looking around trying to see if he could recognise the man he'd seen on the photo.
Suddenly Harry noticed the gentleman Clarissa had spoken to take a long slow look around the room then turn and leave. She looked at her watch, made an excuse to Sheahan and left following the gentleman who would turn out to be Hickey. Dempsey had seen Harry go but nothing else. After an hour he gave up. Makepeace had also not come back.
Dempsey went up to his room to think. He went over all that he knew trying to make sure he had missed nothing. After sleeping for a couple of hours he made his way back downstairs and wandered around. A game of poker caught his eye, then he spotted that Harry's date was playing; he made his way across and was soon invited to join the game. By the end of the evening he had an address for Patrick Tierney.
Makepeace followed Hickey who stormed back to Fitzgerald. She bought herself a drink at the bar and although she could not hear the whole conversation she got the drift. Hickey seemed to know Dempsey was undercover; they may well have been tipped off about her as well so she removed herself and returned to her hotel but not before she had heard something about a small town called Klonakilty. She had an a vague address to follow up.
She rang into the Dublin office to ask for information on Hickey. Quinn was still on call so she told him her plans and asked him to keep Inspector O'Malley updated. She ordered room service, read through her notes and went to bed. As tired as she felt she couldn't sleep.
She thought about their first night, that's what she loved about James, his ability to surprise with so much thoughtfulness. So how could he be so bloody un-thoughtful in his behaviour the next day?
Why was Clarissa coming down stairs?
Why did he book in as Mr and Mrs at the Rochestown Park Hotel?
Quinn hadn't known Clarissa was in Cork , he had said something about O'Malley shouting at Clarissa; did Dempsey even know Clarissa had been in Cork ?
When Dempsey said he wanted to sleep with her did he mean it?
She finally fell asleep with everything still unresolved in her mind.
Dempsey went to up to bed a happy man, he had won several hundred Irish pounds and was about to close his prey down somewhere near a town called Klonakilty. As soon as he walked into the suite his mood changed. He was suddenly aware that Harry wasn't there. Not only was she not there but she wasn't talking to him. His depression deepened as he reflected over his dream of what would happen before they came out here. He had no doubt that they would sort out the working bit, but what about the rest, and for how much longer could they work as a team and not sort out their personal lives. And bloody hell what if sorting out their relationship stuff meant that they couldn't work together. May be he should have quit when he said he would at the same time as Harry. One thing he knew for certain that if there was no Harry then there was no England . He fell asleep dressed on the bed.